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The Funeral Home Expenses Our Family Can Afford to Consider:

Minimum $ ___________

Maximum $ ____________

Record initials of person who has agreed to be responsible for each detail.

Cost
Initials
Detail
$ ________    _____   chapel use
$ ________    _____   personalized memorial cards
$ ________    _____   memorial service
$ ________    _____   funeral
$ ________    _____   graveside service, interment—Public? Private?
    Clergy?
$ ________    _____   casket or urn [listed prices range up to $25,000]
     Funeral home purchased
     construct pre-cut kit
     homemade (see page 275)
$ ________    _____   vault
$ ________    _____   cemetery plot location
$ ________    _____   headstone or marker
$ ________    _____   endowment care of cemetery plot
$ ________    _____   opening and closing of the grave
$ ________    _____   floral arrangements
$ ________    _____   memorial donations in lieu of flowers
$ ________    _____   funeral coach
$ ________    _____   limousines for family members
$ ________    _____   limousines for pallbearers
$ ________    _____   vehicle for transporting flowers
$ ________    _____   pallbearers
$ ________    _____   cremation
$ ________    _____   embalming and preparation
$ ________    _____      restorative art
$ ________    _____      makeup
$ ________    _____      hair (asking to have a lock of hair is not
       unreasonable)
$ ________    _____      nails 
$ ________    _____      glasses
$ ________    _____      religious or fraternal items
$ ________    _____      clothing for the deceased
$ ________    _____      jewelry (you may choose to have rings removed
       just prior to burial)
$ ________    _____   viewing the deceased
$ ________    _____   open casket service
$ ________    _____   visitation hours for family (cost/hour or visit)
$ ________    _____   visitation hours for others (cost/hour or visit)
$ ________    _____   clothing for the family (purchase suits, slacks,
    or dresses for family members, if needed)
$ ________    _____   haircuts and hair appointments for family members
$ ________    _____   music:   taped  live  both
$ ________    _____   organist/pianist   other ____________ (e.g. guitar)
$ ________    _____   soloist
$ ________    _____   audio or visual recording of service
$ ________    _____   memorial record book with guest register
$ ________    _____   photographs of family and deceased for photo display
$ ________    _____   acknowledgment cards
$ ________    _____   parking facilities
$ ________    _____   police escort and traffic control
$ ________    _____   signing necessary papers
$ ________    _____   obituary notices
$ ________    _____   death certificates # ______ needed (be sure to get
    extra copies)
$ ________    _____   officiating person(s)
$ ________     Grand Total

Review total cost of each item and grand total against budget guidelines before making final decisions and signing funeral home arrangements.


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