Death of a friend

Errata

Jill_ wrote: »

Morning all.

I called Barclays at 9am, to inform them to what has happend. They inform me he had paid in advance for a funeral (After 20 minutes trying to dig his file out and calling me back) and everything could be arranged by them else if I wanted to (Which I wanted) I coud do and they gave me a list of local directors that have an agreement with them and I wouldn't be liable. They also inform me I need to register the death asap (I'm not sure this is right) They asked me to surrender any credit or debit cards to them and they'll send them back to the relevant issuer.

Do I need the certificate to contact a funeral director? Or can they obtain the paperwork once the hospital tell me I can collect my friend?

I'm stuck now, Do I contact anyone else after Barclays?

See my post. Coroners Assistant will tell you how to register. Undertaker cab be contacted before the certificate is issued by the Coroner.

Barclays will take over and contact whoever is necessary, but perhaps you need to let friends know what's happened to your friend

LydiaJ

When someone dies suddenly, there is often a long delay before there is a "proper" death certificate. However, the coroner will issue you fairly quickly with a "coroner's interim certificate of the fact of death" which is all you need to give to the executors, funeral directors, and everyone else. They should be quite happy to give you several copies, and I don't think they charge for them if you get them all at once at the beginning, so ask for lots. (In England)

snapping_crocodile

LydiaJ wrote: »

When someone dies suddenly, there is often a long delay before there is a "proper" death certificate. However, the coroner will issue you fairly quickly with a "coroner's interim certificate of the fact of death" which is all you need to give to the executors, funeral directors, and everyone else. They should be quite happy to give you several copies, and I don't think they charge for them if you get them all at once at the beginning, so ask for lots. (In England)

Unfortunately they do charge you for the certificates. This was menioned earlier on and they cost £3.50 each. With regards to the coroner I would give the coroners office a ring to see if you need to pick up the papaerwork in order to beable to register the death (as someone else has said) or whether they send it onto the registrar ready for you to make an appointment with them in order to officially reegister the death and get a death certificate (as was what happened in my case) as I am sure different regions handle it differently

Errata

snapping_crocodile wrote: »

Unfortunately they do charge you for the certificates. This was menioned earlier on and they cost £3.50 each. With regards to the coroner I would give the coroners office a ring to see if you need to pick up the papaerwork in order to beable to register the death (as someone else has said) or whether they send it onto the registrar ready for you to make an appointment with them in order to officially reegister the death and get a death certificate (as was what happened in my case) as I am sure different regions handle it differently

In my experience the Coroner's Office completes the certificate and sends it to the hospital admin office to be collected and it's then taken to the Registrar for registration. I guess the reason being that the Registrar can't register the death themselves and can't hang onto the certificate on the off chance someone turns up to register it; not probable but possible.

snapping_crocodile

Errata wrote: »

In my experience the Coroner's Office completes the certificate and sends it to the hospital admin office to be collected and it's then taken to the Registrar for registration. I guess the reason being that the Registrar can't register the death themselves and can't hang onto the certificate on the off chance someone turns up to register it; not probable but possible.

Well i know in Kent the coroner sent all the relevant paperwork to the registrar themselves, and when i phoned to make the appointment to register my dad's death they just checked they had the relevant paperwork before giving me an appointment time. The coroner also phoned me to ask which funeral directors I was using and sent a copy onto them too. The coroner was excellent. However from what you are saying I can only assume things are handled differently in different parts of the country

Jill__2

snapping_crocodile wrote: »

Unfortunately they do charge you for the certificates. This was menioned earlier on and they cost £3.50 each. With regards to the coroner I would give the coroners office a ring to see if you need to pick up the papaerwork in order to beable to register the death (as someone else has said) or whether they send it onto the registrar ready for you to make an appointment with them in order to officially reegister the death and get a death certificate (as was what happened in my case) as I am sure different regions handle it differently

I have been told I need to go to the hospital after 1pm today to pick up some papers to take to the registrar to register the death. After this time they will release my friend so I can sort out the arrangements.

As for booking in at the bank I was told I could just drop in to a Main branch (whats the difference) and someone would see me.

As for the bank cards that I have to drop in, Should I chop them up? or hand them in whole?

Its quite sad but I suspect not many people will be at his funeral, He told me on numerous occasions I was his only friend

Thanks again for your help

Jill__2

Errata wrote: »

Barclays will take over and contact whoever is necessary, but perhaps you need to let friends know what's happened to your friend

Thanks for this, I've got his phone and dialed the numbers (there was about 5 including mine) his boss said to let him know when the funeral is and he will come. One of his old friends from the petrol station he worked at many years ago said he would pass the word round aswell. One of my friends turned round and said she would come as she knows not alot of people would be there. I'm not sure if she is being sarcastic or not.

mightymole

condolences to youand the family(ies)

snapping_crocodile

Jill_ wrote: »

I have been told I need to go to the hospital after 1pm today to pick up some papers to take to the registrar to register the death. After this time they will release my friend so I can sort out the arrangements.

As for booking in at the bank I was told I could just drop in to a Main branch (whats the difference) and someone would see me.

As for the bank cards that I have to drop in, Should I chop them up? or hand them in whole?

Its quite sad but I suspect not many people will be at his funeral, He told me on numerous occasions I was his only friend

Thanks again for your help

Did they freeze his accounts when you phoned them? If so it probably doesn't matter if they are chopped up or not. A main branch is usually one in a large town, rather than a little village branch.

You are doing such a wonderful thing as a final show of respect for your friend. Do you have any family or friends who can support you through this process?

Jill__2

snapping_crocodile wrote: »

Did they freeze his accounts when you phoned them? If so it probably doesn't matter if they are chopped up or not. A main branch is usually one in a large town, rather than a little village branch.

You are doing such a wonderful thing as a final show of respect for your friend. Do you have any family or friends who can support you through this process?

His barclays ones have but he had an account another bank so I'm unsure on them. Ive got family and friends but my friends don't understand why I'm wanting to do all this.