”This is how I want it done”- What my next of kin should know concerning my funeral arrangements

Irreplaceable help when making funeral arrangements

To be buried in the soil of one's home town or village or to be buried at sea?
Birchwood or silk cloth as one's last attire?
Roses or lilies around the coffin?
Coffee and cake, Karelian roast or fish on the menu for the funeral guests?
And that favourite poem to be included in the newspaper death notice...

Funeral arrangements
are matters which are often difficult to talk about beforehand, but regarding which most of us have a need to make our own known. The booklet "Näin minä haluan" ("This is how I want it done") enables very detailed planning of every aspect of the funeral. Some of the decisions can also be left to the next of kin.

A lovely event
is made up of many different choices and the next of kin often have difficulties with the wide array of alternatives unless they know what the deceased wanted. Everyone of us can make it easier for the next of kin after we die by noting down our wishes beforehand in the booklet "Näin minä haluan" ("This is how I want it done")

People want to arrange funerals - and indeed they should be arranged - in the way that the deceased would have wanted (to be arranged), and this is why it helps the next of kin in their sorrow to know that they can carry out the last wishes of the deceased.

Attachment: "Tärkeät asiakirjani" ("My Important Documents")
is intended to provide the next of kin with information on matters such as wills, wishes regarding care, trusteeship, and to tell the next of kin where the person has a bank account and what kinds of insurance policies and agreements are in force. An inventory of assets considerably helps the task of conducting an estate inventory.

"NÄIN MINÄ HALUAN" ("This is how I want it done") booklet is free of charge
and it is available at all Memoria funeral offices.

Here is a list of localities where there is a Memoria member funeral office

When You arrange to meet us, we shall be glad to tell You about the various alternatives and also provide a cost estimate for the desired arrangements.

The company Hautaustoimistojen Yhteistyö Oy Memoria has registered the trademarks, Näin minä haluan and Så här vill jag ha det ( Reg.No. 135350 05.12.1994). This means that only Memoria member undertakers have the right to use these wordings.