When a person dies of natural causes outside a hospital, phone your doctor. If the person has died of unnatural causes, phone the SA Police Services.
Notify the appointed executor. Also establish if there are possibly special instructions for the funeral in the will and if the deceased had a funeral policy.
Phone the undertaker. He or she will arrange all funeral matters and help with a funeral policy claim.
Notify the deceased's employer/pension fund.
Collect all the deceased's documents and make an appointment with the appointed executor, advisor or broker for the reporting of the deceased estate.
Give the executor your full co-operation and take him or her into your confidence. Discuss your immediate cash needs with the executor.
Don't take hasty investment decisions before the estate has been finalised. Consult with the executor of the estate on such and other decisions.
