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Required Forms For Our Office in Southeast, Michigan
Below you will find the required forms needed to complete your arrangements. Please contact us if you have any questions.
Online Arrangement Form
To begin arrangements with Fisher Funeral Home & Cremation Services, please fill out this form. You can fill out this form online or download the pdf.
To submit the form online: CLICK HERE
General Release Form
You can fill out this form online or download the pdf.
To submit the form online: CLICK HERE
Cremation Authorization Form
If the remains are going to be cremated, please fill out this form. You can fill out this form online or download the pdf.
To submit the form online: CLICK HERE
Helpful Tips
√ Notify life insurance companies of death. They will generally send claims forms to you to be completed and returned with a certified copy of death certificate.
√ Cancel direct deposits that are made in the name of the deceased.
√ Revise the titles on your home, cars, and other titled property.
√ Contact your bank or credit union to change ownership of checking, savings, and other accounts.
√ Although we will notify Social Security of each death, contact Social Security about surviving spouse benefits if this applies.
√ Contact Veteran’s Administration about any benefits that may be due to you if applicable.
√ Arrange to update your will or trust.
√ Change beneficiaries of your life insurance, bonds, stocks, etc.
√ Should you consider saving your loved ones the burden you have just experienced by pre-planning your own services, please feel free to contact us.
Guide to Certifieds
This list has been compiled to help you determine who may require a certified copy of the death certificate in order to complete you, business
transactions.
- Life Insurance – 1 copy for each policyholder
- Banks, credit unions and saving & loans
- Real Estate – 1 copy for each county in which property is owned
- Secretary of State – for ownership of motor and marine vehicles
- Stocks – 1 copy per broker or company held
- Bonds
- IRA – 1 copy for each institution where funds are maintained
- Certificates of Deposit – 1 per institution
- Pension – 1 copy per fund holder
- Probate – 1 copy given to attorney where estate is to be probated
- Income Tax – 1 copy each for Federal, State and Local
- Trust – consult your trust officer
Feel free to download this form and print it off for your reference.