FUNERAL COSTS
Funeral Costs
We are frequently asked the question... "How much does a funeral cost?"
In order to provide the answer to this question, Brueckner Funeral Home has developed this planning guide to provide you with information that may be useful in planning funeral services or comparing our charges with other funeral establishments.
Funeral costs consist of three types of charges
01.
Services
Services, facilities, equipment and transportation by the funeral home.
02.
Merchandise
Casket, outer burial container, urn, clothing, etc.
03.
Cash Advances
Items that are purchased outside the funeral home, which may be incidental to a service, such as obituary notices, flowers, clergy & music honoraria, cemetery/interment charges, etc.
What type of funeral do I want?
Funeral homes provide many options today. Services range from immediate disposition services such as immediate cremation or immediate burial with no rites or ceremonies, to complete traditional funerals with visitation and funeral rites. The cost of a funeral service is determined by the level of service which you request the funeral home to provide.
Funeral Service Options
The following list provides the cost for various types of funeral services:

- Complete, traditional funeral with visitation, followed by burial or cremation
- Traditional funeral with one hour visitation prior to service
- Funeral and visitation with no embalming and no viewing
- Immediate cremation with memorial service and visitation
- Immediate cremation with no attendant rites or ceremonies
- Immediate burial with graveside service
- Immediate burial with no attendant rites or ceremonies
Please see the General Price List for itemization of the above services.
Do I need a casket?
Services with the body present for reviewal or services that involve burial, usually require that a casket be purchased. A casket is not necessary if immediate cremation is desired.
Our casket prices range from $1,200.00 to $3,300.00.
Do I need a vault?
Most cemeteries require an outer burial container or vault for burial. This container supports the weight of the earth on a casket so that it is not crushed, therefore, graves won't sink, and monuments or grave markers will not tip or settle. Some other burial containers also have a tongue & groove seal for protection purposes; these are known as burial vaults. We have 8 different outer burial containers/vaults to select from, all clearly marked with the price for your comparison.
Our outer burial containers range from $1,525.00 to $14,090.00
Items Provided free of Charge from Brueckner Funeral Services
- Clergy Vehicle - No charge for the funeral home vehicle, which provides transportation for the clergy and leads the procession from the church or funeral home to the cemetery.
- Service or Utility Vehicle - No charge for the funeral home vehicle, which may pick up items from your home, deliver flowers and equipment to the church or cemetery, and also distribute those items back to your home along with delivering flowers after the funeral at the family's direction.
- Tent at cemetery - Included with vault purchase. Many funeral homes will charge this as a cash advance item or as a setup charge of their own.
- Long-distance phone calls or faxes - If long-distance telephone services are necessary to complete the funeral arrangements by us or the family during the arrangement conference, there is no charge. Some funeral homes may even charge extra for placing an obituary for you. We do not charge these services to the family.
- Weekend or holiday services - We have no overtime charges. Some funeral homes charge overtime for visitations or funeral services scheduled on weekends or holidays. However, if an outer burial container is selected, the burial vault company does have an overtime charge for Saturday, Sunday or holiday services. This will be treated as a cash advance item.
- Temporary grave marker - No charge. If there is no permanent cemetery grave marker that identifies the name of the deceased on their particular grave, we will provide one for the family until a permanent marker can be in place.
To give you an answer to the question at the start of this guide, how much does a funeral cost?
We have put together an average cost, based upon the most commonly selected services, casket, vault and cash advanced items for a traditional funeral service.
Average Traditional Funeral Services
$ 8,100.00
Average Casket Selected
$ 1,950.00
Average Outer Burial Container Selected
$ 1,990.00
Average Cash Advances Paid
$ 2,571.00
Average Total Traditional Funeral Cost
$ 14,611.00
Understanding Your Funeral Service Costs
To reiterate, these figures are merely averages, based upon the most commonly selected items listed above. The cost of a particular funeral would depend upon the services, merchandise and cash advance items requested. If you wish to have a consultation with a funeral director on our staff, we would be glad to illustrate for you the costs associated with your particular requests and selections.
General Price List
These prices are effective April 15, 2025 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 funeral 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 funeral goods and services you selected.