What is the total cost of a funeral? What do I need to know to get the exact bottom line cost?
Funeral costs are divided into three main areas. The first includes the funeral provider’s service charges for the type of service desired. These are contained in the General Price List. The second is composed of merchandise items such as caskets, vaults, printed materials, cremation urns, and so on. Finally, there are “cash advances”–items such as cemetery or crematory charges, livery, newspaper notices, flowers, clergy honoraria, and copies of the death certificate. To get an accurate idea of the funeral home’s charges, it is necessary to total up the service and merchandise charges. Some firms may have higher service charges and lower casket prices; some may be just the opposite. The totals can vary anywhere from 10-40%. Kindly contact us for more information. We will be happy to discuss these costs with you or mail you a copy of our Genera Price List, upon request. Back to Top 22.
