Tips for Saving on an Eventual Necessity.

As the New Year begins every funeral home says the same thing…may you have a joyous, healthy, and prosperous New Year in 2017.  We at Colonial Funerals serving all of Connecticut are no exception.  From all of us in the Moraski family to you, please have a wonderful 2017.  Now, how would you like some practical advice from a funeral director for a change?

We all have to face it eventually.  In many families the final expenses for a loved one will be a bridge that you must cross more than once.  Why not discuss two topics with those close to you…cremation and pre-planning?  They may want to change the subject at first, but in the long-run you will all be glad that you did.  You might even find it cathartic.

Whatever comes of this discussion, we do hope that 2017 will not be a year that you need our services.  If you decide on pre-planning a funeral then take a few minutes in the early part of January and give us a call at Connecticut’s own Colonial Funerals at (203) 407-8899.  Once that is out of the way, start pursuing your 2017 hopes and dreams.

Roy Smith Sr., age 90, of New Haven entered into eternal life on Sunday December 4, 2016 in YNHH. Born on February 4, 1926 in Green County, NC, the beloved son of the late James and Susan (Moye) Smith. The loving husband of Dora (Edwards) Smith of New Haven. The cherished father of Sandra Staton of New Haven, Roy (Sonje) Smith Jr. of New Haven, and Darlene Smith of Bloomfield. Survived by 4 grandchildren and 1 great grandchild.

A celebration of Roy’s life will be held on Saturday December 10, 2016 in Colonial, 86 Circular Ave Hamden at 10 O’clock. Viewing in Colonial from 9-10am. Interment will be in the Smith family plot at Beaverdale Memorial Park. Condolences may be expressed at colonialfunerals.com.

Place of Service

 Colonial, 86 Circular Ave. Hamden

Time of Service

Saturday December , 2016 at 10 O'clock

Place of Visitation

 Colonial, 86 Circular Ave. Hamden 

Time of Visitation

Saturday December 10, 2016 from 9-10am.

Cemetery

Beaverdale Memorial Park

 

 

Planning Your Last Big Purchase.

Whether you are planning ahead for your own funeral or acting on behalf of a loved one you better believe that death can be a major expense.  The median cost of a funeral with a viewing as well as the burial was over $7000 in the most recently reported year of 2014.  That is according to the NFDA (National Funeral Directors Association).

Even a simple cremation with nothing extra can reach as high as that $7000 figure according to the Funeral Consumers Alliance.  Full-service funeral prices may even exceed $14,000!  What better reason to plan ahead now?  Those prices are NOT going down.  And isn’t it better to be tackling this task without the stress?

In the great state of Connecticut funeral pre-planners have it much easier.  They visit www.colonialfunerals.com and find perhaps the only funeral home in the state who actively tries to save your family money in the planning of final expenses.  Visit the website www.colonialfunerals.com then give them a call anywhere in the state of Connecticut at (203) 407-8899.