Our charge includes consultation with the family or responsible party; staff and facilities to respond to initial requests for service; coordinating service plans with cemetery, crematory and/or other parties involved in the final disposition of the deceased; securing official documents and necessary registrations and sheltering of the deceased. This fee for our basic services and overhead will be added to the total cost of the funeral arrangements you select. This fee is already included in our charges for direct cremations, immediate burials and forwarding or receiving remains.

Except in certain special cases, embalming is not required by law. Embalming may be necessary, however, if you select certain funeral arrangements, such as a funeral with viewing. If you do not want embalming, you usually have the right to choose an arrangement which does not require you to pay for it, such as a direct cremation or immediate burial. There is no additional charge for preparation following autopsy or organ donation.

Includes restoration, cosmetology, dressing and placement of the deceased in the casket. 

for directing funeral/memorial ceremony.

Flower Car, Sedan for Pallbearers, etc.  (N/C if used with traditional funeral service)

Transportation (one way)  beyond local area is $1.75 per mile.

A Memorial Candle of your loved one is included in our Memorial Service Package.

• Minimum services of staff which includes filing the necessary papers with the State, care of body until transport to the crematory (not to exceed 24 hours), and coordination with the crematory.
• Container to transport the body to the crematory.
• Initial transfer of the deceased from place of death within Cass and Clay counties
• Transportation to crematory

Sunday and Holiday cremations will be an extra charge: $500

Bodies held for  longer than 48 hours will be charged a daily fee.

Our  Direct Cremation charge does not include coordinating a memorial service with the church, providing cash advance items on the family's behalf, obituary to newspaper, or storage  of  ashes after the cremation.   If you want to arrange a direct cremation, you can use an alternative container.  Alternative containers encase the body and can be made of materials like fiberboard or composition  materials, with or without an outside covering.  The containers we provide are constructed of a wood base  cardboard shell.

• Initial transportation of the deceased from place of death to our funeral home                                                
• Embalming
• Basic services of staff
• Local transportation (airline or other shipping charges not included)                                        

                         *plus cost of shipping container

• Basic services of staff
• Care of the deceased
• Local transportation of the deceased to cemetery or crematory (does not include graveside service, casket,  or vault)

Note: This charge does not include any type of service at the Funeral Home or Graveside

A. Transfer of remains to funeral home. Additional mileage charge (one way) of 1.75 per mile outside 45 mile radius.

B. Preparation and care of body for indentification

C. Basic Services of funeral director and staff including:

      ~24 hour availability of staff

      ~Securing and recording vital statistics

      ~Permits

      ~Arrangements with family

      ~Use of facilites or equipment at church for memorial      ceremony

      ~Arrangements with crematory

      ~Transfer of remains to crematory

      ~Staff services for directing memorial service

Unsealed and Unlined, with Two Holes in Bottom

with seamless liner, tongue in groove seal

heavy construction in cover, seamless inner liner,
tongue in groove seal nameplate

heavy construction in base and cover, seemless
plastic liner, special nameplate, tongue in groove seal, available in several colors

Extra heavy construction, seamless plastic liner,
16 gauge stainless steel liner, tongue in groove seal, nameplate
with religious emblem, available in several colors

seamless liner, 16 gauge copper finishing liner, tongue in groove sealing, nameplate with religious emblem, extra heavy construction

Vault, Bronze Triune, seamless liner, 16 gauge bronze finishing liner, tongue in groove sealing, nameplate with emblem, extra heavy construction.

Subject to availability. Keepsake sold seperately.

Heart and Keepsake sold seperately.

Heart and Keepsake sold seperately.

Heart and Keepsake sold seperately.

Heart and Keepsake sold seperately.

Heart and Keepsake sold seperately.

Interchangeable Applique.

Interchangeable Applique.

Interchangeable Applique.

Veteran Memorial 20 Gauge Casket
Concrete Outer Burial Container
*Traditional Funeral Service
Staff Services
Facilities
Vehicles
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Veteran Memorial 18 Gauge Casket
Monticello Burial Vault
*Traditional Funeral Service
Staff Services
Facilities
Vehicles
Printed Materials

Estate Midnight Blue Solid Copper Casket
Stainless Steel Burial Vault
*Traditional Funeral Service
Staff Services
Facilities
Vehicles
Printed Materials