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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How much does it cost, all in, including a service and plot? $10K, $15K, +?[/quote]

funeral home costs can range from $2k (discount no services firm will pick up body, cremate eventually, prepare death certs) to $15k+ (+ also prepare body, viewing, services, transport to cemetery)

cemetery plots can start from $1k+, plus fees to open/close the plot. usually stonework contracted separately. my mom has plots but they are hours away and i haven't had a chance to figure out what it's going to cost to get them interred and the headstone altered. i assume a few thousand but for now since they are cremated, they are in my basement.

some funeral homes will arrange for a prepaid service to be handled by another firm if you move, but if they go out of business altogether you're out of luck.

and of course any wake after burial, if you're doing a full meal and several hours for a big crowd that can be $1-5 thousand or more.

i cremated my parents with a direct cremation firm, it was $2000 each. took several weeks to get the death certs and ashes. [/quote]

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