FUNERAL COSTS

You can obtain our complete list of charges at any time. You may contact us by phone at 660-885-2434 and we will gladly e-mail or mail our General Price List to you with no obligation. Or feel free to stop at your convenience and pick up a copy.

To help you understand funeral costs, following is an outline of the categories that make up a funeral account. There are basically four sections: Professional service charges, merchandise selections, cash disbursements and sales tax on applicable items.

To aid consumers, legislation provides that all funeral homes must provide an itemized price list of all of their related Professional Service Charges as well as casket and merchandise charges. This list must be available at consumers' request without cost or obligation. 

Any business needs to be profitable to survive, and we set our prices to allow us to to invest in maintaining and improving our business. With prices set in this manner, combined with our philosophy regarding how we treat families, you can know that we are working for your best interests, not our own. Professionally and competently meeting your needs at a fair price you approved ahead of time is how we aim to deliver high value for the amount you decide to spend. Also, because our desire is to provide only the best quality service, we can deliver all types of funeral services at a price to meet your budget.

If value is your biggest concern, then we welcome comparing the quality of our facilities, services and caring staff to any provider you wish to consider. After an apples to apples comparison, there will be no doubt in your mind who provides the best value.

MERCHANDISE SELECTIONS

Some of the common types of merchandise selections that families make include caskets, urns, burial vaults, urn burial vaults, memorial folders, register books, and cases for flags.

CASH DISBURSEMENTS

The total cost of the funeral you are planning may include charges by parties other than our funeral home, or honorariums you want to offer participants in the service. When applicable, we will make you aware of those charges.

Depending on the nature of your funeral arrangements and on previous preparations you have made, payments to other parties might include some of the following:

• Sales tax on merchandise
• Certified copies of the death certificate
• Minister honorarium
• Musician honorarium
• Hairdressing
• Grave opening
• Burial fee