Services

Our basic service charge includes, but is not limited to, staff to respond to initial request for service; arrangement conference with family or responsible party; preparation and filing of necessary authorizations and permits; recording of vital statistics; preparation and placement of obituary notices; staff assistance prior to, during, and following the funeral, including coordination with those providing other portions of the funeral, e.g. cemetery, crematory, and others. Also included in this charge are overhead expenses relative to our facility such as insurance, maintenance and utility expenses, secretarial and administrative costs, and equipment and inventory expenses. 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.

• Basic services of funeral director and staff
  
• Embalming and/or other preparations (private, dignified and hygienic facilities; fully licensed and qualified staff; state inspected)
  
• Use of Funeral home for visitation
  
• Direction and coordination of funeral service
  
• Transfer of individual to funeral home (Caring, professional staff available 24 hours, 365 days. Serving the entire Freeborn County region. Fully licensed staff from home, hospital, or wherever the death occurs)
  
• Use of casket coach
  
• Use of van
  
• Graveside committal
  

Immediate burial, without any attendant rites or ceremonies, includes removal of remains, local transportation to cemetery, necessary services of staff, and authorizations. This charge does not include the use of our facilities and staff for any visitation or ceremony, public or private, prior to burial. It also does not include the price of a casket.

• Basic services of funeral director and staff
  
• Embalming and/or other preparations (private, dignified and hygienic facilities; fully licensed and qualified staff; state inspected)
  
• Use of Funeral home for visitation
  
• Direction and coordination of funeral service
  
• Transfer of individual to funeral home (Caring, professional staff available 24 hours, 365 days. Serving the entire Freeborn County region. Fully licensed staff from home, hospital, or wherever the death occurs)
  
• Use of casket coach
  
• Use of van
  
• Graveside committal
  

• Basic services of funeral director and staff
  
• Disinfection of remains
  
• Crematory charges
  
• Transportation to crematory
  
• Alternative container
  
• Direction and coordination of memorial service
  
• Transfer of individual to funeral home (Caring, professional staff available 24 hours, 365 days. Serving the entire Freeborn County region. Fully licensed staff from home, hospital, or wherever the death occurs)
  
• Use of hearse
  
• Service car
  

Direct cremation without any attendant rites or ceremonies includes removal of remains, disinfection, local transportation, mileage to crematory, basic services of staff, crematory fees, an alternative container, and authorizations. This charge does not include the use of facilities and staff for any visitation or ceremony, public or private, prior to cremation. If you want to arrange a direct cremation, you can use an alternative container in lieu of a casket. Alternative containers encase the body prior to cremation and can be made of materials like fiberboard or composition materials (with or without an outside covering). The alternative containers we provide are fiberboard and cost $150.00.