How Much Is a Funeral

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

J R Riley Funeral Home Inc

MI

A funeral home.

Checked October 4, 2026

This list carries no date of its own; we read it on October 4, 2026.

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Direct cremation

$3,010

The middle price in Michigan is $2,823.

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

How this adds up
"Direct Cremation Total Cost"$2,995
1 certified copy of the death certificate$15
Sum$3,010

It does not cover mileage beyond the distance this list includes. additional certified copies of the death certificate beyond what the figure above already includes are extra, priced one at a time. The county permit fee belongs to the county where the death occurred, not the county where the funeral home is, so pick that county below or ask the funeral home. 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 $15 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

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

What this home's price does not cover

  • mileage beyond the distance this list includes
  • additional certified copies of the death certificate beyond what the figure above already includes, which are priced one at a time

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Direct Cremation Total Cost".

This list charges by the mile once the drive passes the distance its price covers. How far that is for a family is not something this figure can know, so no amount for it is in the total. The list says: "Cost of transportation beyond a radius of 30 miles of funeral home, $5.00 per mile"

The median across Michigan is $2,823, from 62 posted price lists we have read.

Cremation with service

The price list we read from this home on October 4, 2026, does not include this service, so please ask them whether it is something they arrange.

Immediate burial

The price list we read from this home on October 4, 2026, does not include this service, so please ask them whether it is something they arrange.

Burial with graveside service

The price list we read from this home on October 4, 2026, does not include this service, so please ask them whether it is something they arrange.

Traditional funeral service

$5,710

The middle price in Michigan is $7,945.

The home posts $5,695. With one certified copy, $5,710.

How this adds up
"Traditional funeral with burial"$5,695
1 certified copy of the death certificate$15
Sum$5,710

This covers traditional funeral with burial. 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 $15 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • traditional funeral with burial

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Traditional funeral with burial".

The median across Michigan is $7,945, from 49 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.

What the county fee is

This fee is charged by the county where the death occurred, not the county where the funeral home is. A family using a Oakland County funeral home for a death that happened in Kent County pays the Kent County fee. Pick the county of death to know the amount.

In this list: in MI, Grand Traverse County at $75, Ingham County at $32, Kent County at $70, Macomb County at $93, Muskegon County at $55, Oakland County at $60, St. Joseph County at $5, Barry County and Eaton County at $35, Branch County and Cass County at $25, 25 counties at $50 and 10 counties charging no fee; in IN, Allen County, Tippecanoe County and Vanderburgh County with no fee on file here; in OH, 88 counties at $10. A county not in this list charges something too; ask that county or the funeral home.

The counties of the states this one touches are in the list too, each one labeled with its state, because a death does not stop at a state line.

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 $15 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 $15.

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 same question, answered for every Michigan home we have read:

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