Title: Cheap Cremation…..How Cost and Convenience is Changing our Funeral Plans - US Funerals Online
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Cheap Cremation…..How Cost and Convenience is Changing our Funeral Plans
What can you expect to pay for a funeral or cremation?
Cremation rate on the Increase
The era of price comparison: searching for funeral and cremation prices online
The Death of the Traditional Funeral
Direct cremation offers a new alternative for budget family farewells
Written by Sara Marsden-Ille

Content: According to the Cremation Association of North America (CANA), the price tag for a simple cremation costs an average of $1,650, and this includes a simple memorial service. If no memorial service is included and a simple direct cremation is performed, the average price is $725. The cost to inter a cremation urn is also significantly less than the cost for a burial plot for a casket. Burial plots can range anywhere between $1,650 and $5,000, whereas a cremation burial space averages about $995. Cremation rate on the Increase
The cremation rate has steadily been on the increase in the United States since the 1960s. The ruling by the Vatican in 1963 to allow cremation for catholic funerals marked a shift-change in traditional burials and funerals. In 1980 about one in ten people who died in the U.S. were cremated, by 2018 this has reached 54.8% and by 2035 it is expected that at least 70% of all deaths will be followed by a cremation. This is reflected by a decline in the casket industry and casket wholesalers report a slight decrease in their casket sales year-on-year. Mark Allen, of the Casket and Funeral Supply Association of America, claims that they “ theorize that more families chose cremation due to the economic conditions .” The era of price comparison: