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(718)894-5500
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Hess-Miller Funeral Home
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ANTHONY J. MARTINO, Lic. Mgr.
DAVID L. MARTINO, Director
Owned By Martino F.H., Inc. Since 1982
1-718-821-6660 or 1-800-479-6419
Serving Ridgewood, Maspeth,
Middle Village & Glendale
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64-19 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village, N.Y.
www.hessmillerfuneralhome.com
Away from home
How to handle a death that occurs away from home
Whether you’re a snowbird
going to a warmer climate
to escape winter weather
or you’re traveling on a business trip,
it’s wise to prepare for the unexpected.
Accidents happen. People fall
victim to new or existing medical
conditions. Death is always an overwhelming
event, especially so when
it occurs away from home. That’s
why it is wise to carry a wallet-sized
card listing the names of your nextof
kin, the telephone number of your
funeral director and stating whether
any funeral prearrangements have
been made. Most travelers wouldn’t
dream of leaving home on an extended
trip without carrying along copies
of prescriptions, yet how many
think to include personal information
that would facilitate their final
arrangements if the unthinkable
happens?
Robert Ruggiero, a licensed New
York City funeral director, off ers these
suggestions to help cope with death
away from home.
Don’t leave the body. The most frequent
response by family members
experiencing a death away from home
is to hurry home to begin funeral
arrangements.
However, most deaths that occur
while traveling are sudden and require
an investigation by the local
medical examiner’s offi ce and police
department.
The family member traveling with
the person who remains available to
the authorities at the place of death
will expedite the return process.
If a person has died and family is not
with the deceased, survivors should
not fl y out to the place of death.
Wi th today’s technology, there’s a
good possibility that if identifi cation
is required, survivors can save time by
staying home and requesting another
means to accomplish the necessary
procedures.
Appoint your hometown funeral
director as the “point person.” Allow
him or her to select the means of returning
your loved one home. Your
family funeral director is familiar
with the necessary procedures to ease
the process for you.
If the death occurs overseas, the
U.S. State Department’s Bureau of
Consular Aff airs in Washington, DC
(202-647-5225) or the local Embassy
can provide emergency assistance
for Americans traveling overseas who
encounter a tragedy of this nature.
For more information visit the Bureau
of Consular Aff airs website, https://
travel.state.gov/content/passports/en/
abroad/events-and-records/death.html
Any expense will ultimately be
the responsibility of the bereaved
family but because of the State Department’s
intervention, there may
be no immediate upfront expense in
most cases.
For more information, you might
want to call your family funeral director
before leaving home.
Courtesy of NYS Funeral Directors
Association
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