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Service Fees, Memorialization and Interment Containers: Pricing and Requirements
Interment and Administration Fees
Also known as "Opening and Closing" costs, these fees include a graveside or chapel service, regulatory fees paid by the cemetery, staff time, office overhead and record filing fees. Additional overtime fees will apply for Saturday services. Current interment and administration fees are as follows:
- Ground burial - $950
- Entombment - $650
- Cremation - ground burial $575
- Cremation niche placement - $550
Memorialization
Memorialization options and pricing will vary with the type of property. Some general information is provided below. Your cemetery counselors are trained to help you select both standard and custom designs that are personalized and cost effective.
Gravestones
Flat, standard single headstones start at $675 and go up depending upon the color of granite selected. Flat, double headstone are sized to mark two side by side graves with prices starting at $1,260. Prices include lettering, standard designs, and setting. Custom artwork design is available for an additional fee.
Upright headstones can only be placed on graves designated as monument graves and two side by side graves must be owned to accommodate an upright stone. Prices are quoted on an individual basis.
For more information on granite headstones please see the section on FAQs on Headstones and decorations.
Niches and Mausoleum Crypt Memorialization Options
Depending upon the area, memorialization for niches and crypts may be either sandblasted inscriptions or bronze name bars.
Prices for niche memorialization range from $375 to $475.
Prices for Crypt memorialization start at $475.
Interment Container Requirements, Options and Pricing
Each type of interment has unique interment container requirements. General requirements for each type of interment are generalized below:
Ground burial containers
Our cemeteries require that in cases of ground burial, caskets must be placed in a concrete "outer burial" container to avoid the ground settling over time due to air space in caskets. Grave liners are the simplest container that meet this requirement and are priced starting at $630. Concrete vaults are plastic lined concrete and help protect the casket from the elements. Vault pricing starts at $900. Funeral homes also sell outer burial containers and you can purchase them from any source as long as they meet our requirements. Please keep in mind that the cemeteries purchase vaults and liners in quantity from the manufacturers and, unlike some suppliers, we can set them in place with our own staff and equipment. This usually means a cost savings for our customers.
Cremation ground burial containers
All cremated remains being interred in the ground must be in a "retrievable" plastic or concrete container. This can be accomplished by placing a metal, wood, glass or ceramic urn into a plastic or concrete cremation liner designated by the manufacturer for ground burial. Urn vaults can also be used since these are designed to be placed directly into the ground and are generally aesthetically pleasing and appropriate for a Funeral Mass. Cremation burial containers range in price starting from $135 for a cremation liner and starting at $180 for an urn vault.
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