OUR PRICE GUARANTEE

   CAFA will match any price for an identical service, casket, or urn listed on a current price list published by any retail funeral merchandise provider within 25 miles of CAFA. The service and/or merchandise must be listed on CAFA's General Price List, Casket Price List, Outer Burial Container Price List, or Urn Price List.

ABOUT FUNERAL PRICES

   When planning a funeral, how much you care is not measured by how much you spend. Prices vary widely among different funeral establishments. CAFA specializes in offering simple, dignified arrangements at dramatically reduced costs.

   When comparing prices, be sure to consider the total cost of all the items together. Every funeral home must have price lists that include all the items essential for the different types of arrangements it offers.

   The funeral provider must give you an itemized statement of the total cost of the funeral goods and services you have selected when you make the arrangements. This statement also must disclose any legal, cemetery or crematory requirements that you purchase any specific funeral goods or services.

   Remember to include cemetery costs in your budget if you plan to bury the remains. Those costs may include the lot or crypt (if you don't already own one), perpetual care, opening and closing the grave or crypt, the grave liner or vault, and the marker or monument (including installation)

   You also need to pay for any “cash advances,” which are amounts paid by the funeral home to outside parties on your behalf. These include church or clergy fees, newspaper notices, and certified copies of the death certificate. If the funeral provider doesn't know the cost of the cash advance items at the time, he or she is required to give you a written good-faith estimate.

COMPLETE SERVICE PLANS: CREMATION

   Below are some common CAFA service totals for cremation; there are many other possible combinations. For each listed here, a funeral or memorial service, hairstyling, urn, register book, folders or cards are extra. In addition, a $60 charge applies if a separate trip is required to secure the death certificate.

Minimum Cremation   $975

   Direct cremation (services of staff, transfer of body from local place of death and to crematory; $800), identification of the deceased by photo or at home or nursing home, crematory fee ($175).

Personal Identification and Cremation   $1095

   Direct cremation (services of staff, transfer of body from local place of death and to crematory; $800), preparation for identification ($70), personal identification at CAFA ($50), crematory fee ($175). (You may add an alternative container for $50 to $2735.)

You may not add a viewing or funeral to the above two plans. You may add any service or merchandise to those below.

Cremation with Service at Crematory  $2880

   Basic services of funeral director and staff ($1050), transfer of body from local place of death and to crematory ($435), bathing and disinfecting ($200), dressing ($85), casketing ($50), cloth-covered fiberboard casket with crepe interior (M-flare, $585), one-hour gathering at crematory ($150 staff + $150 facility), crematory fee ($175).

Limited Family Viewing and Cremation $2950

   Basic services of funeral director and staff ($1050), transfer of body from local place of death and to crematory ($435), bathing and disinfecting ($200), dressing ($85), casketing ($50), cosmetics ($30), limited family visitation at CAFA ($225), cloth-covered particle board casket with crepe interior (1750 Gray, $700) or wood rental casket with cremation liner ($700), crematory fee ($175).

Traditional Cremation $3295

   Basic services of funeral director and staff ($1050), transfer of body from local place of death and to crematory ($435), embalming ($495), dressing ($85), casketing ($50), cosmetics ($30), visitation at CAFA ($275), cloth-covered particle board casket with crepe interior (1750 Gray, $700) or wood rental casket with cremation liner ($700), crematory fee ($175).

Church Service and Cremation $3885

   Basic services of funeral director and staff ($1050), transfer of the body from local place of death ($250), embalming ($495), dressing ($85), casketing ($50), cosmetics ($30), hearse to church ($270), visitation and same-day funeral service in church ($390), laminated fiberwood cremation casket with crepe interior (Longkay, $1090), crematory fee ($175).

COMPLETE SERVICE PLANS: BURIAL

   Listed below are some common CAFA service totals for burial; there are many other combinations. For each listed here, hairstyling, register book, folders or cards, vault or liner, cemetery fees, and clergy/church fees are extra. In addition, a $60 charge applies if a separate trip is required to secure the death certificate.

Immediate Burial (No Service) $1695

   Immediate burial (services of staff, transfer of the body from local place of death and to local cemetery by van, casketing; $1240), unfinished pine box with no interior ($455). (No preparation of the body, visitation, or service.)

Immediate Burial with Hearse & Graveside Service $2095

   Immediate burial (services of staff, transfer of the body from local place of death and to local cemetery by van, casketing; $1240), hearse ($75), graveside service ($195), cloth-covered fiberboard casket with crepe interior (M-flare, $585). (No preparation of the body or visitation.)

   You may not add a viewing or funeral to the above two plans. You may add any service or merchandise to those below.

Limited Family Viewing and Graveside Service $3055

   Basic services of funeral director and staff ($1050), transfer of the body from local place of death and to local cemetery by hearse ($520), bathing and disinfecting ($200), dressing ($85), casketing ($50), cosmetics ($30), limited family visitation at CAFA ($225), graveside service ($195), cloth-covered particle board casket with crepe interior (1750 Gray, $700).

Traditional Viewing and Funeral $3695

   Basic services of funeral director and staff ($1050), transfer of the body from local place of death ($250), embalming ($495), dressing ($85), casketing ($50), cosmetics ($30), visitation and same-day funeral service in church ($390), hearse to local cemetery ($270), with crepe interior (Bradbury, $1075).

Deluxe Viewing and Funeral $4985

   Basic services of funeral director and staff ($1050), transfer of the body from local place of death ($250), embalming ($495), dressing ($85), casketing ($50), cosmetics ($30), two-day visitation at CAFA ($550), funeral service in church ($250), hearse and limousine to local cemetery ($580), poplar casket with birch finish (Nashua, $1645) or non-warranted 20 gauge steel casket (Reed, $1645).

CAFA GENERAL PRICE LIST

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• General Price List