Funeral FAQs #9
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Q1.What are the minimum and average costs for preparation, funeral and ??
A1.Chris and Stephanie Goes, Goes Funeral Care & Crematory:
The least costly service a funeral provider can offer is local pick up and simple cremation or body donation to the State Anatomical Board. Both cost $850 and involve local transfer of the deceased to the facility, death certificate processing and the cremation (or transfer to Denver for anatomical donation). The Anatomical Board decides as to whether or not they’ll accept the body. From there ($850) costs go up based on specific needs that might include anything from viewing of the deceased to newspaper notification to embalming to use of a hearse or limousine to the purchase of certified copies of the death certificate. Goes Funeral Care & Crematory charges (in 2005) for cremation and memorial service/celebration of life can be as much as $2500 and even up to $3000 or more.
A ‘traditional’ service, that includes casket, burial vault, body viewing, memorial products, newspaper notification and fees to other participants, without cemetery costs, begins at about $2500 and could climb to $4000 - $6000 or more. Then, add in cemetery charges and $10,000 or more is not out of the question for a fairly elaborate funeral. Cemetery costs vary, as do funeral home costs.
The way to accomplish this is to visit face to face with a funeral service practitioner who is trained and nationally board certified. Most people are shocked to learn that Colorado is the only state without licensing or inspections, which allows anyone with little or no qualifications to offer funeral service. True practitioners of mortuary science are trained to assist with kindness and gentleness and by asking the right questions, listening to the answers, offering ideas and insight and documenting the conversation to capture the vital statistical, biographical and preferred information. A funeral director will go over expenses so as to calculate the charges thoroughly and accurately.
Hopefully now you’re seeing how wise it is to have this conversation with your family as well as a professional.
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