FUNERAL & CREMATION COSTS FOR CHAMBERSBURG & FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (PA)

The funeral home 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 our basic services and overhead. If legal or other requirements mean you must buy any item you did not specifically ask for, we will explain the reason in writing on the statement we provide describing the goods and services you selected.

BASIC SERVICE OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND STAFF $2695.00

Our basic service charge includes but is not limited to, 24 hour availability of staff to respond to initial request for service, arrangement conference with family, preparation and filing of necessary certificates and permits, placement of obituary notices, coordination of service with cemetery, crematory, vault companies and others as required. This fee is already included in our charge for immediate burials and forwarding or receiving of remains.

EMBALMING $975.00

The law does not require embalming, except in special cases. 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 that does not require you to pay for it, such as direct cremation of immediate burial.

OTHER PREPARATION OF THE REMAINS 

 Includes cosmetology, hairdressing, dressing and casketing. $395.00

Washing and disinfecting of unembalmed remains. $375.00

Autopsied and organ donation bodies extra charge $425.00

If restorative art is needed to facilitate viewing a body and the family authorizes it, the family will be billed at a cost of $125.00 per hour and this is in addition to the other preparation charges.

SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR VIEWING $745.00

Our services include set-up of visitation area, placement of encased remains, display of floral arrangements, supervision of and attendance during the visitation. This if for a two hour visitation. Extra hours of visitation may be added at a cost of $200.00 per hour.

SERVICES AND FACILITIES FOR FUNERAL CEREMONY OR MEMORIAL SERVICE $825.00

Charge includes coordination and supervision of the funeral/memorial service as well as assistance from staff and a one-hour time of visitation

GRAVESIDE SERVICE $745.00

Charge includes coordinating and supervision of the graveside service, accompaniment of remains to cemetery, supervision of service and staff when no other funeral ceremony is conducted.

AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT 

Transfer of remains to funeral home $425.00

Hearse $400.00

Lead/Utility Vehicle (leads procession, transports minister and flowers) $295.00

All prices for vehicles are for trips up to 25 miles, over that the cost is $3.50 per mile.

FORWARDING OF REMAINS TO ANOTHER FUNERAL HOME $3295.00 

 Includes removal, embalming, obtaining necessary authorizations, basic service of staff, minimum shipping container and local transportation to the airport. It does not include any local services, or airline fees. This does not include forwarding of remains to another country. If you select a casket from our funeral home, the charge will be $2345.00 plus the cost of the casket.

RECEIVING OF REMAINS FROM ANOTHER FUNERAL HOME $2495.00 

 This charge includes temporary shelter of remains, transfer to cemetery. It does not include visitation, rites or ceremonies. Those services added will be added to this price.

IMMEDIATE BURIAL $3895.00 

 Includes removal, sheltering of body for up to two days, and transfer to cemetery. It does not include casket, which must be a sealed casket nor does it include any other services such as a visitation, but these services may be added. If preferred, embalming may be completed for an additional $975.00

IMMEDIATE BURIAL WITH METAL SEALER CASKET PROVIDED BY FUNERAL HOME $6385.00 

 Includes all of immediate burial but with a 20 gauge sealed casket. If preferred, embalming may be completed for an additional $975.00.

DIRECT CREMATION $2585.00

Our charge for a direct cremation service includes removal of remains, necessary authorizations, preparing an obituary for newspaper, website, etc. for family (not the cost of placing it) and cost of the cremation process in our private, on-site crematory. The charge does not include use of facilities and staff for visitation or ceremony, public or private, prior to cremation. We provide a container for cremation, but if you wish we can sell you a casket for cremation. The state has authorized the coroners to charge a fee to approve all cremations, Franklin County is $50.00 but in other counties, it may be more. $50 for the coroner’s fee is included in the cost, as well as two death certificates. Additional death certificates are $20 per copy, per the states fee.

A direct cremation may have an immediate family visitation within 24 hours of death. There would be no preparation or embalming. A dressing table and quilt would be used.

CREMATION WITH A MEMORIAL SERVICE $3265.00 

This fee includes everything listed above under direct cremation but also adds a memorial service, register book and pamphlets.

CREMATION WITH ONE/TWO HOUR VIEWING/FUNERAL SERVICe $5640.00/5940.00        

Includes removal, embalming, other preparation of the body, basic services of funeral director and staff, one hour visitation before funeral, funeral service, rental casket, register book and pamphlets, cremation and return of cremains to family. The state has authorized the coroners to charge a fee to approve all cremations, Franklin County is $50.00 but in other counties, it may be more. $50 for the coroner’s fee is included in the cost, as well as two death certificates. Additional death certificates are $20 per copy, per the states fee.

CREMATED REMAINS MAY BE SHIPPED ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY.

There is a minimum charge of 100.00 for the postage, but the cost may be more if the shipping costs exceed that charge.

• •$995 Use of Rental Casket W/ Insert
• •575 Crematory Fee
• •$65 Temporary Metal Grave Marker
• •$325 Monument engraving (date)
• •$350 Graveside service tent and chairs (no vault)
• •$78 Memorial slideshow (up to 80 picture)
• •$85 Extra Memorial Plaques (1 included with all vaults except Monarch and Grave Liner)

Compact Burial Package - Package with one hour viewing and funeral immediately following $6990.00

This package includes removal, embalming, other preparation of the body, basic services of funeral director and staff, the arrangement conference, writing of an obituary, a one hour visitation directly before the funeral service, transfer to the grave, use of the hearse and lead car for procession to the cemetery, a graveside service, a register book, pamphlets, and two death certificates. Additional death certificates may be added at $20 per copy, per the states regulation. Caskets, vaults, flower arrangements, clergy honorariums and placing of the obituary in newspapers will be added to this package accordingly based upon the cost from those vendors

Accession Burial Package - Package with evening viewing in addition to an hour viewing before the funeral the next day $7735.00

This package includes removal, embalming, other preparation of the body, basic services of funeral director and staff, the arrangement conference, writing of an obituary, a two hour visitation the evening before the funeral, as well as a one hour visitation directly before the funeral, transfer to the grave, use of the hearse and lead car for procession to the cemetery, a graveside service, a register book, pamphlets, and two death certificates. Additional death certificates may be added at $20 per copy, per the state’s regulation. Caskets, vaults, flower arrangements, clergy honorariums and placing of the obituary in newspapers will be added to this package accordingly based upon the cost from those vendors

How much does a funeral in the Chambersburg area cost?

Answer: The cost of a funeral in Chambersburg depends entirely on your wishes for the funeral and what funeral home you select.  Our funeral costs are much less than other funeral local homes and are made up of professional services, charges for transporting the body and embalming or presentation of the body, casket & burial vault costs, vehicle charges, and fees for the church, minister, or cremation process. Personalizing a funeral is also a factor in the cost. While we have many options to help you memorialize your loved one in a meaningful way, those options all have costs attached.

The National Funeral Directors Association states the national median cost of a funeral with a viewing and burial in 2021 was approximately $7,848 while the median cost of a funeral with cremation was approximately $6,9712: $7,045 (however, if a burial vault is required by the cemetery–and it usually is–the median cost can rise as high as $8,343). These statistics aside, the cost of a funeral service is wholly dependent on the specific services and products selected by the family member(s) responsible for making funeral arrangements. 

How does the cost for a funeral ceremony compare to the cost of a memorial service or celebration-of-life?

Attempting to compare the costs of the three is rather like trying to compare oranges, mangoes and apples; it can't be done. Perhaps it's easier to see funerals, memorial services and celebrations-of-life as three points on a spectrum–a range, if you like–of ceremonial formats. At one end is the funeral; at the other, the celebration-of-life, and in the middle, the memorial service. The funeral is most commonly the most expensive of the three; which is especially easy to see when you consider the cost of the casket is a significant expense. The cost of any of the three is totally dependent on the choices you make during the arrangement conference.

How much will a burial casket cost?

The Federal Trade Commission states that average casket costs around $2,000. If you are concerned about casket costs, speak with our funeral directors who can advise you on the most appropriate casket for your situation and your budget.

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