how much does it cost to have a dead person's body cremeted for a funeral?

Question

i heard that it costs around 5 thousand dollars to have ur body cremeted for the funeral,i was wondering if there it could be any cheaper than that and what is this kind of funeral like? can anyone tell me what is done and how its done?

Answer 1

My brother was cremated for about 1000 dollars I think. We just had a memorial service after. I plan to be cremated, than my kids can do what they want for a service after. My opinion the funeral services are for the living to get rid of some of the grief, I will be dead I don't care what they do. Some people just put up pictures of the person and have what is just like a normal funeral otherwise.

Answer 2

My dad's cremation was 1800 - we had a friend who was a pastor that offered a memorial service for a reduced cost. You could hold your own memorial somewhere like in the home and invite others to stop by. It's a little unusual, but it'll save on costs.

Others have had their family members cremated, and distributed in favorite places, or placed into urns for that one special place in the home.



My sister's funeral was about 9000 for a coffin and burial into a plot that we already had in the family.

Answer 3

In my area it runs only around 1800 BUT then they charge for transporting the body to the crematorium and lots more. Five thousand does sound high, maybe this amount is for the rent on the chapel as well. I've never heard of just the cremation, transport and urn being more than around 3 thousand max.

Answer 4

2 for $800 in Cleveland.

Answer 5

Here where I am, it costs about $600.00. This would be without a funeral service.

Answer 6

idk how much it cost, but i have heard that it is cheaper for someone to be cremated than put in a casscette(coffin) or how ever u spell it.

Answer 7

no its cheaper. you could always do it old style in your back yard.