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Immediate concerns after a loved ones passing
As a Family run business, we understand making that first call after someone has passed away is
often the hardest thing to do.
Death at home
Death in hosptial
Death in care
Sudden death
Death abroad
Young person's death
REGISTRATION
Registering Your Loved Ones Passing
If your loved one has passed away in one of the following areas: Taunton, Wellington, Bridgwater, Yeovil , Chard, Minehead or any surrounding villages. you must contact the registrar on 01823 282251.
Due to Covid regulations there is now no face to face meeting with the registrar, the registration process is conducted over the phone. Once you make the initial phone call to inform the registrar of your loved ones passing they will arrange a time convenient for you to provide certain information.
The following questions will be asked during your appointment with the registrar:
- Your loved one’s full name
- The date and time of your loved ones passing
- Marital status of your loved one
- Date and place of birth of your loved one
- Occupation of your loved one
- The name and address of your loved one’s GP
- Details of any pension apart from state pension that your loved one may have held
- Your loved ones religion
You may also ask for information about the next of kin and the person dealing with the deceased’s estate. You must get the agreement of these people if you are going to provide us with information about them.
The registrar will then complete whats known as a Green Certificate or a Part B form, this will be passed to ourselves and will be used as certification for your loved ones burial or cremation.
We do not need copies of your loved ones Death Certificate and in most cases the “Tell Us Once” system will inform the majority of government bodies keeping the number of Death Certificates
needed to a minimum.
You will be able to buy as many copies of the death certificate as you need. Each certificate will cost £11.
The number of certificates you need to buy will depend on the number of organisations that need to be informed about the death.
Banks, building societies, pension and life insurance companies will all usually ask to see a death certificate, as mentioned government bodies will have been informed via the Tell Us Once System.
You will be able to buy as many copies of the death certificate as you need. Each certificate will cost £11.
The number of certificates you need to buy will depend on the number of organisations that need to
be informed about the death.
Banks, building societies, pension and life insurance companies will all usually ask to see a death certificate, as mentioned government bodies will have been informed via the Tell Us Once System.