| How much does a funeral cost? |
There are so many options to consider when arranging a funeral that answering this question is difficult. To better explain, below are a few questions we are able to answer.
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What are average funeral expenses?
The average cost of a funeral nationwide is $7,915. You can usually deduct $1,500 - $2,000 if cremation is selected. The average price of a car today is $28,000. A wedding, another family event, averages close to $30,000.
At Berube and Sons Funeral Home, our range of funeral costs last year was $1,100 to $9,900 and the average cost was $4,100. Most importantly, the cost of a service is up to you. Berube & Sons strongly believes that each service should be personally and financially appropriate.
With this information we can break the price down a bit further.
The range for services that included a casket, visitation (wake), and funeral at a church was $4,200 to $9,900 with the average being $5,900. Included in these numbers is the cost of the casket which, on last year's average was $1,800. On the other end, a funeral with no visitation, no wake, no casket and cremation was $1,100 to $3,200 with the average being $1,900.
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| How much money is needed to be paid by the day of the funeral?
In most circumstances the money needed by the day of the funeral is the Cash Advances. Cash Advances are outside costs related to a funeral. Cemeteries, clergy, soloists, crematory, burial permits, newspapers, and certified copies of a death certificate are the most common. Berube and Sons Funeral Home will explain each individual charge and will not add one dollar to any of these costs.
Cash Advances can really only be estimated until we know specifically which company or church you are planning to involve. Cemeteries range from $900 to $2,000 to open a grave. Of course, purchasing new graves has an additional cost. Local newspapers range from free to $400 a day for an average size obituary notice, and larger cities' newspapers can be in the area of $500 a day. Churches, soloists, and organists total between $300 to $600. Burial permits and certified copies of a death certificate range from $5 to $25 each.
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191 Lafayette Street
Salem, Massachusetts 01970
978-744-2177
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