How Much Is a Funeral

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McClam Funeral Home Policy

NEW HAVEN, CT

A funeral home.

Posted February 18, 2025 Checked August 24, 2026

This list is dated February 18, 2025; prices have probably changed since. Ask the funeral home.

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95 DIXWELL AVE, NEW HAVEN, CT, O6511-34O4, NEW HAVEN, CT

From this home's state license record.

Direct cremation

$3,430

The middle price in Connecticut is $4,610.

This figure starts from a package price this home posts.

How this adds up
This home's price for this service; the lines behind it are not on this page yet$3,429.95
Sum$3,429.95
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $3,430

This covers local removal of remains, refrigeration of remains, crematorium charge, local transportation to cemetery and necessary services of staff. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

What this home's price covers

  • local removal of remains
  • refrigeration of remains
  • crematorium charge
  • local transportation to cemetery
  • necessary services of staff

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Direct Cremation with Alternative Container".

The median across Connecticut is $4,610, from 25 posted price lists we have read.

Cremation with service

$6,625

The middle price in Connecticut is $10,858.

The home posts $6,624.95. Rounded up, $6,625.

How this adds up
"Cremation with Service"$6,624.95
Sum$6,624.95
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $6,625

This covers cremation with Service includes a Rental Casket, Burial & Cremation Permit. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

What this home's price covers

  • cremation with Service includes a Rental Casket, Burial & Cremation Permit.

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

The median across Connecticut is $10,858, from 22 posted price lists we have read.

Immediate burial

Immediate burial with a casket or container this funeral home supplies

$4,890

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

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

How this adds up
This home's price for this service; the lines behind it are not on this page yet$4,890
Sum$4,890

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Immediate Burial with Cloth Covered Wood Casket".

This list does not say what the package covers, so ask the funeral home what is in it.

Immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides

$3,640

The middle price in Connecticut is $5,640.

How this adds up
This home's price for this service; the lines behind it are not on this page yet$3,640
Sum$3,640

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

What this home's price covers

  • immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Immediate Burial with Casket Provided by Purchaser".

The median across Connecticut is $5,640, from 22 posted price lists we have read.

Burial with graveside service

We have no price to show for this service from this home's price list, dated February 18, 2025, so please ask them directly.

Traditional funeral service

$6,240

The middle price in Connecticut is $10,515.

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

How this adds up
This home's price for this service; the lines behind it are not on this page yet$6,240
Sum$6,240

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

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, casketing and cosmetizing
  • use of facilities and staff for the funeral ceremony
  • a hearse
  • service vehicle

What this home's price does not cover

  • a casket

The median across Connecticut is $10,515, from 22 posted price lists we have read.

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

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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