Arranging a distance funeral

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This is a serious question, not a euphemism for a contract.

My Mum in law who lives close to us in London, is 93 and given her age, is in reasonable health, but when she dies she wants to be buried in South Yorkshire.
On the Web there is plenty about arranging a funeral if you live a distance from where the person died but I can't find anything for our situation, ie person dies in one place but wants to be buried somewhere else.

I realise my wife and I are going to have to talk to an undertaker about this but I wondered if anyone has had to arrange a similar funeral and if so, has any suggestions, things to consider etc.


Thanks

Dave
 
The only suggestion I can think of is talking to The Cooperative Funeral Directors as they may well have branches around the country, rather than a family run directors who may only have a couple of branches in neighbouring towns.
 
I'm a bit reluctant to start quoting any organisation in particular, but if you google "funeral plans" you'll get a number of organisations that do them. Just looking at the FAQ on one of them at the link below, there is a question on what happens if the person dies away from where the plan is in place, so I guess that sort of thing could be modified? There's an 0800 number for asking more.

http://www.dignityfuneralplans.co.uk/frequently-asked-questions#this
 
Thanks for the link Peter and the Co-oP suggestion Nilagin.

Dave
 
Might even be worth getting a CoOp card which means (IIRC) that you're a CoOp member so get some discount on the job.
 
If you do use the Co op, just be sureto save every scrap of paperwork.
Prior to his death my father arranged his own funeral with them.
Upon his passing we had to pay for the entire thing again because his filing was lacking. We recovered the cost eventually, but it wasn't what we needed at the time.
 
My local funeral director(not the co-op) arranged for my uncle to be transported to, and buried in Italy last year, after he died here, they did everything, paperwork etc, and Italy is notorious for red tape.

It did cost 6 grand but looking back me and my cousin thought it was worth it.

Best wishes.
 
Thanks for you replies Ruth and Giovanni.

Dave
 
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