How Much Is a Funeral

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Kauai Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home

Lihue, HI

A funeral home.

Posted August 15, 2026 Checked August 30, 2026

Read this home's price list

No phone number on file yet.

4716 Maalo Rd, Lihue, HI

From this home's state license record.

Direct cremation

$3,600

The middle price in Hawaii is $2,310.

This covers Transfer of the deceased into the funeral home’s care.

How this adds up
"b. Cremation with alternative container"$3,600
Sum$3,600

Certified copies of the death certificate are extra, priced one at a time. The county permit fee is not in this price. It is charged by the county where the death occurred, and the amount is not on file here, so ask the funeral home. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

What this home's price covers

  • Transfer of the deceased into the funeral home’s care

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 "b…".

This list posts no per-copy charge for a certified copy of the death certificate, and no verified fee has been recorded for this place, so no amount is shown beside the figure. Ask the funeral home, or the county registrar, what one copy costs.

The median across Hawaii is $2,310, from 4 posted price lists we have read.

Cremation with service

$9,800

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 and the cremation charge itself.

How this adds up
"1. BASIC PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FEE – (Minimum service charge) ….……2500.00"$2,500
"1. Use of removal vehicle to transfer remains to funeral home ………………...……1000.00"$1,000
"2. EMBALMING…………………………………………………………….… ... 2300.00"$2,300
"3. CASKETING…………………………………………………………….……… ... 1000.00"$1,000
"2. Use of our Facility room & Outside area for services (3 hours)…………… ... ….1500.00"$1,500
"1. CREMATION FEE ……………………………………………………….…..1500.00"$1,500
Sum$9,800

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
  • the cremation charge itself

Immediate burial

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$7,300

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

How this adds up
"Immediate burial"$4,700
"This list's own least expensive casket"$2,600
Sum$7,300

purchaser_casket

$4,700

The middle price in Hawaii is $3,973.

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

How this adds up
"Immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides"$4,700
Sum$4,700

This covers immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides. 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 a casket or container the family provides".

The median across Hawaii is $3,973, from 4 posted price lists we have read.

Burial with graveside service

$6,900

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

How this adds up
"1. BASIC PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FEE – (Minimum service charge)"$2,500
"1. Use of removal vehicle to transfer remains to funeral home"$1,000
"3. CASKETING"$1,000
"3. Coordination and Staff for Graveside Interment Service"$600
"2. Use of funeral coach for funeral service"$1,200
"5. Use of Utility Vehicle (per a destination)"$600
Sum$6,900

It does not cover refrigeration and a casket. Certified copies of the death certificate are extra, priced one at a time. The county permit fee is not in this price. It is charged by the county where the death occurred, and the amount is not on file here, so ask the funeral home. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

What this home's price covers

  • 1. BASIC PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FEE – (Minimum service charge)
  • 1. Use of removal vehicle to transfer remains to funeral home
  • 3. CASKETING
  • 3. Coordination and Staff for Graveside Interment Service
  • 2. Use of funeral coach for funeral service
  • 5. Use of Utility Vehicle (per a destination)

What this home's price does not cover

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

This list posts no per-copy charge for a certified copy of the death certificate, and no verified fee has been recorded for this place, so no amount is shown beside the figure. Ask the funeral home, or the county registrar, what one copy costs.

Traditional funeral service

$10,700

This covers the home's posted plan for a funeral with burial, the home's posted plan for a funeral with burial, the home's posted plan for a funeral with burial, the home's posted plan for a funeral with burial, the home's posted plan for a funeral with burial and 3 more lines this home's own price list names, each shown in full below.

How this adds up
"1. BASIC PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FEE – (Minimum service charge) ….……2500.00"$2,500
"1. Use of removal vehicle to transfer remains to funeral home ………………...……1000.00"$1,000
"2. EMBALMING…………………………………………………………….… ... 2300.00"$2,300
"3. CASKETING…………………………………………………………….……… ... 1000.00"$1,000
"2. Use of our Facility room & Outside area for services (3 hours)…………… ... ….1500.00"$1,500
"2. Use of funeral coach for funeral service ………………………….…..…… ... 1200.00"$1,200
"3. Coordination and Staff for Graveside Interment Service…………………………...600.00"$600
"5. Use of Utility Vehicle (per a destination)….. …………… ... ………………….…...600.00"$600
Sum$10,700

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

What this home's price covers

  • the home's posted plan for a funeral with burial

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

2 other packages this home posts

a. One-day service (3 hours)

$1,200

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

How this adds up
"a. One-day service (3 hours)"$1,200
Sum$1,200

It does not cover what this package covers. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

What this home's price covers

  • a. One-day service (3 hours)

What this home's price does not cover

  • what this package covers

b. Two-day service (3 hours)

$2,400

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

How this adds up
"b. Two-day service (3 hours)"$2,400
Sum$2,400

It does not cover what this package covers. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

What this home's price covers

  • b. Two-day service (3 hours)

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.

What the county fee is

This fee is charged by the county where the death occurred, not the county where the funeral home is. The amount for this state is not on file here, so ask the funeral home.

We do not have a verified county permit fee for this state or the states next to it. The county where the death happened may charge one, so please ask that county or the funeral home.

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.

Where to look next

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