Cremation Services
Cremation Service Options
If your family has chosen cremation, we offer affordable services that help celebrate the life of your loved one while giving you several options for a public gathering, and a final resting place.
Direct Cremation …………………………………………………… $2,850
Our charge for direct cremation without any visitation, rites, or ceremonies includes removal and shelter of remains, local transportation to the crematory, necessary services of staff , authorizations, cremation fee, medical examiner's fee, and 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 fiberboard and composition material. Certain cash advance items are additional.
•Direct cremation with alternative container ………………………………………………… $2,850
•Direct cremation with minimum casket (cloth covered) selected from our funeral home … $4,000
•Direct cremation with director or staff to cemetery for burial ……………………….. $3,175
For burial options please call for pricing at (508) 852-2161. We offer personalized services that cater directly to your needs of your family and loved one. Select from options that best fit what you are looking for- only pay for services that you want. By offering a variety of choices for full funeral services, you are provided with a custom funeral at a fair price.
Complete Funeral Service With Cremation
If you decide to have your loved one cremated or if it was the request of the individual, viewing is still an option when choosing this service. Often, families choose to have visitation with or without a church service prior to being cremated. Depending on the circumstance, embalming may still be necessary when selecting this service.
Memorial Service
A Memorial Service is a service without a visitation and the remains of your loved one are not present at the time of the service. At this service, you may choose to have the urn present. This ceremony can be held at the funeral home or a church.
Graveside Service
A graveside service is celebrated after your loved one is cremated. Family and friends gather at the grave site where a brief ceremony is held to honor the memory of the deceased.
Direct Cremation
Direct Cremation is when cremation occurs shortly after death, without embalming. The cremated remains are placed in an urn or other container. No viewing or visitation is involved, however, families still have the option to hold a graveside or memorial service if the decide.
Burial Of Cremains
Burial is still an option if cremation is part of your funeral arrangements. Options are available. Ask your funeral arrangement specialist during the conference.
The following are services we will assist you with:
- The transfer of the deceased from the place of death to the funeral home
- Professional care of the deceased, which may include embalming, dressing, hairdressing, cosmetology, and casketing
- An arrangement conference with the family to plan specific details for the funeral
- Locating the deceased's doctor to sign a death certificate; then filing this certificate with the State of death; obtaining the requested amount of certified death certificates for the family
- Obtaining all necessary permits and authorizations, as required.
- Preparing an obituary to be placed in any newspapers requested by the family
- Contacting local cemeteries or crematories, as required
- Providing a location for visitation and a funeral ceremony
- Placement of floral arrangements
- Arranging for motor equipment, including limousines, as required
- Arranging for Cash Advances for cemetery expenses, clergy honorariums, music, and obituaries
- Contacting Fraternal or Military organizations to take part in the ceremony
- Arranging for a personalized remembrance package, consisting of a register book, memorial prayer cards, acknowledgments
- Assist with Social Security and Veteran benefits
- Assist in the selection of a casket and outer burial container
- Filing of assignable life insurance claims
