Dealing with death in Spain: What arrangements do I have to make?

Although this is a fairly unpleasant subject to have to think about and plan for, not doing so can create more stress for your loved ones at an already traumatic time. Because this is something that people try to put off planning for, and therefore have little information on, I will give a brief summary on how to you have to proceed in these cases if you need to report the death of a family member or arrange the burial, cremation or the repatriation of remains outside Spain.