Sharing News About A Death

If someone in your family gets engaged or if a couple has a child, those announcements are very exciting to make. However, in any family there are going to be happy announcements and sad announcements. And the types of announcements that no one wants to have to make include letting people know when someone passes on. After a loved one dies, news has to be spread and the Jewish funeral home in Edison, NJ can help you figure out how to do that properly. You don’t want to preoccupy yourself with the grief and planning while leaving out important steps, like informing certain family members.

You want immediate family members to be first on the list to hear the news about the death. These are people that definitely warrant a phone call, if at all possible. You want them to hear the news from you or from someone else close to the person who passed on. Once immediate family knows, they could help with funeral planning, making more calls, or other such things. Time is often limited between the time of death and the time to plan with the Jewish funeral home. You may very well need some extra help and support during this difficult time.

Not only do you want everyone contacted so they are informed of the death, but they also need to know that services are imminent. And this is important whether you have the exact date or time yet or not. There’s generally a short period of time between the death and the funeral service and burial. Anyone out of town will need as much notice as they can get about the passing so they can make preparations to travel to the area.

Technology has made planning and traveling easier than ever before, which is helpful in any situation. But you don’t want to utilize technology too much to send out news out about your loved one’s passing until everyone who should know does know via phone calls. So don’t send out information by text message, email, or on social media until after people who deserve a phone about the passing have been notified. You might also want to make sure that those you inform don’t post on social media or do anything of the sort until the news has been spread far enough.

When you call someone who needs to know about the passing, it’s best to get straight to the point after a brief greeting. Don’t get into small talk, but simply tell them that your loved one has passed away. Your time is limited, and you don’t want anything else you discuss to overshadow or get in the way of the point of your call.

Talking to family members about a death in your ranks can be hard, especially when you are mourning and dealing with planning services with a Jewish funeral home in Edison, NJ. When you need help planning the services or want advice on how to tell people about the passing, the professionals at Mount Sinai Memorial Chapels are here to help you in any way we can.