Funeral
Home,
Cemetery & Cremation Cost Controls. What You can do to Control Them
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Funeral
Home, Cemetery & Cremation;
How
Much Money Does It Take to Pay for Final Arrangements? What Can I do about It?
Funeral Home, Cemetery and Cremation costs
are the things, of a practical nature, that final arrangements planning can
really make a difference with. The following chart lays out a range of costs for
key elements in the final arrangements process and offers some ideas and
alternatives. You may have some ideas we can share with everyone. Please email
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Final Arrangements That could be Chosen by You
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Range
of Costs |
What
Can I do? Alternative Final Arrangements if Available Have A Tip or Idea? Email: Final Arrangements Mail @ |
| Funeral Home Service | $700 to $2,000 | Have
more than one Funeral Home to use and know what the charges are for
services and goods you need before you need them. Look
for Budget Funeral
Services & Memorial Society
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| Move the Deceased | $150 to $1,000 | Will
be part of services from whomever you choose
Memorial Society |
| Preparations of Deceased | $300 to $600 | Eliminate
by choosing cremation where it should not be necessary to perform
Memorial Society |
| Cremation Service | $600 to $1,000 | Compare
services and prices from several of these sources;
Memorial Society,
Cremation Society, Internet Companies, Local Cremation Company
Cremation is becoming the predominant final arrangements choice at death in the US. |
| Embalming | $400 to $600 | If
you don't need it don't allow it
Not Legally required except in cases where body is to move across state lines. Usually done by the funeral home to accommodate visitation and display of deceased or an extended period of time between death and burial. |
| Funeral Home Visitations | $600 to $1,200 | Eliminate or reduce. Have a memorial service without body present at a church or private home rather than the funeral home |
| Funeral Home Procession Services | $600 to $2,000 |
Limit size of funeral home staff and automobiles used |
| Cemetery; Lot, Crypt, Lawn Crypt, Mausoleum Crypt, Scatter | $500 to $20,000 |
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| Funeral Flowers, Obituary, Registry and Cards | $300 to $2,000 | Buy
directly and not through funeral home
Eliminate or reduce any item |
| Caskets & Urns | $100 to $10,000 | Choose and Purchase from one of the Alternatives listed here; Casket and Urn Retailer, Internet, Casket Kit, Private owner, The Cemetery Registry |
| Burial Vaults | $200 to $8,000 | Choose and Purchase from one of the Alternatives listed here; Casket Retailer or Internet, The Cemetery |
| Marker, Memorial, Monument, Grave Stone | $400 to $10,000 | Don't rush into this purchase. You can better handle this after the funeral. Look for an Internet Retailer, Local Monument Shop, The Cemetery. |
| Grave Marker Base | $200 to $1,000 | Don't rush into this purchase. You can better handle this after the funeral Look for an Internet Retailer, Local Monument Shop, The Cemetery. |
Disclaimer: Costs used are rough estimates over a broad range to encompass market variables and should not be taken as definitive nor reflective of any particular market.
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