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. Any additional merchandise you select other than the casket will also be added to the final bill.
Some of the other types of merchandise you might find in this section of the funeral account are: Burial Vaults, Cremation Urns, Guest Register Books, Metal Casket Name Plates, Plastic Prayer Cards & Bookmarks, DVD Video Tributes and Programs/Obituaries. We have recently expanded our offering of custom printed memorial items and can now customize almost anything by utilizing advanced desktop publishing software from Adobe Systems and a state of the are digital imaging and printing system. Our graduated fold programs with insert photo collages are not just obituaries, they become precious keepsakes.
Again, each product or service used is itemized based on your selection and a total is itemized under the "Casket & Merchandise Selections." As always, you are free to purchase or acquire these items from any other funeral home or other source, we offer them in one place for your convenience. such as adding that favorite aunt's name that was mistakenly left off the last draft of the program on Saturday night or printing additional programs to send out with your custom acknowledgement (Thank you) cards for people who couldn't attend services in New York.
When selecting a casket for purchase elsewhere be sure to have a firm understanding of the proper size casket needed to accommodate the body of the deceased and be aware of the casket store's refund and return policy ,and what remedy they will offer if the casket arrives damaged or is not the exact style or color combination you ordered. Receiving funeral homes cannot charge any handling or administration fees when a casket is purchased elsewhere.