General Price List

These prices are effective as of April 11, 2023, but subject to change without notice.

The goods and services shown below are those we can provide to our customers. You may choose only the items you desire. However, any funeral arrangements you select will include a charge for basic services and overhead. If legal or other requirements mean you must buy any items you did not specifically ask for, we will explain the reason in writing on the statement we provide describing the funeral goods and services selected. 

Payment in full is required at time of arrangement conference. We accept cash, checks, credit card, or assignment of valid Life Insurance policy.
 
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES – OVERHEAD

 A. Basic Services of Funeral Director and Staff $1995.00

 Our fee for the basic services of funeral director and staff includes, but is not limited to, staff to respond to initial request for service; arrangement conference with family or responsible parties; arrangement of funeral; preparation and filing of necessary authorizations and permits; recording vital statistics; preparation and placement of obituary notice; and coordination with those providing other portions of the funeral, e.g. cemetery, crematory, clergy, vault companies and others as required. Also included in this charge are overhead expenses relative to our facility such as professional licensing, legal and accounting fees, insurance, building and utility expenses, parking lot and grounds, maintenance, taxes, equipment furnishings, inventory costs, record keeping, secretarial and administrative costs.
 This fee for our basic services and overhead will be added to the total cost of the funeral arrangements you select. (This fee is already included in our charges for direct cremations, immediate burials, and forwarding or receiving remains.)

 B. Embalming $695.00

 Except in certain special cases, embalming is not required by law. Embalming may be necessary, however, if you select certain funeral arrangements, such as a funeral with viewing. If you do not want embalming, you usually have the right to choose an arrangement, such as direct cremation or immediate burial, that does not require you to pay for it.

 C. Other Preparation of the Body 

  1. Reconstructive restoration when necessary- per hour $125.00
  2. Hairdresser $45.00
  3. Special Care of Autopsied Remains and Organ Donation $300.00
  4. Washing and disinfecting remains when no embalming $125.00
  5. Dressing and casketing unembalmed remains $125.00
  6. Dressing, casketing & cosmitizing of embalmed remains $150.00
  7. Refrigeration (state mandated 48 hr. waiting period for cremations) $295.00
  *Additional fee per day after mandatory waiting period $100.00



FACILITIES

 A. Use of Facilities and Staff for Viewing $540.00
Our services will include visitation setup, use of visitation room, placement of encased remains, display of floral arrangements, parking lot assistance, and supervision and attendance during the visitation.
• Maximum time 2 hours. Each additional hour beyond 2 hour maximum is $195.00 per hour.
• At the discretion of the funeral director, there is no charge for private family viewing on weekdays during normal working hours.
                
 B. Use of Equipment and Staff for Visitation Off Premise $540.00

 C. Use of Equipment and Staff for Visitation Prior to Service $225.00

 D. Use of Facilities and Staff for Funeral Service $625.00

 E. Use of Equipment and Staff for Funeral Service Off Premise $625.00

 F. Use of Facilities and Staff for Memorial Service $625.00

 G. Use of Equipment and Staff for Memorial Service Off Premise $625.00

 H. Use of Equipment and Staff for Graveside Service $595.00

 I. Use of Equipment and Staff for Spring Burial/or Separate Committal $450.00

 J. Use of Facilities for Reception $225.00

 * Additional fee for outer island services $395.00
 * Additional fee for Weekend Services $200.00

TRANSPORTATION & AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT
 Unless otherwise noted, all transportation charges contained in this General Price List apply to local area only (within 25-mile radius of funeral home).

 A. Transfer of Remains to Funeral Home $395.00

 B. Use of Hearse for Transportation to Place of Disposition $400.00

 C. Use of Service Car for Transportation to Crematory (local) $250.00

 D. Use of Service Car to Retrieve Cremains at Crematory $225.00

 E. Use of Other Automotive Equipment (Courier Service & Flower Delivery) $225.00

 F. Clergy or Family Car $225.00

 G. Additional Mileage Charge: Transportation beyond local area $3.50/mi

 H. Service Car Mileage to Boston Logan Airport $1475.00

FORWARDING REMAINS TO ANOTHER FUNERAL HOME $2915.00
 This charge includes removal of remains, basic services of staff, embalming, necessary authorizations, local transportation, and minimum shipping container. This charge does not include visitation, rites or ceremonies prior to forwarding of the body, or transportation fee to out-of-area airport. 

RECEIVING OF REMAINS FROM ANOTHER FUNERAL HOME $1545.00
 This charge includes local transfer of remains, transportation of remains to cemetery, and basic services of staff. This charge does not include visitation, rites or ceremonies, or any out-of-area transportation fees. 

DIRECT CREMATION Starting at $2740.00
 The charge for a direct cremation includes removal of remains, local transportation to crematory, necessary authorization, and basic services of staff. This charge does not include the crematory fee or the use of facilities and staff for visitation or ceremony, public or private, prior to cremation. If you want to arrange a direct cremation, you can use an alternative container. Alternative containers encase the body and can be made of materials like fiberboard or composition materials (with or without an outside covering). The containers we provide are unfinished wood boxes or fiberboard boxes.

 A. Direct cremation with container provided by purchaser $2740.00

 B. Direct cremation with fiberboard container $2835.00

 C. Direct cremation with unfinished wood box $3140.00

 D. Direct cremation with casket as selected $3625.00 to $21,335.00

IMMEDIATE BURIAL
 The charge for immediate burial includes removal of remains, local transportation to the cemetery, necessary authorizations, and basic services of staff. This charge does not include the use of facilities and staff for public or private visitation or ceremony prior to burial.

 A. Immediate burial with casket provided by purchaser $2915.00

 B. Immediate burial with gray cloth covered soft wood casket $4650.00

 C. Immediate burial with casket as selected $4650.00 to $27,180.00

 * Additional charge per hour for staff services and/or facilities for partial ceremonies, body donations or other items not included in the above charges $195.00

CASKETS $95.00 to $24,265.00  
 A complete price list will be provided at the funeral home.

OUTER BURIAL CONTAINERS $1185.00 to $5165.00
 A complete price list will be provided at the funeral home.

URNS $95.00 to $975.00

URN VAULTS $195.00 to $870.00

MEMORIAL MERCHANDISE $30.00 to $855.00
 (A complete price list is provided later in the book)

CASH ADVANCE ITEMS

OPENING AND CLOSING GRAVES
 (This is a cash advance, prices listed below are estimates only.)

 A. Weekday – Local Charge $650.00

 B. Saturday – Local Charge $750.00

 C. Sunday and Holidays – Local Charge $850.00

 *Extra equipment fee for frost during the winter is $150.00
 *If Funeral Home has to locate/mark grave, an additional fee of $50.00 will be assessed.
 (Review cemetery listing which outlines areas where difficulty digging has been experienced)

OPENING AND CLOSING CREMATION GRAVES
 (This is a cash advance, prices listed below are estimates only.)
 A. Weekday – Local Charge $400.00
 B. Saturday-Local Charge $600.00
  
 C. Sunday-Local Charge $700.00

 *Maximum time allotted for committal service is 1½ hours. A fee of $225.00 per additional hour
     will be assessed.
 *If Funeral Home has to locate/mark grave, an additional fee of $50.00 will be assessed.
 
CLERGY HONORARIUM Starting at $200.00
 (This is a cash advance if you choose to have the funeral home take care of the honorarium)

MUSICIAN HONORARIUM
 (This is a cash advance if you choose to have the funeral home take care of the honorarium)

 A. Organist Honorarium Starting at $175.00

 B. Soloist Starting at $150.00

 C. In house music and recording Estimate will be given
 D. Live Streaming Services Starting at $225.00

GRAVESIDE TENT RENTAL $375.00 *Price is contingent upon vault purchase. Tent provided by the vault company estimate. 

WINTER ENTOMBMENT $250.00
 *This fee is up until June 1st. After June 1st an additional fee of $100.00 per week will be assessed. 

†All fees will be itemized on the Statement of Goods and Services


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