When someone you love dies and leaves you in charge, where do you start?
You’re suddenly responsible for legal paperwork, financial accounts, a houseful of possessions, and family members demanding answers all while grieving. The learning curve is steep, the stakes are high, and mistakes can be costly.
Michelle Stellick, founder of Stellick Legacy Estate Services, has guided hundreds of families through this challenging process. She’s seen it all: the fights over Grandma’s jewelry, the boxes of mysterious documents, the garage full of “valuable” collections, and the siblings who won’t speak to each other. Drawing from years of hands-on experience, she provides the roadmap you desperately need-from funeral arrangements through final asset distribution.
With compassion and straight talk, Stellick transforms this daunting task into a manageable process. Whether you’re facing this responsibility now or preparing for the inevitable, this book transforms confusion into clarity. You’ll discover what professionals know, what family members expect, and what you can safely ignore.
Finally, a roadmap for one of life’s most difficult journeys.
About the author
Michelle Stellick, is the founder and CEO of Gentle Wisdom Estate Education in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Her vision is to bring clarity and compassion to estate administration for future personal representatives and trustees. Through education and empathy, she equips future administrators with confidence and knowledge, so they are prepared when it matters most.
She brings more than 20 years of industry experience to this calling. She has been a licensed real estate agent and worked in the funeral industry as a pre-arrangement consultant and outreach coordinator as well as an administrative assistant at a cemetery and funeral home. She has several years experience as an administrative assistant, trust funding coordinator, and marketing director with a local estate planning law firm. She is the owner/operator of Stellick Legacy Estate Services, an estate clearing company she started in 2017. She has also served as a personal representative.
Michelle is extremely grateful for her family especially her husband of over 3 decades, Bob, and her two children, Anna and Emery. When she is not working, she loves to spend time with friends and family, travel, dip her toes in the sand, ride the tandem bike with Bob, and try “flights” of craft beer, wine, and rum!
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