Service Pricing
To help you understand all of the costs associated with a funeral service and make an informed decision, we’ve broken them down in our general price list. We also have a variety of payment options to ease the financial burden of honoring your loved one so that you can give them the service they deserve. If you need any assistance or have questions, please don't hesitate to contact us. Our staff is happy to help you explore all the options available to you.
General Price List
Funeral Expense can be Divided Into Three Categories
Services & Ceremonies, Merchandise and Cash Disbursements
These prices are effective as of August 9, 2023 and subject to change without notice
Services & Ceremonies
The goods and services in this price list are those we can provide to our customers. You may choose only the items you desire. However, any funeral arrangements you select will include a charge for our basic services and overhead. If legal or other requirements mean you must buy any 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 you selected.
*Services of Funeral Director & Staff
$2,895.00
Includes: Twenty-four hour accessibility; general & administrative expenses, arrangements conference; planning, supervising and coordinating service details with those involved in the funeral service; securing, preparing and filing necessary permits, certificates, authorizations and consents; clerical and record keeping. This 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.
*Embalming
$750.00
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 Preparation of the Body
$320.00
Use of Facilities, Equipment & Staff For:
*Visitation day (evening) before service
$385.00
Visitation same day of service
$285.00
*Funeral ceremony at the funeral home, church or other location
$395.00
*Graveside service (Equipment & staff)
$195.00
Memorial Service
$395.00
Automotive Equipment:
Within 45 miles (Additional miles $2.25 per mile - 1 way)
*Transfer of Remains to Funeral Home
$400.00
*Funeral Coach (Hearse)
$380.00
Pallbearer Car
$125.00
Limousine (seats 8)
$125.00
Total Complete Service:
(Including items marked with *)
$5,720.00
Add to this total, the cost of merchandise and cash disbursements (next page) to arrive at the estimated total funeral cost.
Merchandise
Caskets
$ 12155.00 to $9,885.00
A complete price list will be provided at the funeral home.
Outer Burial Containers
$1,600.00 to $16,000.00
A complete price list will be provided at the funeral home.
Printed Materials - Memorial Box Sets
$135.00 to $275.00
Includes: acknowledgement cards, visitors register book and printed memorial folders.
Cremation Urns
$49.00 to $1,600.00
Cremation Urn Vaults
$125.00 to $1390.00
Keepsake Urns & Jewelry
$40.00 to $500.00
DVD Tributes (1 copy given to family arranging the service)
Free
Additional Copies
$30.00
DVD Tributes without a service (creation and 1 copy)
$75.00
Additional Copies
$30.00
Memorial Candles (1 candle given to family)
Free
Additional Candles
$15.00 to $30.00
Cash Disbursement Items
(To be paid at the time of arrangements)
Arranging the funeral ceremony and committal service often requires the funeral home to pay others on your behalf. We do not charge for this service. Cash disbursements may include but are not limited to:
- Grave Opening/Closing at Cemetery
- Newspaper Obituary
- Certified Death Certificates
- Hairdresser
- Honorariums, (minister, organist, soloist)
- Medical Examiners permit (for cremation)
- Engraving of Death Date on stone
- Sales Tax on merchandise
Cremation Packages
If you are thinking about cremation, it’s important to know and understand all of the choices available to you, from a more traditional ceremony joined by family and friends, to a private, meaningful service with your immediate family. However you choose to say goodbye, Vigen Memorial Home is ready to serve your family.
Whether simple or elaborate, traditional or contemporary, including a service with cremation is an encouragement to your family and honors the memory of your loved one.
Vigen Memorial Home has on-site crematory at the Keokuk location and our own staff personally take care of the entire cremation process. That way, your loved one never leaves our care.
At Vigen Memorial Home, we believe that choosing a service should be very simple. With that idea in mind, we have created the following cremation packages to represent our most requested services from the families we serve.
Package Prices Do Not Include Any Cash Disbursements or Sales Tax
Traditional Funeral with Cremation Package
$7,215.00
This option allows you have a visitation and funeral service with the body present followed by cremation
The Traditional Ceremony with Cremation package includes:
- Services of funeral director and staff
- General and Administrative expense
- Embalming and other preparation of the body
- A visitation time for family & friends
- A funeral service with choice of one of the following caskets: (Oak Rental, Longley or Norfolk)
- Crematory fee
- Committal Service at the Graveside
- Choice of an urn from a limited selection
Ceremony of Remembrance Memorial Service Package
$5,235.00
Cremation occurs first, followed by a Memorial Service and a committal at the Graveside.
The Ceremony of Remembrance package includes:
- Services of funeral director & staff
- General and Administrative expense
- Cremation fee
- Basic cremation container
- Visitation for family and friends
- A memorial service followed by the committal service at the graveside
- Choice of an urn from a limited selection
Other Options
- Memorial Service & Visitation (No Graveside)
- $4,850.00
- Memorial Service & Graveside Committal Service (No Visitation)
- $4,660.00
- Memorial Service Only (No Visitation or Committal at Graveside)
- $4,275.00
Ceremony of Remembrance Graveside Service Package
$4,740.00
Cremation occurs first followed by a service at the graveside.
The Graveside Service of Remembrance package includes:
- Services of funeral director & staff
- General and Administrative expense
- Crematory fee
- Basic Cremation Container
- One hour visitation prior to the graveside service at the funeral home and going to the cemetery in procession
- A service at the cemetery
- Choice of an urn from a limited selection
Other Options
- Graveside Service with No Visitation or Procession (Everyone meets at the cemetery)
- $4,075.00
Gathering of Remembrance Package
$4,265.00
Cremation occurs first, followed by an informal gathering time for family and friends, to visit, share memories, and offer support.
The Gathering of Remembrance package includes:
- Services of funeral director and staff
- General and Administration expenses
- Crematory fee
- Basic cremation container
- A 2 hour gathering time for family and friends
- Choice of an urn from a limited selection
Immediate Cremation (No services)
$2,585.00
This package does not include any merchandise, a visitation or a ceremony of any kind.
The Immediate Cremation package includes:
- Basic services of funeral director and staff
- General and Administrative expenses
- Crematory fee
- Basic cremation container
- Cremated remains returned to family
Anatomical Body Donation
$2,400.00
Donation of the whole body to a University or hospital for medical research. Deceased should be pre-deeded to their chosen institution. A funeral director is required to transport the body to the institution and file the death certificate and other necessary permits.
The Anatomical Body Donation package includes:
- Basic services of funeral director and staff
- General and Administrative expenses
- Transportation of body to University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA