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Service Costs


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It is our goal to offer burial services, cremation services, memorial services, and funeral services that are both caring and affordable. In this section we provide a description and the costs for our various funeral service packages and itemized standard services. 

We accept the following forms of payment for our services: Cashier's Check, Money Order, Cash, Credit Card, Insurance, and Medicaid.  We are happy to provide additional information or answer any questions that you may have. Please contact us for more information.


In this section

Traditional Funeral Services Cost Estimates

Specialized Funeral Service Costs

Itemized Standard Funeral Costs



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Cost Estimates for Burial & Cremation Services


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Traditional Funeral Service with a Burial

Estimated Costs $8,220 - $10,120

The estimated costs include the following services and merchandise:

  • Funeral home professional services
  • Local transfer of remains from the place of death
  • Embalming and cosmetology of the deceased
  • Funeral services in a church or funeral home
  • One hour viewing 
  • Hearse
  • Casket
  • Register book
  • Burial permit
  • Gratuities for cemetery personnel
Cemetery fees, programs/prayer cards, newspaper obituary, floral arrangements, 
and death certificates are not included in the cost estimates. 


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Muslim Burial

Estimated Cost $6,516

The estimated cost includes the following services and merchandise:

  • Funeral home professional services
  • Local transfer of remains from the place of death
  • Adult sanitary care without embalming
  • Use of funeral home preparation room for the preparation of remains for a Muslim burial
  • Funeral service
  • Unfinished pine box with handles
  • Hearse
  • Temporary Grave Marker
  • Burial permit
  • Gratuities for cemetery personnel

Cemetery fees are not included in this cost estimate.  


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Traditional Full Service with Cremation

Estimated Cost $7,815

The estimated cost includes the following services and merchandise:

  • Funeral home professional services
  • Local transfer of remains from the place of death
  • Embalming and cosmetology
  • Funeral and memorial services in a church or funeral home
  • One hour viewing
  • Hearse
  • Rental casket
  • Register book
  • Cremation permit
  • Crematory fee
  • Gratuities for crematory personnel
 Programs/prayer cards, newspaper obituary, floral arrangements,
 and death certificates are not included in the cost estimate. 



Specialized Services


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Direct Cremation Services $2,500

Our package charges for direct cremation include basic services of funeral director and staff, the local(within 20 miles) transfer of remains to the funeral home, the basic sheltering of the remains, the obtaining of necessary permits and authorizations (but not the cost of death certificates, permits and filing fees), cremation container for remains, local transportation to the crematory, sanitary care and preparation of remains for identification.

This charge does not include the use of facilities and staff for any visitation or ceremony, public or private, prior to cremation, or any sheltering for days on which no post death activities occur.  Nor does it include the actual cost of the cremation process, which is a crematory charge, or any other cash disbursements, or anything not expressly stated as being provided. Additional charges will apply for miles outside the local area.

Immediate Burial $4,500

Immediate burial includes the basic services of funeral director and staff, the local transfer (within 20 miles) of the deceased to the funeral home, the basic sheltering of the deceased, sanitary care and preparation of the deceased for identification, alternative container for the enclosure of the deceased, the obtaining of necessary permits and authorizations (but not the cost of death certificates, permits and filing fees), local transportation to the cemetery, and staff supervision and attendance at the grave site.

This charge does not include the use of facilities and staff for any visitation or ceremony, public or private, prior to burial, or any sheltering for days on which no post death activities occur. Nor does it include the actual cost of the grave at the cemetery, or the cemetery’s charges for opening and closing of the grave, any required outer burial container or cash disbursements, or anything not expressly stated as being provided.

Forwarding of Remains to Another Funeral Home $4,000

This package charge includes removal of the deceased to this funeral home, basic services of the funeral director and staff, basic sheltering of the deceased, embalming, obtaining necessary permits (but not the cost of death certificates, permits and filing fees), and transfer of the deceased to Newark Airport.

It does not include a casket or alternative shipping container, the use of facilities and staff for any visitation or ceremony, public or private, prior to forwarding the deceased, or any sheltering for days on which no post death activities occur. Nor does it include transferring the deceased to another destination, or the charges of a common carrier, or anything not expressly stated as being provided.

Receiving of Remains From Another Funeral Home $2,600

This package charge includes receiving the deceased from the another funeral home via transfer of remains from Newark Airport to our funeral home, basic sheltering of the remains, basic services of the funeral director and staff, and the obtaining of necessary authorizations (but not the cost of death certificates, permits and filing fees).

This charge does not include the use of facilities and staff for any visitation or ceremony, public or private, prior to burial or cremation, or any sheltering for days on which no post death activities occur. Nor does it include transferring the deceased from another source, or the charges of a common carrier, or anything not expressly stated as being provided.


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