Melby Mortuary
Mankato, KS
A funeral home.
Posted January 1, 2025 Checked August 30, 2026
This list is dated January 1, 2025; prices have probably changed since. Ask the funeral home.
Read this home's price list402 N. High Street PO Box 384, Mankato, KS 66956
From this home's state license record.
Direct cremation
We could not confirm a price for this service from this home's price list, dated January 1, 2025, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.
Cremation with service
$8,385
The middle price in Kansas is $7,375.
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 a viewing, use of facilities and staff for the funeral ceremony, the cremation charge itself, rental casket for the viewing and service vehicle.
How this adds up
| "Basic Services of funeral director, staff, and overhead" | $3,000 |
|---|---|
| "Transfer of remains to funeral home" | $425 |
| "Embalming" | $1,375 |
| "C. Grooming, cosmetics, manicure, dressing & casketing $250.00" | $250 |
| "Use of facilities and staff for viewing at" | $495 |
| "Use of facilities and staff for funeral ceremony at" | $595 |
| "Crematory Charges" | $1,075 |
| "Use of Rental Casket for Cremation" | $950 |
| "Use of Utility car or other automotive equipment" | $200 |
| 1 certified copy of the death certificate | $20 |
| Sum | $8,385 |
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 $20 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, casketing and cosmetizing
- use of facilities and staff for a viewing
- use of facilities and staff for the funeral ceremony
- the cremation charge itself
- rental casket for the viewing
- service vehicle
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 Kansas is $7,375, from 28 posted price lists we have read.
Immediate burial
Immediate burial with a casket or container this funeral home supplies
We could not confirm a price for this service from this home's price list, dated January 1, 2025, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.
Immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides
We could not confirm a price for this service from this home's price list, dated January 1, 2025, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.
Burial with graveside service
$4,720
The middle price in Kansas is $4,745.
This covers basic services of the funeral director and staff, and overhead, transfer of the deceased into the funeral home's care, 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, and overhead" | $3,000 |
|---|---|
| "Transfer of remains to funeral home" | $425 |
| "C. Grooming, cosmetics, manicure, dressing & casketing $250.00" | $250 |
| "Use of Hearse" | $425 |
| "Use of equipment and staff for graveside service." | $400 |
| "Use of Utility car or other automotive equipment" | $200 |
| 1 certified copy of the death certificate | $20 |
| Sum | $4,720 |
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 $20 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
- 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 Kansas is $4,745, from 21 posted price lists we have read.
Traditional funeral service
$6,785
The middle price in Kansas is $6,445.
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 a viewing, use of facilities and staff for the funeral ceremony, a hearse and service vehicle.
How this adds up
| "Basic Services of funeral director, staff, and overhead" | $3,000 |
|---|---|
| "Transfer of remains to funeral home" | $425 |
| "Embalming" | $1,375 |
| "C. Grooming, cosmetics, manicure, dressing & casketing $250.00" | $250 |
| "Use of facilities and staff for viewing at" | $495 |
| "Use of facilities and staff for funeral ceremony at" | $595 |
| "Use of Hearse" | $425 |
| "Use of Utility car or other automotive equipment" | $200 |
| 1 certified copy of the death certificate | $20 |
| Sum | $6,785 |
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 $20 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, casketing and cosmetizing
- use of facilities and staff for a viewing
- 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 Kansas is $6,445, from 23 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
RECEIVING OF CREMATED REMAINS
$1,920
This one price does include the casket this package names. Any other casket costs more and is priced separately at the funeral home.
The home posts $1,900. With one certified copy, $1,920.
How this adds up
| "RECEIVING OF CREMATED REMAINS" | $1,900 |
|---|---|
| 1 certified copy of the death certificate | $20 |
| Sum | $1,920 |
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.
The figure above adds one certified copy of the death certificate at $20 to this home's own price.
What this home's price covers
- Basic Services of funeral director, staff, and overhead
- Embalming
- Embalming autopsy remains add $850.00
- Transfer of remains to funeral home
- B. Surface disinfection of remains without embalming
- C. Grooming, cosmetics, manicure, dressing & casketing
- D. Shelter of remains
- Saturday Overtime Charge
- Sunday or Holiday Overtime Charge
- Service Recording/Technology Fee
- funeral Home prior to cremation (1 hour)
- funeral Home or other location
- Use of equipment and staff for graveside service
- Standard Printing Charge
- Custom Printing Charge
- Use of Rental Casket for Cremation
- Use of Hearse
- Use of Utility car or other automotive equipment
- outer Burial Containers
- alternative Container for Cremation
- g. Cemetery Equipment (Tent, chairs, etc.)
- h. Vault Co. Saturday Overtime Charge
- i. Vault Co. Sunday/ Holiday Charge
- m. Memorial Folders
- n. Register Book
- immediate Burial
- immediate burial with container provided by purchaser
- immediate burial with cardboard box
- immediate burial with casket from our funeral home
- direct Cremation
- direct Cremation w/container provided by purchaser
- direct Cremation with corrugated cremation container
- storage of cremated remains (per month-after 90 days)
- crematory Charges
- forwarding remains to another funeral home
- receiving remains from another funeral home
- another funeral home or family
- basic Services of Funeral Director & Staff
- use of Staff & Equipment for Graveside Services
DIRECT CREMATION
$4,320
The home posts $4,300. With one certified copy, $4,320.
How this adds up
| "DIRECT CREMATION" | $4,300 |
|---|---|
| 1 certified copy of the death certificate | $20 |
| Sum | $4,320 |
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.
The figure above adds one certified copy of the death certificate at $20 to this home's own price.
What this home's price covers
- transfer of Remains to Funeral Home
- basic Services of Funeral Director & Staff
- use of Utility Car to Crematory
- corrugated Cremation Container
- crematory Charges
IMMEDIATE BURIAL
$3,570
The home posts $3,550. With one certified copy, $3,570.
How this adds up
| "IMMEDIATE BURIAL" | $3,550 |
|---|---|
| 1 certified copy of the death certificate | $20 |
| Sum | $3,570 |
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.
The figure above adds one certified copy of the death certificate at $20 to this home's own price.
What this home's price covers
- transfer to Funeral Home
- care of remains without embalming
- basic Services of Funeral Director & Staff
- hearse to Local Cemeteries
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 list does not post a price for a certified copy of the death certificate. Kansas charges $20 for the first copy and $20 for each one after it, so those are the figures below. 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 $20, and each one after that is $20.
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
The closest funeral homes whose posted prices we also hold:
- Price-Urbauer-Ahrendts Funeral HomesHebron, NE
- Gerdes-Meyer Funeral HomesFairbury, NE
- Anderes Funeral CorporationWaterville, KS
The same question, answered for every Kansas home we have read:
- How much does a cremation with a service cost in Kansas?
- How much does a burial with a graveside service cost in Kansas?
- How much does a traditional funeral cost in Kansas?
If a term on this page needs explaining: