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Funeral Services: Principal Costs
Indicative checklist for funeral costs
1. Funeral Director Costs
- Director's Fees
- Other fees (please specify)
2. Coffin/Casket
- Most Expensive
- Mid Price Option
- Least Expensive
- General indication of the types of casket available, for example veneered/solid; Irish made/imported; other details
3. Embalming
- Full embalming
- Partial embalming
- Other process
4. Body Sanitisation (if body is not embalmed)
5. Funeral Parlour
- Cost of hire
- Cost of removing remains from hospital home to funeral parlour
6. Home Wake
- Costs associated with home wake option
7. Hire of funeral transportation
- Hearse
- Horse drawn hearse (if applicable)
- Car for immediate family
- Other options
8. Cremation
- Cost of cremation
- Cost for plot in crematorium (if applicable)
9. Disbursements
- Death Notice
- Local Newspaper
- National Newspaper
- Local Radio
10. State required Permits and/or Certificates
- Headstone Permit
- Interment Fee
- Other
11. Church
12. Graveyard plot
- Cost of plot (if not already pre-purchased)
- Most expensive plot
- Least expensive plot
- Opening the grave
- Cremation Plot (if applicable)
- Gravelines
- Maintenance of plot (if applicable)
13. Headstone
- Most Expensive
- Least Expensive
- Fixing of Headstone
14. Florist
- Indicative costs: High/Mid/Low
15. Catering (if applicable/available)
- Indicative costs: High/Mid/Low
16. Other costs
17. Overall Cost of Funeral
- Indicative costs: High/Mid/Low
18. Payment Options
- Prepayment option
- Installment plan (if available)
- Timeframe for payment
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