Plan a Funeral : General Price List

These prices are effective as of June 1, 2022 and are subject to change without notice.

The goods and services shown below are those we can provide to our customers. You may choose only the items you desire. However, any arrangements you select will include a charge for our basic services and overhead. If legal or other requirements mean you must buy any items 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 Services of the Funeral Director and Staff $1395.00
Our fee for the basic services of funeral director and staff includes, but is not limited to, the following: staff to respond to initial request for service; arrangement conference with family or responsible party; consultation with family and clergy; arrangement of funeral; preparation and filing of necessary notices, authorizations and consents; coordination with this providing other portions of the funeral. 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 charge for direct cremations, immediate burials, and forwarding or receiving remains.)

Embalming $750.00
Except in certain special cases (see requirements of Michigan law set out below), embalming is not required by law. Embalming may be necessary, however, if you select certain funeral arrangements, such as a funeral with viewing or visitation. Most common carriers also require embalming. 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 or immediate burial. Michigan law requires embalming when death was caused by certain infectious diseases or, with very limited exceptions, when the body is not taken to its final destination (such as a cemetery or crematory) within 48 hours of the time of death.

Other Preparations
Services provided may include casketing, but are not limited to, the following: restoration; cosmetology; washing and disinfection; manicuring. $375.00
48-Hour Sanitary Embalming (Required when cremation or burial cannot take place within 48 hours after death. Not suitable for visitation or funeral). $595.00
Hairdresser $175.00
Special care for Autopsy or Tissue Donor. $350.00
Express Cremation Service (Completed Within 24 Hours, when possible) $200.00

Transfer of Remains to the Funeral Home (Within a radius of 100 miles) $390.00

Use of Facilities, Staff and Equipment for Services Conducted at Our Facility
Viewing/Visitation - at the funeral home $495.00
Private Family Viewing $195.00
Funeral Ceremony $495.00
Prayer Service at Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home. $495.00
Graveside Service $295.00
Funeral Ceremony $495.00
Memorial Service at Wolfe-O'Neill Funeral Home. (Includes basic services of Director and Staff) $495.00

Use of Staff and Equipment for Services Conducted at Another Facility
Viewing/Visitation for One Evening $495.00
Viewing/Visitation for One Hour Prior to Services $495.00
Viewing/Visitation for Immediate Family Only $195.00
Funeral Ceremony $495.00
Memorial Service $495.00
Prayer Service $175.00
Graveside Service $295.00

Automotive Equipment
Casket Coach (Within a radius of 30 miles (the cost for additional milage is $3.95 per mile, one way.)) $295.00
Utility Vehicle (Within a radius of 60 miles (the cost for additional milage is $3.95 per mile, one way.)) $225.00

Direct Cremation
Direct Cremation $2,395.00
You are not required to purchase a casket for direct cremation, but you may do so if you wish. If you want to arrange a direct cremation , you can use an alternative container. Alternative containers encase the body and can be made of materials like fiberboard or composition materials (with or without an outside covering). Our charge for direct cremation (without ceremony) includes: basic services of funeral director and staff; a proportionate share of overhead cost; removal of remains; transportation to crematory; necessary authorizations; crematory charge; minimum cardboard alternative container; county cremation permit fee; and one certified death certificate. The containers we provide are required by the crematory. (Our charges do not include the use of facilities or staff for any viewing, visitation or ceremony, public or private, or other goods or services except those set out above.) The cost of transportation beyond a radius of 60 miles in vehicles of the funeral home is $3.95 per mile, one way.

Forwarding of Remains to another Funeral Home $3,353.70
This charge includes removal of remains, basic services of funeral director and staff, embalming, obtaining necessary authorizations, and local transportation to the traverse City airport, and receptacle for the body. It does not include the services of staff or the use of facilities for any viewing (visitation, wake, family hour) or rites or ceremonies prior to forwarding the remains or common carrier charges. The cost of transportation beyond a radius of 60 miles in vehicles of the funeral home is $3.95 per mile, one way.

Receiving of Remains from another Funeral Home $2,010.00
Our charge includes: basic services of the funeral director and staff; a proportionate share of overhead costs; care of remains; transportation of remains to funeral home and to cemetery or crematory.

Registers, Cards and Programs
Visitors Register Package (Package includes; Register Book, 100 Memorial Folders, 50 Acknowledgement Cards) $185.00
Acknowledgement Cards (Price per 100) $95.00
Service Programs (Price per 100) $95.00
Memorial Folders (Price per 100) $95.00
Laminated Bookmarks (Each) $4.95
Thank You Notes (Price per 100) $75.00
Death Certificate (Kalkaska County Clerks charges 15/5 for certified copies of the death certificate.) $15.00
Shipping of Cremains through US Postal Service (Other charges may apply.) $75.00
Cemetery Grave Opening and Closing (Depending on cemetery / Prices subject to change without notice.) $550.00
Graveside Service (Use of equipment and staff for a graveside service.) $295.00
Cremation Permit Fee $75.00
Tent and Equipment from Vault Company (Prices subject to change without notice.) $550.00
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