Funeral homes offer a wide variety of services. So to help you look at funeral home prices in an apples to apples comparison, we chose four typical funeral service packages. Of course, you may decide to purchase a slightly different set of services. The four different funeral service types are:
Traditional Full Service Burial: includes funeral home basic service fee, embalming and care of body, a visitation or wake prior to the funeral, a service at either church or funeral home chapel, a funeral procession to the grave site and a committal service prior to the burial. The average cost of a casket is included.
Full Service Cremation: includes a visitation or wake prior to the funeral, a service at either church or funeral home chapel and basic cremation services, which include removal of deceased from the place of death, transfer to the crematory, and cremation services. The average cost of a cremation casket is included. Unless an urn has been purchased separately, the ashes are generally returned to the family in a cardboard box.
Direct Cremation: includes removal of the deceased from the place of death, transfer to the crematory, and cremation services. The average cost of an alternative cremation container is included. Unless an urn has been purchased separately, the ashes are generally returned to the family in a cardboard box.
Affordable Burial: Sometimes known as Immediate or Direct Burial, is the burial of a body without embalming, viewing or services. It includes basic services fee and transportation of the body from the place of death to the cemetery. The average cost of a basic casket is included.
All funeral services listed include the services of the funeral home in preparing the deceased and arranging the type of service desired.