Your Funeral Fiduciaryᵀᴹ
Midwest Preplanning is an independent Funeral Fiduciary™ agency serving families across Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Our sole purpose is to protect your family's interests through unbiased guidance, education, transparent provider comparisons, and dignified preplanning.
—What We Do
A fiduciary standard applied
to Funeral Preplanning
Most families have never had a true advocate when planning a funeral. We change that as we are your Funeral Fiduciaryᵀᴹ.
A fiduciary is someone who is ethically obligated to act in your best interest — not their own. It is the standard held by attorneys, financial planners, and trustees. Midwest Preplanning was founded to bring that same standard to funeral preplanning.
When a family walks into a funeral home alone, they enter an unfamiliar environment during one of life's most vulnerable moments. The funeral home's staff, however always caring, represent the funeral home's interests. No one in that room is required to advocate for you or your family’s interest. We are here to help offer guidance, consideration, and know all of your options as you plan ahead.
We receive zero compensation from any funeral home, cremation provider, cemetery or corporation — not for referrals, recommendations, or any arrangement a family makes.
Four steps to complete
peace of mind for you and your family.
—How We Work
1
We meet by phone, video, our office or home visit to understand your wishes, answer questions, and explain how we work — with no obligation.
Free Consultation
2
We gather pricing, compare, and provide insight from funeral homes or cremation providers in your area. Conducting an unbiased evaluation of your options based on clients wishes, values, budget and location.
Independent Guidance
3
With clarity, comparisons, and confidence, you decide which provider best honors your wishes, values and budget.
Informed Decision
4
With your preneed plan documented and funded, you have done what few families ever do — taken control before a crisis forces the decision. That is the ultimate act of care, and the peace of mind it provides is lasting.
Peace of Mind
-The Insight
The Numbers
2+
Funeral homes or Providers Compared and Researched Per Client
$0
Zero kickbacks or referral fees from Funeral Homes or Cremation Providers
$2,200
Average Amount We Save our Clients*
100 %
Independent, unbiased, and working only for you
*Savings vary based on individual preferences and selections.
A Funeral Fiduciaryᵀᴹ helps You-
Create a clear, documented preplan that reflects your wishes
Understand burial, cremation, and celebration-of-life options
Navigate Medicaid and burial space item planning in a compliant manner
Compare funeral providers without pressure or obligation
Reduce emotional and financial stress for your loved ones
Educate you on all funeral and end of life questions
Practical Guidance—Before and When It Matters Most
—How We Help
Everything we do is designed to give you clarity now — and protection later.
A trusted professional. Always on your side.
—Your Team
Elise Schumacher is the founder of Midwest Preplanning, a licensed preneed insurance specialist and licensed funeral director with over 15 years of experience serving families across Minnesota and Wisconsin as an independent Funeral Fiduciary™
Experience. As a licensed funeral director, I have sat across from thousands of families in their most difficult moments—many of them unprepared and forced to make important decisions under emotional and financial stress. Those experiences stayed with me. I saw how overwhelming and rushed the process could feel, and how often families wished they had more time, clarity, and guidance beforehand.
Difference. What sets Midwest Preplanning apart is not just our independence—it is our commitment to treating every family’s preplanning decisions with the same level of rigor, documentation, and professional care you would expect from other trusted advisory fields where the focus is solely on the client’s best interest. You deserve that standard. We deliver it.
Elise Schumacher
CEO and Founder
Founder of Funeral Fiduciary™
Licensed Senior Preneed Advisor
MN Licensed Funeral Director
Independent & Unbiased
Serving MN and WI Clients and Families
Medicaid Strategist
Helping families and clients across Minnesota & Wisconsin.
—Who We Serve
Individuals planning ahead for themselves
Couples and families planning together
Adult children assisting aging parents
Minnesota and Wisconsin Attorneys, Estate Planners, and Financial Advisors
Trustees, Payees, Guardians, and Care Professionals
Ready to pre-plan with someone on your side?
Your free consultation is confidential, pressure-free, and comes with absolutely no obligation. We'll answer every question you have and walk you through exactly what we do — so you can decide if we're the right fit for your family.
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