PRE-PLAN A FUNERAL AND BURIAL
Choose your funeral and burial now, lock in today’s price, and spare your family the decisions and the bill. Prepaid funeral packages start at $2,500, and you can pay in full or with a payment plan.
Plan online, by phone or in person at our funeral home, 3521 N. Pulaski Rd. · Se habla español
PACKAGES AND PRICES
Prepaid plans use the same package prices as our funeral home, and the price you pay today is the price your family pays, however many years from now it’s needed. Every package includes transportation into our care, filing all legal documents, care of your loved one, transportation to the local cemetery with a graveside service, and an online obituary.
SIMPLEST
PREPAY FROM
$2,500
A dignified burial without embalming or a public viewing, with a graveside service at the cemetery.
WITH VIEWING
PREPAY FROM
$4,950
Time for family and close friends to see your loved one one last time before the burial.
Everything in Direct Burial, plus:
MOST COMPLETE
PREPAY FROM
$5,550
A full traditional funeral: visitation and a funeral service, followed by a graveside service at the cemetery.
Everything in Direct Burial, plus:
Would you rather be cremated? Cremation plans can be prepaid too, from $1,700, including cremation with a visitation or a memorial service. See prepaid cremation plans
Call about prepayingChoose a package, a casket and an outer burial container to see your total, line by line. Everything you choose is locked in at today’s price.
Caskets from our selection. Tap one to add it to your total. More are available at our funeral home.
Most cemeteries require a liner or vault. Ask your cemetery, and we will help you with its rules.
Cemetery charges (the grave, its opening and closing, and any marker) are set by the cemetery you choose and are not included. Only government fees, such as death certificates, can change.
WHAT’S COVERED
Everything you choose from us is guaranteed at the price you pay today. Only government fees, such as certified death certificates, can change.
WHERE YOUR MONEY GOES
Into a life insurance policy, not to us
Your payments go into a life insurance policy with Funeral Directors Life, set aside for your funeral. Caring Cremations doesn’t hold your money.
Services and transportation
Everything listed in your package, from bringing your loved one into our care to the graveside service.
Included
LOCKED IN
Casket and outer burial container
Choose them when you prepay and they’re locked in too. You may also buy a casket from another seller.
From $1,297
YOUR CHOICE
Cemetery charges
The grave, its opening and closing, and any marker are bought from the cemetery. We work with all cemeteries and coordinate with yours.
Set by cemetery
CEMETERY
Certified death certificates
$40 for the first copy and $20 for each additional copy. Add them to your plan or order them at the time.
$40
FIRST COPY
Immediate removal from the place of death
For a removal from a home, nursing home or hospice, or any removal needed immediately.
$295
IF APPLICABLE
If a payment plan isn’t finished
What the policy pays depends on how long it has been in place and how much has been paid. We’ll show you the exact terms before you choose a payment plan.
Ask us
TERMS
HOW IT WORKS
Pick a package, a casket and any extras in our online planner, by phone, or with us at our funeral home in Irving Park.
Pay in full or choose a payment plan. Your money goes into a life insurance policy with Funeral Directors Life, set aside for your funeral.
We keep your plan on file and give you a copy. When the time comes, your family makes one call, day or night, and we take care of everything you chose.
“Every week I sit with families trying to guess what their mom or dad would have wanted, while worrying about the cost. When a plan is already on file, the decisions are made, the bill is paid, and the family can simply be together.”
PREPAID FUNERALS AND MEDICAID
An irrevocable prepaid funeral plan is one of the few expenses you can pay ahead of time without it counting as an asset for Illinois Medicaid. We give your caseworker an itemized contract, and a plan can be set up for a parent.
PREFER CREMATION?
Simple cremation, water cremation, or cremation with a visitation or memorial service can all be prepaid at today’s price.
