Title: Funeral Costs and Expenses: Funeral Costs - a detailed price breakdown
Headings: Funeral Costs - a detailed price breakdown
Funeral Costs and Expenses
Funeral Costs - a detailed price breakdown
Introduction
Typical Funeral Costs Summary Chart
Funeral Homes' General Price List (GPL)
Funeral Homes' Basic Services Fee
Funeral Package Fees
Descriptions and Costs of Itemized Funeral Service and Products

Content: Funeral Costs and Expenses: Funeral Costs - a detailed price breakdown






Funeral Costs and Expenses
Funeral Costs - a detailed price breakdown
Introduction
The quality of a funeral is not pinned to the amount of money spent. Whether the loss is sudden and unexpected or the result of a long illness, it's important to honor the life of someone who has died and to come together as a community to share grief and get support from each other. This can be accomplished by spending a few hundred dollars on a direct cremation with private memorial gathering or by spending $100,000 on an elaborate funeral. Both can be dignified and meaningful choices. The National Funeral Directors Association states that the average cost of a "regular adult funeral" (funeral with embalming, viewing and a metal casket) is now $7,323. This sum is based on data from 2006 and does not including the cemetery plot, grave marker, flowers or obituary notices that are typically part of this type of funeral. With those added expenses and inflation the "regular adult funeral" is more realistically around at least $9,000. There are less expensive options. The least expensive direct cremation we’ve found is $540 offered by a crematory in Los Angeles, California.