Grieving Grandson
September 27, 2007 – 10:42 pmI talked to a neighbor yesterday, who had lost his 95+ year old grandmother very recently. He was still quite stressed, so I didn’t try to give him a light push toward pre-financing a funeral, like I might have done otherwise. He’s the type that needs a push toward most decisions.
Anyway, he asked me how much it would cost him to pay for his own funeral (the main stuff) today.
I summarized his wishes thus:
Basic services of the funeral home = $500.00
Embalming = $300.00
Bathing, dressing, casketing & cosmetology = $130.00
2 hour visitation/wake, evening prior to service = $150.00
2 hour service at Church = $150.00
Transportation — pickup = $100.00
Hearse for visitation = $260.00
Hearse for funeral = $260.00
Sub-total = $1,850.00
Casket (20 gauge gasketed) = $1,250.00
Lined (sealed) grave vault = $995.00
Sub-total = $2,245.00
Grand total = $4,095.00
Single premium (39 years old, somewhat poor health) = $2,431.69.
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He couldn’t believe it. He could see there is a strong reason for “getting off the fence” and pre-financing his funeral.
Something to think about it, the sooner the better.