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When funeral arrangements must unexpectedly be made away from home, and family
hearts are filled with mixed emotions, it is difficult to consider costs. If you
want to limit costs, the best practice is to contact the funeral firm in the
area where the funeral service and burial is to take place. WHAT TO DO
FIRST
CALL us at 303-674-7777 day or night. We take
charge from then on and make all the arrangements for conveying of the deceased
to the local funeral home for embalming and preparation for return to their home
state. You only need contact us with some basic information and call us when you
return to set a time for an arrangement conference. For us to assume the costs
as outlined, the death must have occurred in one of the forty-eight contiguous
states and you must call us direct so we can engage our representatives at the
place of death. (DO NOT contact a funeral firm where the death occurs. WE MUST
DO THIS.)
The standard receiving policy in most other funeral homes is to give you a
credit for the embalming against their standard prices. You must pay all other
charges such as transfer casket, transfer container, out-of-town funeral home
facilities, professional and staff services, transfer documents and
transportation charges. These costs can easily mount up to $1200 dollars or
more, depending on the cost of transportation and charges of the out-of-town
funeral home. Transportation costs differ and fees are not uniform from funeral
firm to funeral firm, so we cannot say exactly how much this might be.
WHAT DO YOU SAVE?
We pay all most normal out-of-town costs except cash advances. These normal
charges include out-of-town removal service, standard embalming, transfer of
remains to airport, outer transfer container, all documents for transfer and
burial, out-of-town funeral facilities, professional staff and services. This
means your only additional costs are transportation and transfer of remains to
the funeral home from the airport. Since we use a light weight transfer casket
and outer container we help to keep the air fare to a minimum.
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
If a family member dies while traveling outside the United States, the U.S.
Embassy will come to your assistance. You should call us immediately when a
death occurs abroad. We are well-versed in the procedures for returning the
deceased to the United States.
OTHER CONDITIONS
If the death occurs outside of the forty-eight contiguous states or your
family has already engaged another funeral firm, we will apply liberal credits
to services provided by others when selecting one of our complete full-service
funerals. Our membership in the National Funeral Directors Association as well a
memberships in other national organizations provide us with funeral service
contacts world wide.
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