Revealed here is a brief outline of Funeral and cremation costs or Expenses. Funeral homes and directors often pride themselves on their “Sales”ability to bring up YOUR FUNERAL costs or expenses.
Average Cost of a Traditional Funeral (No Cemetery) $7,000-10,000 USD
Neptune Society Cremation Cost : $1499.00 USD
World’s Largest Funeral Corporation $2,200-$2,950 USD(World’s Largest Funeral Corp is Service Corporation International, NYSE:SCI)
Cremation Cost to Funeral Home or Funeral Director, $125-$250 USD
FAIR CONSUMER PRICE FOR A CREMATION: $425.00-$625.00 USD.
Cremations are becoming increasingly popular as families, pinched financially by the still-slumbering economy, seek to memorialize their loved ones more affordably.
Of the 2.4 million people who died in the U.S. in 2005, 32 percent were cremated, according to the Cremation Association of North America. The association estimates almost 40 percent of people who die in 2010 will be cremated, and that by 2025 about 57 percent will be cremated.
A traditional funeral typically costs from $7,000 to $10,000 for services, casket, burial and a headstone, according to funeral-tips.com.
Based on data collected by the Cremation Association, the average cost of cremation is about $1,600, ranging from less than $1,000 to more than $5,000 with additional services that might include a coffin, custom urns and a burial plot.
But consumers should be aware that package options and add-ons can bring costs in line with traditional funerals. The key is knowing how much a memorial and burial of ashes will cost.
Basic: The most basic of cremation services is called a direct cremation. It includes transportation of the body from the place of death to the funeral home, refrigeration, transportation to and from the crematorium, the cremation and the return of the ashes in a container. The Neptune Society, one of the largest direct-cremation companies in the country, with locations in Des Plaines and Orland Park, charges $1,499 for these services.
Rates vary, however.
A basic cremation offered by Service Corp. International, North America’s largest provider of funeral, cremation and cemetery services, can range from $2,200 to $2,295, depending on transportation costs.
Funeral industry|Funeral News|Funeral blog by Your Funeral Guy
The Cook County Sheriffs question on Friday deeply troubles me. Why did not anyone speak up? The answer to the Sheriff’s question is quite frightening. But it is not entirely unexpected.
On Friday it was reported that the Alsip police looked the other way. The politicians local and national looked the other way. I do not know the local politicos who turned their heads from Burr Oak Cemetery. Most probably did not know. But I am aware that Democratic and Republican leaders in Washington of the past and present have strong ties to the the Funeral and Cemetery interests. We will explore this further. I have no problem giving names because others have mentioned them before.
There seems to be a grave curse for Farrah Fawcett and the rest of Charlies Angels.
