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The industry is experiencing a recent trend toward cremation as opposed to the traditional funeral and burial services due to lower costs and increased value. In 2019, the average cost of a funeral using cremation with a viewing was $5,150, but this does not include the cremation casket, cemetery costs, or urn. [22]
According to the National Funeral Directors Association’s (NFDA) 2023 Member General Price List Study, the median cost of a funeral with burial and viewing is $8,300, an increase of 5.8% from ...
Funeral With Cremation. Basic services fee (required) $2,300. Transfer of remains to funeral home. $350. Embalming. $775. Preparation of the body. $275. Viewing (staff, use of funeral home)
Skull and cross-bones, gravestone of Elizabeth Hurd (d. 1779), carved by John Homer, Granary, Boston. Before the English colonies were fully established and had fully functioning economies, burial rituals were expensive; a relatively elaborate funeral in Boston in the 1720s would have cost around £100.
By the mid-19th century, the newly emerging profession of businessmen-undertakers – who provided funeral and burial services – began adopting embalming methods as standard. [10] Embalming became more common in the United States during the American Civil War, when servicemen often died far from home. The wish of families for their remains to ...
Between 2004 and 2014, the median cost of an adult funeral increased 28.6%, from $5,582 to $7,181, according to the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA). 28.6% may seem like a steep rate ...
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