Our Services

The goods and services shown below are those Eberhardt Stevenson Funeral Home and Crematory can provide to our customers. You may choose only the item you desire, however, any funeral arrangement you select will include a charge for our basic services and overhead. If legal or other requirements mean you must buy items you did not specifically ask for, we will explain the reason in writing on the statement we provide describing the funeral goods and services selected. We also are able to provide crucifixes, prayer cards, register books and other merchandise.

Our basic service includes:

Staff to respond to initial request for service
Arrangement conference with family or responsible party
Preparation and filing of necessary certificates and permits
Placement of obituary notices
Planning of funeral Arrangements
Coordination of service with cemetery
Crematory vault companies and others as required

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

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.

Other preparations and services may include:

Restoration when necessary (per hour)
Hair styling
Special care of autopsied remains
Washing and disinfection when no embalming
Use of facilities & staff
Visitation in funeral home (per hour)
Funeral ceremony in funeral home
Memorial service in funeral home
Use of equipment & staff for graveside service
Automotive equipment
Lead car with clergy
Hearse, within county radius
Transfer of remains to funeral home within county radius
Flower truck delivery to cemetery
Escort car within county radius

Traditional funeral service includes:

Basic services of funeral director & staff & overhead
Embalming
Other preparations of body
Use of facilities & staff for viewing at funeral home
Use of facilities & staff for funeral at funeral home
Transfer of remains to funeral home
Caskets:are available (a complete price list will be provided at the funeral home).
Outer burial containers are available (a complete price list will be provided at the funeral home).
Cremation caskets and containers are available (a complete price list will be provided at the funeral home).
Cremation urns: are available (a complete price list will be provided at the funeral home).

Full Service Cremation includes:

Basic services of funeral director and staff
Embalming
Other preparation of the body
Use of facilities for visitation
Use of facilities for funeral service
Transfer of remains to our funeral home
Hearse

Direct cremation ( without ceremony) includes:

Basic services of funeral director & staff
A proportionate share of overhead costs
Removal of remains
Transportation to crematory
Necessary authorizations

If you want to arrange a direct cremation, you can use an alternative container, alternative containers encase the body and can be made of materials like fiberboard or composition materials (with or without an outside covering).-the containers we provide are a fiberboard container or an unfinished wood box.

Immediate burials (without ceremony) includes:

Basic services of funeral director & staff
A proportionate share of overhead costs
Removal of remains
Local transportation to the cemetery (this charge does not include cemetery costs.)

Forwarding remains to another funeral home includes:

Basic services of funeral director & staff
Embalming Necessary authorizations
Local transportation

This charge does not include visitation, rites, or ceremonies prior to forwarding of the body.

Receiving remains from another funeral home includes:

Temporary shelter of remains
Basic services of staff
Local transportation of remains to cemetery or crematory.

This charge does not include visitation, rites or ceremonies.

This list does not include prices for certain items that you may ask us to buy for you such as cemetery or crematory services, flowers, and newspaper notices. The prices for those items will be shown on your bill or the statement describing the funeral goods and services you selected.