Cremation Services

Cremation Services

If your family has chosen cremation, we offer affordable services that help celebrate the life of your loved one while giving you several options for a public gathering, and a final resting place.

Traditional Funeral Service Followed by Cremation

Basic services of the funeral director and staff; transfer of individual to funeral home; embalming; cosmetology, dressing, casketing and hairdressing; facilities, equipment and staff services for viewing/visitation and for the funeral ceremony; the actual cremation; graveside services at a later date, and all necessary automotive equipment. (Includes all itemized service offerings shaded on page 2 of the GPL excluding limousines.) Add $75.00 Medical examiner's Cremation Permit which is required by Iowa law.

Cremation with Services

Cremation with services includes basic services of the funeral director and staff; transfer of individual to funeral home; primary care of individual; the actual cremation; equipment and staff for viewing/visitation; a memorial service; a graveside service; necessary office procedures and procurement of required authorizations; assistance and placement of obituaries, filing death certificate, social security, veteran and insurance forms; and a temporary container for return of ashes. (Add $75.00 Medical Examiners Cremation Permit which is required by Iowa Law.

Direct Cremation

Direct cremation includes services of funeral director and staff; the actual cremation; necessary office procedures and procurement of required authorizations; filing death certificate, social security and a temporary container for the ashes. Direct cremation does not include any fees for consultation for memorial services and other related items and/or services. Those costs are listed in the itemized section of the general price list. (Add $75 for a Medical examiner's cremation permit which is required by law.

Permanent Memorialization

Keeping an Urn at Home

This is a common choice and families can select the perfect urn for their loved one.

Placing the Urn in a Columbarium (aka, a “niche”)

Many families find comfort in having a final resting place that they can visit.

Burying the Urn

Similar to a casket, the in-ground burial of the urn allows for a final resting place.

Scattering of the Cremated Remains

Some families find comfort scattering the cremated remains in a place that was special to their loved one.

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