Organizations to Contact After the Death of a Loved One

After the death of someone near and dear to you, one of the first things you’ll want to do is contact a funeral home in Buckland, OH. The funeral director there will help you with final services planning so that you can give your deceased loved one an honorable final send-off. But there are other calls you’ll need to make in the days and weeks after the funeral or cremation service.

Here’s a look at some of the organization you’ll need to contact after a loved one has died.

Financial Services Entities

You’ll want to contact the financial services institutions that the deceased had worked with. In order to do this, you’ll have to send them a copy of the death certificate. While you’ll want to close bank accounts, don’t do so until any outstanding debts or financial commitments have been taken care of.

Social Security Administration

The Social Security Administration will be informed of your loved one’s death automatically after the death certificate has been filed. Another thing to keep in mind is that once the Social Security Administration is made aware of this development, it will automatically pass on this information to Medicare and Medicaid. So that will save you from having to contact those organizations.

Credit Reporting Agencies

You also need to notify credit reporting agencies. Contact one of the reporting agencies to have them close your deceased loved one’s credit report file. The agency you contact will let the other agencies know of the development so that they, too, can close files. The information you’ll need to provide to the credit reporting agencies you contact includes the deceased’s full time, their social security number, and a copy of their death certificate. Don’t overlook this task. If you don’t do it, someone could commit identify fraud due to the deceased’s credit report files still being open.

Employer

Contact the deceased person’s employer. This is critical since you’ll want to know if there are any applicable death benefits, retirement funds, or even insurance policies that are available. As is the case with any organization you call after a loved one’s death, you will need to prove that the deceased has passed away. This means being able to provide a copy of the death certificate.

Subscriptions

You’ll also want to cancel the deceased person’s subscriptions. This is all the more the case if the subscriptions are in auto-renew mode. A good way to find out what they have subscribed to is to check out their credit card and bank records.

When you need the help of a funeral home in Buckland, OH, give us a call. We can let you know about other institutions you should call after a loved one has passed away. Our funeral director will explain the entire process so that you understand what needs to be done, will explain your final services options, and will make recommendations that help you to make informed decisions. For the help you need, get in touch with us by phone or check us out online at http://www.bayliffandeleyfh.com. You can also stop by our office to speak to one of our staff members in person. We’re here to help you in any way we can.