How Much Is a Funeral

Their own posted prices, dated and sourced. Every funeral home, as we reach them.

Starbuck-Lind Mortuary

Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA

A funeral home.

Posted January 5, 2025 Checked September 2, 2026

This list is dated January 5, 2025; prices have probably changed since. Ask the funeral home.

Read this home's price list

123 N A St, Lompoc, CA 93436

From this home's state license record.

No website on file yet.

Cremation with service

$6,125

The middle price in California is $6,885.

The home posts $5,120. With one more line from its list and one certified copy, $6,125.

How this adds up
"Traditional Service Followed by Cremation"$5,120
"Solid Oak Rental Casket"$975
1 certified copy of the death certificate$26
Sum$6,121
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $6,125

This covers transfer to mortuary, embalming, visitation, ceremony in mortuary chapel, proportionate share of operating expenses, and cremation. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The figure above adds one certified copy of the death certificate at $26 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • transfer to mortuary, embalming, visitation, ceremony in mortuary chapel, proportionate share of operating expenses, and cremation.

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Traditional Service Followed by Cremation".

the posted traditional cremation leaves the casket out, so the list's own rental casket rides inside the figure, both lines cited

Sales tax is not included in this figure. It varies by location and by what is taxed, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The median across California is $6,885, from 203 posted price lists we have read.

Burial with graveside service

$4,865

The middle price in California is $5,380.

This covers basic services of the funeral director and staff, and overhead, transfer of the deceased into the funeral home's care, storage and sheltering of the deceased, dressing, casketing and cosmetizing, a hearse, use of facilities and staff for a graveside service and service vehicle.

How this adds up
"BASIC SERVICES OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR & STAFF"$2,530
"Transfer of remains to funeral home"$440
"Refrigeration of remains up to 4 days ($50 per day thereafter)"$545
"Dressing, cosmetizing, & casketing"$255
"Funeral Coach (Hearse)"$420
"USE OF STAFF & EQUIPMENT FOR GRAVESIDE SERVICE"$520
"Utility vehicle used to transfer flowers, etc. $125"$125
1 certified copy of the death certificate$26
Sum$4,861
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $4,865

It does not cover a casket. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The figure above adds one certified copy of the death certificate at $26 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • basic services of the funeral director and staff, and overhead
  • transfer of the deceased into the funeral home's care
  • storage and sheltering of the deceased
  • dressing, casketing and cosmetizing
  • a hearse
  • use of facilities and staff for a graveside service
  • service vehicle

What this home's price does not cover

  • a casket

The median across California is $5,380, from 215 posted price lists we have read.

Traditional funeral service

We could not confirm a price for this service from this home's price list, dated January 5, 2025, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.

These prices do not include a casket. The casket is chosen and priced separately at the funeral home.

1 other package this home posts

from

$1,020

It does not cover what this package covers.

How this adds up
"from"$990
1 certified copy of the death certificate$26
Sum$1,016
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $1,020

Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The figure above adds one certified copy of the death certificate at $26 to this home's own price.

What this home's price does not cover

  • what this package covers
These figures are ballparks for comparing homes, not quotes.

These figures are assembled from this home's own posted price list, and each one is rounded up to the next $5. Treat them as a way to compare homes, not as a quote. Only the funeral home can quote you.

Certified copies of the death certificate

One certified copy of the death certificate is included in every figure on this page.

This home's own price list posts a certified copy of the death certificate at $26 each. This is what the record itself costs. Ask the funeral home whether it charges anything to order them for you.

How many certified copies do you need?

Most families need more than one. Raising the count raises every figure on this page.

One certified copy is $26.

Nobody can tell you how many you will need. Banks, insurers, and pension offices each tend to want their own, so families commonly order several. Set the count and the line says what that comes to.

Tax is always approximate. Ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

Where to look next

What the other funeral homes in Santa Barbara County charge

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