Service Charges

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE CHARGES

We are pleased to provide you with a full disclosure of our Professional Service Charges.

To help you understand Funeral Costs we have prepared an outline of the categories that make up a funeral account. There are basically four sections that make up the total funeral account: Casket & Merchandise Selections, Professional Service Charges, Cash Disbursements and unfortunately the government imposed taxes on applicable items.

We pride ourselves on being one of the most reasonably priced funeral homes in the area, although many expect our charges to be much higher given the level of professionalism, quality of facilities and ethical standards. Consumers and families finally can learn first hand that there is a difference and families needn't fall into the trap of traditional loyalty many funeral homes attempt to count on. Today, being good is not good enough.   We trust that this service will give you one more reason to give our company serious consideration when seeking a funeral home that is pro-actively working towards providing you the highest standards of services and facilities while offering sensible and affordable solutions. 

We have structured our prices so that we can meet all consumer types: Please contact us for
pricing specific to your cultural needs.

 FUNERAL SERVICE TYPES

INTERMENT

Complete Interment

• Visitation/Prayers/Lamay or wake generally held night before Funeral Service
• Funeral Service Held
• Interment Performed
• Gathering at Reception Centre after the interment

Graveside Interment

• Maybe Visitation/Prayers/Lamay or wake held the night before
• Family meets Clergy and Funeral Director at graveside
• Interment performed
• Family may gather at a Reception Center after the interment

Other Variations

• Memorial Service - Casketed remains not present
• Direct Burial - no services held, Casketed remains are taken to Cemetery for interment

 CREMATION

Complete Cremation (Casket may be purchased or Rented)

• Visitation/Prayers/Lamay or wake generally held night before Funeral Service
• Funeral Service Held
• Casketed Remains taken to Crematorium
• Gathering at Reception Centre after Funeral Service held

Memorial Service (Casket may be purchased or Rented)

• Family may choose visitation/private viewing/prayers the night/day before with or without
  casket present
• Memorial Service held (if time permits with deceased Cremated Remains present)
• Gathering at Reception Centre after Memorial Service
• Interment of Cremated Remains occur at a later date

Direct Cremation

• Family chooses to have no service or ceremony. Identification viewing may occur
• Deceased's remains transported to Funeral Home for placement in Cremation Casket/Container
• Casket/Container taken to Crematorium for cremation
• Cremated Remains returned to family for final disposal

CASKET & MERCHANDISE SELECTIONS

This section is specific to the casket that a family selects. All of our caskets and merchandise is
priced separately - meaning the price you see for the casket is for the casket itself with no other
items included that can often become confusing to families. Some of the other types of
merchandise you might find in these section of the funeral account are: Burial Vaults, Cremation
Urns, and upgraded stationary packages. Again, each is itemized based on your selection and a
total is itemized under the "Casket & Merchandise Selections." As always, you are free to purchase
or acquire these items from any other funeral home or other source.

CASH DISBURSEMENTS

Cash Disbursements are as they imply. To aid the families we serve, we will cover third party
expenses and place them on our account as a convenience until the estate is understood.

Typical cash disbursements might include:

• Newspaper (Obituary) Notices
• Clergy Honorariums
• Cemetery Charges
• Reception Catering