Professional Service Charges

We are pleased to provide you with a full disclosure of our Professional Services.  To help you understand Funeral Costs we have prepared an outline of the categories that make up a funeral account.  There are basically four sections that make up the total funeral account: Casket Merchandise Selections, Professional Service Charges, Cash Advances and unfortunately the government imposed taxes on applicable items.

To aid consumers, legislation provides that all funeral homes must provide an itemized price list of all their related Professional Service Charges as well as casket and merchandise charges.  This list must be available at the consumers' request without cost or obligation.

We pride ourselves on always being one of the most reasonably priced funeral homes in the area, although many expect our charges to be much higher given the level of professionalism, quality of facilities and ethical standards.  Consumers and families finally can learn first hand that there is a difference and families needn't fall into the trap of traditional loyalty many funeral homes attempt to count on. Today, being good is not good enough.

We trust that this service will give you one more reason to give Falconer Funeral Home serious consideration when seeking a funeral home that is pro-actively working towards providing you the highest standards of services and facilities while offering sensible and affordable solutions.

CASKET AND MERCHANDISE SELECTIONS

This section is specific to the casket that a family selects. All of our caskets and merchandise is priced separately-meaning the price you see for the casket is for the casket itself with no other items included that can often become confusing to families. Some of the other types of merchandise you might find in this section of the funeral account are: Burial Vaults, Cremation Urns, and Stationary packages.  Again, each is itemized under the "Casket and Merchandise Selections." As always, you are free to choose to purchase or acquire these items from other funeral homes or other source. Receiving funeral homes cannot charge any handling or administration fees when a casket is purchased elsewhere.

CASH ADVANCES

Cash advances are as they imply.  To aid the families we serve, we will cover third party expenses and place them on our account as a convenience until the estate is understood.  Strict legislation ensures that these items are not marked up and only the exact "cost" is included on the funeral account.  Typical cash advances might include:

• Newspaper Notices
• Clergy Honorariums
• Cemetery Charges
• Death Certificates