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Parent-Sorensen Mortuary and Crematory Services

Sebastopol, CA

A funeral home.

Posted October 1, 2025 Checked August 30, 2026

This list is dated October 1, 2025; prices have probably changed since. Ask the funeral home.

Read this home's price list

301 S Main St, Sebastopol, CA 95472

From this home's state license record.

Direct cremation

$2,290

The middle price in California is $2,188.

The home posts $2,275. With the California permit for disposition of human remains, $2,290.

How this adds up
"Direct cremation arrangement with minimum cardboard container"$2,275
California permit for disposition of human remains, set by California Health and Safety Code 103675, 103680 and 103692, verified August 16, 2026$12
Sum$2,287
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $2,290

This covers limited service of funeral director and staff, local removal, refrigeration, cremation process, minimum cardboard cremation container, durable plastic container urn, the permit Fee and DCA Fee. It does not cover certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The figure above adds the California permit for disposition of human remains at $12 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • limited service of funeral director and staff
  • local removal
  • refrigeration
  • cremation process
  • minimum cardboard cremation container
  • durable plastic container urn
  • the permit Fee
  • DCA Fee

What this home's price does not cover

  • certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Direct cremation arrangement with minimum cardboard container".

The median across California is $2,188, from 324 posted price lists we have read.

Cremation with service

$7,225

The middle price in California is $6,885.

This covers basic services of the funeral director and staff, and overhead, transfer of the deceased into the funeral home's care, embalming, dressing, cosmetology and casketing, visitation: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm, chapel/Church service, the cremation charge itself and california permit for disposition of human remains.

How this adds up
"Basic Services of Funeral Director and Staff"$3,695
"Transfer of Remains to Funeral Home*"$575
"Embalming"$745
"◊ Dressing, cosmetology and casketing"$375
"◊ Visitation: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm"$550
"◊ Chapel/Church service"$795
"Cremation Process (up to 300 pounds)"$475
California permit for disposition of human remains, set by California Health and Safety Code 103675, 103680 and 103692, verified August 16, 2026$12
Sum$7,222
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $7,225

It does not cover the rental casket for the viewing and certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The figure above adds the California permit for disposition of human remains at $12 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
  • embalming
  • dressing, cosmetology and casketing
  • visitation: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
  • chapel/Church service
  • the cremation charge itself
  • california permit for disposition of human remains

What this home's price does not cover

  • the rental casket for the viewing
  • certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time

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

Immediate burial

Immediate burial with a casket or container this funeral home supplies

$4,180

This one price does include this home's least expensive casket. Any other casket costs more and is priced separately at the funeral home.

The home posts $4,165. With the California permit for disposition of human remains, $4,180.

How this adds up
"Immediate burial with minimum casket"$4,165
California permit for disposition of human remains, set by California Health and Safety Code 103675, 103680 and 103692, verified August 16, 2026$12
Sum$4,177
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $4,180

This covers these prices include the limited services of funeral director and staff, local removal, dressing of remains, and transportation to a local cemetery. It does not cover certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The figure above adds the California permit for disposition of human remains at $12 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • these prices include the limited services of funeral director and staff, local removal, dressing of remains, and transportation to a local cemetery.

What this home's price does not cover

  • certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Immediate burial with minimum casket".

Immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides

$3,165

The middle price in California is $3,435.

This covers immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides and california permit for disposition of human remains.

How this adds up
"Immediate burial with container provided by purchaser"$3,150
California permit for disposition of human remains, set by California Health and Safety Code 103675, 103680 and 103692, verified August 16, 2026$12
Sum$3,162
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $3,165

It does not cover certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The figure above adds the California permit for disposition of human remains at $12 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides
  • california permit for disposition of human remains

What this home's price does not cover

  • certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Immediate burial with container provided by purchaser".

The median across California is $3,435, from 236 posted price lists we have read.

Burial with graveside service

$5,695

The middle price in California is $5,380.

The home posts $5,680. With the California permit for disposition of human remains, $5,695.

How this adds up
"Graveside or Cryptside Service Option"$5,680
California permit for disposition of human remains, set by California Health and Safety Code 103675, 103680 and 103692, verified August 16, 2026$12
Sum$5,692
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $5,695

This covers basic service of funeral director and staff, local removal, refrigeration, use of equipment and staff for graveside or cryptside service, local use of hearse, flower vehicle and first call transfer car. It does not cover a casket and certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The figure above adds the California permit for disposition of human remains at $12 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • basic service of funeral director and staff
  • local removal
  • refrigeration
  • use of equipment and staff for graveside or cryptside service
  • local use of hearse
  • flower vehicle
  • first call transfer car

What this home's price does not cover

  • a casket
  • certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Graveside or Cryptside Service Option".

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

Traditional funeral service

$7,030

The middle price in California is $6,895.

The home posts $7,015. With the California permit for disposition of human remains, $7,030.

How this adds up
"Church/Chapel Option 1 (1 Day)"$7,015
California permit for disposition of human remains, set by California Health and Safety Code 103675, 103680 and 103692, verified August 16, 2026$12
Sum$7,027
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $7,030

This covers basic service of funeral director and staff, local removal, professional embalming and/or refrigeration, dressing, cosmetology, casketing, use of facilities and staff for visitation at mortuary, direction and supervision of funeral service, direction and supervision of graveside service, local use of hearse, flower vehicle and first call transfer car. It does not cover a casket and certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The figure above adds the California permit for disposition of human remains at $12 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • basic service of funeral director and staff
  • local removal
  • professional embalming and/or refrigeration
  • dressing
  • cosmetology
  • casketing
  • use of facilities and staff for visitation at mortuary
  • direction and supervision of funeral service
  • direction and supervision of graveside service
  • local use of hearse
  • flower vehicle
  • first call transfer car

What this home's price does not cover

  • a casket
  • certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Church/Chapel Option 1 (1 Day)".

The median across California is $6,895, from 193 posted price lists we have read.

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

3 other packages this home posts

◊ Standard memorial package*

$250

It does not cover what this package covers.

How this adds up
"◊ Standard memorial package*"$250
Sum$250

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

What this home's price does not cover

  • what this package covers

◊ Catholic memorial package*

$280

This is the price this home posts for this package, as one total.

How this adds up
"◊ Catholic memorial package*"$280
Sum$280

What is in it is listed below in the home's own words. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

◊ Special memorial package*

$275

It does not cover what this package covers.

How this adds up
"◊ Special memorial package*"$275
Sum$275

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

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

This home's price list does not show a price for a certified copy of the death certificate, and we have no verified government fee for this place, so please ask the funeral home or the registrar in the county where the death happened what one copy costs.

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

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