VESTAL HILLS MEMORIAL PARK
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Planning Ahead 

Why Should I  Plan Ahead?
Planning for your final arrangements can provide lasting peace of mind, ensuring that your wishes are respected and reducing the emotional and financial stress on your loved ones during a difficult time. At Vestal Hills Memorial Park, our compassionate team is dedicated to helping you make informed decisions about cemetery property and services in advance. Pre planning provides you with discounted cost, in-house interest-free financing and allows you to secure property near or next to loved ones while still available.By pre planning, you can relieve your family of the burdens that often come with end-of-life arrangements, allowing them more time to focus on healing and remembrance. Contact us to learn how our services can support you and your family with care and sensitivity.
Pre-Arrangement Form
Benefits of Preplanning
Planning Ahead Lets Your Wishes Be Known.
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The death of a loved one often brings about unwarranted stress and turmoil among families. One family member wants one thing, while another family member wants something different. By planning ahead, you help prevent those disagreements by letting your family know what your wishes are and how you want your final service to be carried out and your business handled.

Planning Ahead Offers Peace of Mind
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Our staff guarantees we will carry out the arrangements you want, just as you directed. Once the plans have been arranged, you and your family can rest easy knowing at the time of death, those uncomfortable decisions have been made. In a time when a family should be able to easily grieve, preplanning allows for that to happen.

Planning Ahead Offers Flexible Funding Options​.
​When you preplan your final arrangements, there are more options when it comes to funding the purchase of property and services. Arrangements that are pre-planned can be financed in an affordable manner. At the time of death, all services must be paid in full, so having options ahead of time can also reduce other stress related to losing someone.

Planning Ahead Relieves The Burden From Family.
Following the death of a loved one, there are more than 150 decisions that have to be made within the first day or two following the death. Those stressful decisions on top of the stress of grieving a loss can be eliminated by arranging your final wishes ahead of time. If those decisions are made, your loved ones aren’t left wondering what you would have wanted and how they should proceed with their final wishes. With those decisions out of the way, your loved one can begin the healing process sooner.

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​3997 Vestal Rd., Vestal, NY 13850
607-797-8407
Office Hours:
Monday-Friday 9am -  4pm
Saturday 9am - 12pm
Sunday by appointment only.

Ground Hours:
Everyday Dawn to Dusk

Mausoleums:
Closed and locked at 3:45 pm
After 3:45 pm, arranged by appointment. ​
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  • Home
    • Contact Us
    • FAQ
    • History
    • Location
    • Memorialization
    • Park Map
    • Rules and Regulations
    • Veteran Benefits
  • Burial Options
  • Planning Ahead
    • Why should I plan ahead?
    • Pre-Arrangement Form
    • Pre-Plan Checklist
    • Talk of a Lifetime
    • Memorialization
    • Veteran Benefits
  • Special Tribute