Acknowledge Your Loss
When a loved one dies, it can be the most difficult and emotional time a person has to go through. Take the time needed to acknowledge your loss. Call your family members, minister and friends to be with you the first hours immediately after the death.
Contact The Funeral Home
As soon as possible, call the funeral home. We are available day or night to assist your family. Call us at (208) 467-7300. We will be there to help answer any questions, provide guidance to your family and arrange for transportation of your loved one to the funeral home.
If Death Occurs Away From Home or Out-of-state
If death occurs while you are out of state or town, traveling or while using a medical facility at a distant location, call us first. Usually we can make arrangements more efficiently and at a lower cost to you.
Schedule An Arrangement Conference
This conference is a time when we meet together to help answer questions, gather information for the death certificate and make the arrangements for a meaningful funeral. Every family’s needs are different and we carefully listen to each family and help them plan the services that best suites their family’s wishes. We will show the options and possiblities that are available and make the arrangements to carry out your wishes.
The arrangements conference serves the following purposes:
1) The collecting of information for essential paperwork such as death certificates, the obituary, insurance matters, order of service for the program folder, Veteran’s discharge papers for military burial benefits
2) Making personal decisions regarding how you want to remember your loved one who has passed
3) Deciding on the burial option that is fitting for you and your family
4) Bringing in clothing and other items for the dressing of the loved one.
5) Information and items to bring: Full legal name, Home address, Social Security number, Date and Place of Birth, Father’s name and birth state, Mother’s maiden name and birth state, Veteran’s discharge papers (DD-214), Recent photo, Highest education, Occupation, Place of burial (if applicable), Clergy name and phone number, Survivors (name and relationship), Insurance policies (if applicable)