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Your Decision on whether you will come in under the average cost of a funeral essentially is not difficult. It comes down to Cremation or Burial.

A cremation generally runs between $625 and $1500 USD ($1500.00 is way too much).

Now for a traditional funeral today the average cost is about $8300.00 USD. With a good range being $7,000 USD to $10,000 USD.

So If you choose cremation you most always will come in under the average cost of a funeral.

Snippet From the Senior-Site.

It is best to plan to come in under the average cost of a funeral

“It may be morbid to blog about funerals especially to seniors like me but practically speaking, planning for your own funeral can actually save you and your loved-ones time, energy and of course, money. Seniors must consider planning for their own funeral as some sort of insurance. Good thing is, if you plan your funeral ahead of time, you would know that everything will go according to what you have in mind, thus avoiding confusion and misunderstanding when that fateful day comes.Seniors should also consider that a death is some sort of an instant magnet for scammers and con-artists. Of course, you wouldn’t want your loved-ones to be taken advantage of during their most vulnerable time. With that said, here are some tips on how to plan and cut cost on your own funeral—well, it may come in handy for caregivers as well:
·    Do your research. There is no better time than now to do these things. Know the industry and how it goes nowadays.  It includes prices and “packages” local funeral homes offer. Make a rough draft of how you would like your funeral to be arranged.
·    Decide whether to cremate or bury. Whatever happens to your being, it will all boil down to either of the two:  cremation or burial. Let it be clear to everyone what you prefer and your reasons why you prefer it.”-via seniors-site.com

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Saturday, May 29th, 2010
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Yes there is a graveyard in my friend’s backyard. It comes with the property. As folks understand more and more how the traditional funeral works we will see the return of the backyard graveyard and the home funeral. A recent article in the New York Times brought the point home.

“Burial at home was once common in the country, and family cemeteries and plots can be found on many historic properties. But while they have intrinsic appeal to genealogists and historians, their effect on housing values depends a lot on who is buying, real estate agents said.

“I’m always thinking of the resale,” said Jane Weber, a Realtor with Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty in Princeton, N.J. “So, I’d say it’s not good. Most of my clients in this area are younger, and they are not interested in someone else’s family history.” Ms. Weber said that a recent client refused even to look at a $3 million property because it was next to a small family cemetery.”

A cemetery in the back yard may affect the value of the property. You may not need a permit to bury Mom or Dad’s Urn in the backyard. It may surprise you to know that in some communities you need the permit to put  an urn in the backyard.via www.nytimes.com

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The rise of Home Funerals and cemeteries was mentioned in the book Rest In Peace, Insiders Tips to the Low Cost Less Stress Funeral.


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Friday, April 23rd, 2010
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A new book out by a Canadian correlates the decline in the traditional “American” Funeral Industry with the decline of religion in America. There is validity and truth to this argument. Although most of America calls itself Christian, baby boomers seem to need their church less and less.

And now the same seems to be true for the traditional funeral industry:

“The death of God during the 1960s (obit pending) was almost as hard on the North American funeral industry as it was on the Christian church.

As Tom Jokinen points out in his lively and literate new book Curtains: Adventures of an Undertaker-in-Training, “The big, fat-sucking spiritual void that a death creates used to be filled by the redemptive magic of religion: pray over the body, sing the body into the ground, mark the casket with the sign of the cross. … All the sacred customs were ways to signal to one another that we’re not alone, that there’s continuity even in death … that God had a plan, even if His blueprints were impossible to read.”via www.theglobeandmail.com

Take God out of the picture, the writer says, and the sucking void is still there.

And so is the funeral industry, which itself is sucking harder these days as it attempts feverishly to adjust its practices to 75 million Baby Boomers, stiffs-in-waiting who, in their absence of belief, are (in the words of the old joke), “all dressed up with no place to go.”

via www.theglobeandmail.com

To say that God is dead may be  a tad bit extreme. To say that the decline of  Religion in America (along with traditional funeral rituals) has contributed to the demise of the traditional funeral industry is not a stretch.

It is also a reason for folks seeking to pay  less funeral cost- traditional funeral services vs lower cost funeral-

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Saturday, March 20th, 2010
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The National Funeral Directors Association(NFDA) has recently been acting anti Funeral Consumer. A few years ago they released funeral information to the general public. In recent years they have been slowly leaking  this information out to the press. They have been stepping up efforts in Helping Funeral Directors get more of Your Money.

Sky Has Fallen on Traitional Funerals

Sky Has Fallen on Traditional Funerals According to the NFDA. Stats are from a web survey from a year ago!

The graphic is from 2008 information release to the press recently.

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If  the Funeral Industry does not change it’s business  model-the end will come.

graphic credit  www.ivpressonline.com


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Friday, January 8th, 2010
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Average Cost of a Funeral at Church?

Average Cost of a Funeral at Church?

What is the average cost of a funeral at church? What is the average cost of a funeral? In 2009 I have declared the average cost of a  traditional funeral to be $8,500 USD. The average cost of a funeral at church can be much less. If you want a traditional funeral the cost will still be significant.The cost will be less for a memorial service at church.

If you opt for a memorial service after the funeral that cost will be less. If you choose a memorial service with a cremation the cost for the church part will only be $o-$250.00+ USD. Cost for cremation in the United States ranges from  $425.00 USD to $2200.00 USD depending upon the funeral home and the community.

The key to the whole thing is the funeral homes general price list.  Many Funeral Homes charge the same for a service at church as the funeral home. This is not where you should go. If you want funeral directors at church, or the minister insists they be there ask them to charge you an hourly fee.

If you want a traditional funeral at church, you can save money by having the visitation and funeral service  at church. However if you want a traditional funeral at church you may have the funeral directors set up the casket and leave, have the minister dismiss the congregation after that let Funeral Directors in  and precede to the cemetery. To pull this off  funeral directors must be cooperative and also the minister.

So what is the average cost of a funeral at church?

For high church, Catholic, Greek Orthodox, Episcopal and some Lutheran generally the average is the same as a traditional funeral, $8,500.00 USD on average. If Funeral directors come and stay at church the average stays the same.

Some folks choose to have a memorial service after a direct burial. This can lower costs significantly, the average here comes down to $6, 500.00 USD.

The lower cost funeral at church is usually done with a cremation and a memorial service where you bring the cremains to church without a funeral director. You and the church do the setup, order of service, and the funeral service. All this can be setup with your church or a church ahead of time. It is not all that difficult. Now here the average cost of a funeral at church is $1,250.00 USD. This includes the cost of the cremation.

Some churches charge for rent for a memorial service. This can be overcome(many times) by paying the minister a higher honorarium of about $250.00 USD.  The average honorarium for clergy is $150.00 USD.

All this is from the funeral industry experience of Your Funeral Guy.

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