Basic Service of Funeral Director and Staff:

Our fee for basic services of the funeral director and staff include, but is not limited to, the following: consultation with family and clergy; arrangement of funeral; preparation and filing of necessary notices, authorizations and consents, coordination with those providing other portions of the funeral. Also included in this charge are overhead expenses relative to our facility such as insurance, maintenance and utility expenses, secretarial and administrative costs, and equipment and inventory expenses.

The fee for our basic services and overhead will be added to the total cost of the funeral arrangements you select. (This fee is already included in our charges for direct cremations, immediate burials and forwarding or receiving remains)

Removal:

Removal service available throughout the State of Michigan.

Embalming:

Except in certain special cases, embalming is not required by law. Embalming may be necessary, however, if you select certain funeral arrangements, such as a funeral with viewing. If you do not want embalming, you usually have the right to choose an arrangement that does not require you to pay for it, such as direct cremation or immediate burial. Michigan law requires embalming when death was caused by certain infectious diseases or with very limited exception, when the body is not taken to its final destination (such as a cemetery or crematory) with 48 hours of the time of death.

· Standard Embalming
· Autopsy Embalming

Other Preparation of the Body:

Services provided may include, (when necessary) but are not limited to, the following: restoration; cosmetology, washing and disinfecting; manicuring, dressing and casketing.

Other Services

Receiving the Remains from another Funeral Home:

This charge includes receiving the remains form anther funeral home, temporary shelter of the remains, obtaining necessary authorizations, local (within 30 miles) transportation of remains to cemetery or crematory and basic services of the funeral director and staff. It does not include the ceremonies after receiving the remains, common carrier charges, or transporting the remains from the airport or other transport destination.

Forwarding of Remains to another Funeral Home:

This charge includes removal of remains, basic services of the funeral director and staff, embalming, receptacle for body, obtaining necessary authorizations, local transportation to airport or railway. It does not include the services of the staff or the use of facilities for any viewing (visitation, wake, family hour) or rites or ceremonies prior to forwarding the remains or common carrier charges.

PLEASE NOTE:

Cemeteries or crematories may have certain restrictions concerning the type of burial or cremation container they will accept, they may require the use of an outer burial container, and may have other rules, regulations and restrictions which may limit your choices or require you to purchase certain goods or services. We have no control over the policies of cemeteries or crematories. We will, however, advise you of the policies of cemeteries and crematories, and whether your choices of funeral goods and services are compatible, with your choice of a cemetery or crematory.