Common Tasks And Decisions To Be Attended To - Virgo Funeral Services, Kingaroy

Services And Wakes

Funeral services vary widely depending on the wishes of the departed and their family.
Our quick guide explains the main types of services and different options for wakes.

Making Arrangements

What's involved in making funeral arrangements? Most people have very little experience with this and can find it confusing. But our handy guide explains the process clearly and simply.

Funeral Insurance

Funeral Insurance and Funeral Bonds are two easy, inexpensive options that let you pay for your funeral well in advance and help give your family peace of mind. You can find out more about them by clicking here.

Making a Will

Passing away without a will can cause problems for the loved ones that are left behind. You can find out what those problems are and how then can be easily avoided by clicking here.

What Do I Do?

What you need to do when someone passes away depends on the circumstances that surrounded the death.
Our simple guide explains what these are likely to be and what happens in each of the four most common situations.

Common Tasks And Decisions To Be Attended To

In addition to making funeral arrangements, when a death occurs you'll also need to collect information and documents about the deceased and relay this information on to a number of people.

This page lists:

The information you'll need to collect about the deceased person
The documents you'll need to locate, and
The people you'll need to contact

To make your life easier - if you live in Queensland - we've also provided links to the Queensland State Government agencies that will need to be contacted (as well as Federal Government Departments) so you can relay this information to them online.

We've also provided a standard form letter (10K Adobe PDF) you can use if someone you need to contact doesn't yet accept this type of information over the Internet and/or requires written confirmation (which most government agencies and large financial institutions usually do).

Full legal name Residential address Date of Birth Place of Birth Date of Marriage Spouse's full name Occupation Next of Kin Doctor's name and address

Schools attended University attended Family and work history Positions held and service record Accomplishments - personal and professional Hobbies and special interests

Will (it may request special funeral arrangements) Pre-paid Funeral Plan Birth Certificate Marriage Certificate Citizenship Papers Insurance Policies - home, contents and car Life Insurance Superannuation papers Bank documents Property deeds and mortgage papers Home loan details Taxation records Vehicle ownership papers

Immediate family (even estranged members should be considered) Close friends Executor of Will Employer Solicitor Accountant Banks and other financial institutions Superannuation Fund Clubs and other organisations Home care services (eg: Meals on Wheels) Australian Tax Office Centrelink Medicare Australia Private Health Fund Australian Electoral Commission Australia Post Telstra or Optus (or other telecommunications provider) The Public Trustee Of Queensland Queensland Transport Department of Veterans' Affairs Ergon Energy (in the South Burnett) South Burnett Regional Council (in the South Burnett)