These prices apply to Kehl’s Palmer Mortuary only. They are effective as of January 26th, 2009 and are subject to change without notice.
The goods and services shown below are those we can provide to our customer. 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 the other requirements mean that 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.
Basic Services of the Funeral Director and Staff
Cost: $1375.00
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.) This fee includes the following:
- Personnel available 24 hours per day, 365 days per year to respond to initial calls.
- The Arrangement Conference with a Funeral Director.
- Coordinating service plans with cemetery, crematory, and/or other parties involved with the final disposition of the deceased.
- Clerical assistance in the completion of all paperwork associated with the funeral.
- Covers our overhead, including facility maintenance, equipment, inventory costs, insurance, our administration expenses, and governmental compliance.
Preparation of the Body
Except in certain special cases, embalming is not required by law. Embalming may be necessary, however, if you select funeral arrangements such as a funeral with a 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.
Embalming: $750.00
Other Preparation of the Body
- Dressing & Casketing: $200
- Hair Dressing: $50.00
- Cosmetology: $60.00
- Sanitary Care (In lieu of embalming): $250.00
- Special Care of Autopsied Remains: $200.00
- Restoration: $150.00
- Preparing Remains: $225.00
For private viewing or identification. - Refrigeration:$310.00
It is the policy of our firm to require refrigeration of un-embalmed remains. After 10 days, there will be a per day charge of $60.00.
Use of Facilities and Staff
Use of Facilities and Staff Services for Visitation: $495.00
Our services include set-up of visitation area, placement of encased remains, display of floral arrangements, supervision of and attendance during a visitation.
Use of Our Facilities and Staff for a Funeral: $525.00
Our services include coordinating the funeral arrangements at our facility or at any venue, supervision of the funeral, display of floral arrangements, and staff to assist with funeral ceremony.
Services of Funeral Director or Staff for Funeral Service in Another Facility: $825.00
Use of Our Facilities and Staff for a Memorial Service: $495.00
Equipment and Staff Services for Graveside Service: $450.00
Our services include accompaniment of remains to the cemetery, supervision of graveside service, display of floral arrangements and staff to assist with service.
Additional Charges for Use of Facilities and Staff
- On Sundays or Holidays: $500.00
- For After-Hours Service: $225.00
- Facilities and Staff for Private Autopsies: $795.00
- Use of Viewing Room and Staff for Private Viewing/I.D. View: $100.00
Up to 30 minutes.
Transportation
All vehicle charges are within a 25-mile radius. Additional distance will be charged at $3.00 per mile.
Transportation of Deceased: $425.00
Funeral Vehicle (Hearse): $350.00
Flower Car: $100.00
Utility Vehicle: $190.00
Courier Vehicle: $85.00
Transportation of Deceased
To and/or from airport/crematory/winter storage facility: $190.00
From mortuary to place of autopsy and return to mortuary: $380.00
Other Services
Airline Tray: $200.00
Airline Combination Unit: $250.00
Cremation Process: $665.00
Expedited Cremation: $200.00
Witness Cremation: $200.00
Mailing of Cremated Remains via Registered Mail: $80.00
Shipping & Handling of Cremated Remains via Airline (Airport to airport, excluding cost of mailing container.): $200.00
Forwarding of Remains to Another Funeral Home
Cost: $1695.00
This charge includes removal of remains, basic service of staff, necessary authorizations, embalming, use of preparation room and transportation to local airport or other place of shipment within a 25-mile radius (excluding shipping charges and shipping container.)
This charge does not include visitation or ceremonies.
This charge applies to shipment within the continental U.S. only.
Receiving Remains From Another Funeral Home
Cost: $1495.00
This charge includes minimum services of staff, transportation from airport, and transportation of remains to cemetery or crematory. This charge does not include visitation or ceremonies.
Direct Cremation
If you want to arrange a direct cremation, you can use an alternative container. Alternative containers encase the body and can be made of materials like fiberboard or composition materials (with or without an outside covering). The containers we provide are alternative containers and other cremation containers, including containers made of wood, containers made of fiberboard, and containers made of other composite materials. See descriptions below. We also offer a selection of cremation oriented caskets.
Our charges for direct cremation (without ceremony) include: removal of remains, transportation to crematory, refrigeration, and basic services of staff. The crematory fee is included.
- Direct cremation with container provided the purchaser: $1.335.00
All such containers must meet any applicable state or cemetery requirements. - Direct cremation with alternative container: $1395.00
Corrugated fiberboard container or wooden tray. - Direct cremation with casket purchased from our funeral homeL $1930.00
This cost is in addition to the cost of the casket.
Immediate Burial
Our charges for immediate burial (without any rites or ceremonies at the funeral home, graveside or elsewhere) include: removal of remains, transportation to cemetery, refrigeration, and basic services of staff.
- Immediate burial with container provided by the purchaser: $1,300.00
All such containers must meet any applicable state or cemetery requirements. - Immediate burial with minimum casket: $1895.00
Disinterment
Cost: $3000.00
This charge includes basic services of funeral director and staff, a proportionate share of overhead costs, assisting in obtaining the necessary disinterment permits from the state of Alaska, arranging with the Anchorage or Mat-Su cemetery for the disinterment, local transportation from the original cemetery to the new cemetery in the Anchorage or Mat-Su area or crematory or to the Anchorage Airport for shipments out of state. This charge does not include any cemetery or excavation fees, crematory fees, airline fees, any hermetically sealed containers, airtray, bio-hazard fees or anything else associated with a disinterment.
Caskets
Cost Range: $595.00 to $28,000.00
A complete price list will be provided at the funeral home.
Rental Casket: $900.00
Alternative Container: $60.00
Outer Burial Containers
Cost Range: $128.00 to $1000.00
A complete price list will be provided at the funeral home.
Cremation Urns and Jewelry
Cost Range: $20.00 to $2900.00
A complete price list will be provided at the funeral home.
