Free tool · say it once, in writing
Final Wishes One-Pager
Somebody will be asked, within about a day of your death, a run of questions they have never thought about — burial or cremation, which service, who decides. This free one-pager is the smallest useful answer: eleven lines you can fill in over a cup of coffee. It opens on a completed example so you can see what finished looks like, then gives you a blank copy to print.
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Direct download. No email, no account — just the files.
What it does
- Covers the eleven questions asked first — what you want done with your body, what happens to the remains, whether arrangements are already paid for, the service you want, and who is in charge.
- Opens on a worked example (a clearly fictional person, Ruth Hollis) so you are never staring at a blank form.
- Keeps identifying numbers out by design — it records where things are and who to call, never an account number, a Social Security number, or a password. That is what makes it safe to hand to someone.
- The Excel version self-scores how many lines you've answered; the PDF is print-and-fill, with three things to do once it's written.
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This page covers day one. The full binder covers what comes after: twenty-six arrangement decisions with a note on what each one actually decides, an itemized cost estimate set against every fund you have — with the gap, and the money reachable in the first few days, calculated for you — plus where every document is, the facts a death certificate asks for, who to notify, and what to close. Eleven tabs for Excel and Google Sheets, and four guides.
A one-time purchase you keep and own. This document may not be opened for twenty years — a file you own will still be there, and it will not be behind a subscription nobody can log in to.
A record of your wishes, not a will, a trust, or an advance directive. It does not appoint anyone or transfer anything, and it is not legal, financial, or tax advice. In most places the legal right to direct a funeral is set by law or by a signed authorization form, not by a wish list — talk to an attorney about the documents that carry legal weight. Record where things live, never passwords or account numbers. Free to print and share as-is; please don't resell it.