Add a family in a minute
After the arrangement conference, add the family and check what applies: a spouse, a home, a vehicle, a veteran, a business, a will.
Afterward · for funeral homesA checklist for
the weeks after.
Afterward is the after-loss checklist a funeral home gives each family it serves: what to do in the first days, two weeks, month and year, with the deadlines counted from the date of death.
New funeral homes set up their account with a Gadzook Labs setup code. Email info@gadzooklabs.com for yours, or set up your home if you already have one.
Here for your own family? Make a free checklist.
4stages, from the first days to the first year
5%Pennsylvania inheritance tax discount if paid within 3 months
9 monthsuntil the REV-1500 return and tax are due
1private link the whole family shares
What's in the app
Your care, after the service
Families leave the arrangement conference with a stack of papers and a hundred questions. Afterward gives them one list, made for their situation, with your funeral home's name on it.
A private link and QR code
Text the family their link from your phone, or print the QR code to go in the folder you hand them.
Only what applies to them
No veteran, no VA step. No car, no PennDOT title transfer. Each family sees the tasks that fit.
Deadlines counted for them
The inheritance tax discount and the REV-1500 return are dated from the date of death, with the days left.
The papers they'll need
Each task lists what to bring, like the death certificate or the DD-214, so they call once, not twice.
The whole family, one list
Everyone with the link sees the same checklist and notes, so brothers and sisters don't do the same call twice.
See how each family is doing
Your dashboard shows each family's progress and their next deadline at a glance.
Your name, your colors
The checklist carries your funeral home's name, color and phone number. Gadzook Labs is only in the footer.
Nothing to install
Families open it in their phone's browser. No app, no account, no password.
How it works
Three steps after the conference
- 1
Add the family
Name, date of death, a family contact, and the boxes that apply to them.
- 2
Send the link
Text it or print the QR code. It opens on any phone, with your name at the top.
- 3
They check things off
The family works through the list at their own pace, and you can see where they are.
Thornbury & Sons Funeral HomeQuestions? Call us at 215-555-0100
First two weeks1 of 8 done
✓
Call Social Security
Done Oct 24
Open the estate at the Register of Wills
Bring the will, if there is one, and a certified death certificate.
Death certificateWillNotify banks and credit card companies
Joint accounts usually stay open. Pay anything urgent first.
Death certificateFirst monthClosing accounts, stopping bills
Prepay inheritance tax for the 5% discount
Closes Jan 18 · 86 daysFor families
No funeral home with Afterward? Make your own.
If your funeral home doesn't use Afterward, you can still have the checklist. Tell us a little about your situation and you get a private list with the steps that fit your family and the Pennsylvania deadlines counted from the date of death.
Only people you give the private link to can see it. Terms · Privacy · Refund policy
FreeThe checklist
- Only the steps that fit your family
- Pennsylvania deadlines, with the days left
- The papers to bring for each step
- Notes the whole family shares
$39 onceEverything else, no subscription
- Email reminders before every deadline
- Letters ready to print for banks, insurers and the credit bureaus
- A page for relatives and friends with the service times and directions
- A memorial photo at the top of your checklist
Full refund within 30 days.
For funeral homes
Made for funeral directors and the families they serve
A thoughtful thing to hand a family, and one less list of phone calls to explain at the end of a long meeting.
- Your funeral home's brandYour name, accent color and phone number on every family's checklist.
- Private for each familyEach family has its own link, and each funeral home sees only its own families.
- Made for PennsylvaniaThe Register of Wills, PennDOT, the inheritance tax discount and the REV-1500 return.
- Set up with a codeEmail us for a Gadzook Labs setup code and create your home's account in a few minutes.
Have your setup code? Set up your funeral home.
Gadzook Labs
Part of Gadzook Labs
Afterward is made by Gadzook Labs, which also makes Gadzook Live for towns, Gadzook University for college students, Gadzook Borough for boroughs, Gadzook Township for townships, Pantry Roulette for home cooks, ShowbookEZ for trade show exhibitors, Afterward for funeral homes and Ask Better for anyone learning to use AI.
Afterward is general guidance for families, not legal or tax advice. Families should confirm dates and amounts with their attorney, the Register of Wills or the agency involved.