Burial Cost Estimate

Burial:	Good $6,000	Better $7,500	Best $10,000
Casket:	20-gauge steel — or pine.	18-gauge steel — or oak.	16-gauge steel, stainless steel or copper — or oak, cherry, maple or walnut.
Outer Container:	Grave liner — concrete box with drain holes (no sealing features).	Burial vault — concrete top seal with plastic liner or 18-gauge steel air seal.	Burial vault — concrete top seal with stainless steel liner or 7-gauge steel air seal.
Transportation:	Casket coach, clergy coach and flower car.	Casket coach, clergy coach and flower car.	Casket coach, clergy coach, limousine and flower car.
Flowers:	Casket spray and lid piece.	Casket spray and lid piece.	Casket spray, family piece and lid piece.

Each option above also includes:

• Transfer of remains to funeral home.
• Basic services of funeral director and staff; including embalming and sanitation of the deceased; cosmetology and casketing the deceased.
• Death certificate; obituary notices.
• Printing package, including register book, memorial cards or prayer cards, and acknowledgment cards.
• Use of facilities and staff for visitation at funeral home, and for funeral ceremony at funeral home or church.
• Outer burial container, tent and cemetery equipment set-up charge.
• Church or clergy stipend.
• Cemetery opening and closing charge.

Cremation Cost Estimate

Cremation:	Good $1,250	Better $3,250	Best $6,500
	Direct cremation; no memorial visitation or services beforehand.	Direct cremation, but with memorial visitation and funeral services without the body present.	Cremation after memorial visitation and funeral services with body present.
Flowers:	None.	Floral spray.	Casket spray, family piece and lid piece.

Included in the Best Option:

• Transfer of remains to funeral home.
• Basic services of funeral director and staff.
• Death certificate; obituary notices.
• Printing package, including register book, memorial cards or prayer cards, and acknowledgment cards.
• Use of facilities and staff for visitation at funeral home, and for funeral ceremony at funeral home or church.
• Use of casket for memorial visitation and funeral ceremony.
• Church or clergy stipend.
• Cemetery opening and closing charge.