Monbaron Bestattungen

Our services

• Contact with relatives
• Transportation of the deceased to their final resting place at home and abroad
• Obtaining the death certificate from the doctor or hospital
• Registration at the relevant registry office
• Arranging the funeral with the funeral home
• Contact with the pastor or funeral speaker
• Drafting and placing of notices in daily newspapers Drafting, printing, and sending of
• condolence cards and acknowledgments
• Ordering flowers/wreaths
• Organization of the funeral reception
• Consultation and ordering of grave cross, gravestone, and inscription
• Accompanying the funeral service

What does the registry officedo

Every death is reported by the registry office of the place of death to the following authorities:

• Resident registration office of the place of residence
• Central Compensation Office AHV
• If the deceased is a German, Italian, or Austrian citizen, notification to the civil registry office of that country
• For foreign nationals, notification of death to the representative of the home country
• Federal Office for Migration, if one of the parents is an asylum seeker, has been granted temporary admission or is recognized as a refugee
• If the deceased has minor children, notification to the guardianship authority

The civil registry office of the deceased's last place of residence informs the administrative offices within the municipality (resident registration office, municipal tax office, municipal branch of the Social Insurance Institution of the Canton of Aargau [sva], etc.) and reports the death to the district court president (opening of the will).

Death certificate

Based on the entry in the civil register, the civil registry office of the place of death can issue extracts (death certificates). These can be reissued at any time (fee CHF 25.00).

What to do in the event of a death?

Those who have never been confronted with a death often do not know how much is involved and what needs to be done. The following information is intended to give you an insight into these tasks and at the same time help you prepare for this difficult time.

What needs to be done

• Forward mail to a contact person (relative, friend, etc.)
• Cancel pensions and insurance policies
• Cancel telephone, radio, and TV services
• Terminate the lease on the apartment
• Cancel various subscriptions (newspapers, magazines, etc.)

Inheritance service / Sealingservice

(Notification by the Seeland civil registry office)
Upon receipt of the notification, the municipal probate officer will contact the relatives within a maximum of seven days to draw up a probate record.
This provides information about the assets and liabilities of the deceased person and the surviving spouse.

The following documents, if available, must be provided for the record to be drawn up:

• Bank and postal account statements
• Life, pension, or accident insurance policies
• Tax returns
• Information on any valuable collections
• Wills
• Marriage and inheritance contracts
• Addresses of family members

If you have any further questions or require additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us at any time: B. Monbaron Funeral Services
Brüggstrasse 121
2503 Biel-Bienne
Bernard Monbaron 032 365 99 88
079 334 73 39

bernard.monbaron@bluewin.ch



Our aim is to give the deceased a dignified funeral, to accompany them individually and to help you fulfill your wishes.