CONTENTS
How can Oxfordshire County
Council help you?
The First Steps
4
What must you do when
someone dies?
Registration
5
How do you register
a death?
8 Registering a stillbirth
The Funeral
10
What choices you have
for the funeral?
14 Alternative burials
Oxfordshire County Council’s Registration Service has produced this
guide to help you through this difficult time. When someone close to
us dies, the feelings of shock, sadness, loss and bewilderment can take
over our lives.
How to pay for a Funeral
1 Help & advice on the
5
costs involved
We will try to help you and offer the information that we know you are
likely to need in the next few weeks and months.
Documents & Decisions
16
Detailed planning of
the funeral
We suggest what the priorities are, and explain how, where and when
you register the death.
Civil Funerals
17
Arranging a civil funeral
We will let you know what is required by law and what choices you
have in order to arrange the funeral. There is a section with information
about sorting the estate. Losing a loved one presents many challenges
when you feel least able to deal with them. Organisations providing
support are listed should you need to contact them.
Probate
18
How do you sort out the
estate of the deceased?
It is our aim to provide a sympathetic, helpful and considerate service
to help you make the necessary decisions and arrangements. It is
important to us that you have the best and clearest information and
guidance to make sure that the arrangements you make are the ones
that are best for you, your family and friends.
Contacts
20
Who else do you need to
contact?
Jacquie Bugeja
Head of Oxfordshire Registration & Coroner's Services
(Proper Officer for Registration)
Wills & Memorials
19
What if there's no will?
Child death
21 Children under 18
Help & Support
22
How can you get
help and support
with bereavement?
Oxfordshire
28 Crematoriums and
Oxfordshire Registration
Service Offices
Funeral Directors
30 Local funeral directors
Customer Satisfaction
32
What can you do if
things go wrong?