Hoffen Funeral Home 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
Many families find meaning and beauty in a traditional funeral service. With a traditional service combined with cremation, you can still choose to have a final viewing, visitation or wake, and a funeral service. However instead of in-ground burial, the funeral will be followed by cremation. Depending on your wishes, the cremated remains may be either returned to your family for storage in an urn, scattered, or interred in a columbarium. This option will include fees for the funeral services as well as the fees associated with the cremation itself.
Memorial Service
The funeral service can be held in a church or any other venue the family chooses. We work with our families to design a service that honors their loved one with stories, music, or scripture. We also have life celebrants that lead services where clergy may not be chosen. Our celebrants are trained in creating experiences that help start the healing process.
Graveside Service
A graveside or committal service is typically held immediately following the funeral service but it can also be a small intimate gathering of those closest to you.
PERMANENT MEMORIALIZATION
Cremation Pricing
Direct Cremation without Ceremony - $1,295
The required coroner's permit to cremate is an additional $100.00 (Illinois deaths only), certified copies of the death certificate are additional and vary with the distrcit in which the person passes away. This fee is not marked up by the funeral home.
WHY IS YOUR PRICE SO MUCH LOWER THAN YOUR COMPETITORS?
We realize this question comes up a lot. Why does the other funeral home in town charge nearly 3 times as much for a direct cremation? Why on earth do people pay that much? We don't have an answer to that, but we can tell you why we charge a fair and reasonable price.
- It all comes down to cost control and business structure. We have worked very hard to keep our business costs efficient so that we can pass the savings on to you.
- We don't have a large fleet of ultra-expensive cars and SUV's that are only used occasionally. We have only what we need to provide quality services. This saves us on car payments, fuel, insurance and maintenance.
- We don't have a large staff that requires a large payroll. We have staffed our funeral home with two licensed funeral directors, one of whom is the owner. Each works full time and we have a small support staff who work part time. The owner, not a paid receptionist, answers the phone 24/7.
- We only have one location, rather than multiple locations that require mortgage payments, insurance and constant upkeep.
- Charging affordable, fair prices is paramount to providing services with dignity and respect.
Direct Cremation with a Memorial Service - $2,295
This packages includes the basic services of the funeral director and staff, removal of the deceased from the place of death and transfer to the funeral home, preservative-free also known as “eco-embalming,” other preparation of the body, making necessary arrangements for the funeral services, filing the death certificate, securing necessary authorizations and permits, use of facilities, up to four hours of visitation, funeral service to immediately follow visitation on the same day and at the same location, use of the lead car, hearse and graveside service.
Traditional Funeral Service with Cremation in Lieu of Burial - Pricing starts at $4,995.00*
This package includes the basic services of the funeral director and staff, removal of the deceased from the place of death and transfer to the funeral home, embalming, other preparation of the body, making necessary arrangements for the funeral services, filing the death certificate, securing necessary authorizations/permits, use of facilities, up to four hours of visitation, funeral service the following day, use of the lead car, hearse, graveside service, ceremonial casket and cremation. *Cremation casket, urn, stationery and third party charges not included.
Direct Flameless or Green Cremation (Alkaline Hydrolysis) without Ceremony - $1,595
The required coroner's permit to cremate is an additional $100.00 (Illinois deaths only), certified copies of the death certificate are additional.
Direct Flameless or Green Cremation (Alkaline Hydrolysis) with Memorial Service - $2,795
This package includes the services of the funeral director and staff, removal of the deceased from the place of death and transfer to the funeral home, obtaining necessary permits and authorizations, filing the death certificate, coordination of the memorial services, the arrangement conference and preparing and publishing the obituary, death notice and cremation. The memorial service may take place either at the funeral home or another local location.