John L. Ziegenhein & Sons Funeral Home
MO · Posted October 1, 2024, checked August 17, 2026.
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.
Cremation
$2,495
What's in this figure
- direct cremation with the minimum alternative container
- transfer of the deceased into the funeral home's care
What's not
- holding the body beyond the days this list includes
- certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time
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This covers direct cremation with the minimum alternative container and transfer of the deceased into the funeral home's care. It does not cover holding the body beyond the days this list includes and certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. The county permit fee is not in this price. It is charged by the county where the death occurred, not by 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.
This list charges by the day once the body is held longer than its price covers. How many days that is for a family is not something this figure can know, so no amount for it is in the total. The list says: "Except in certain special cases, embalming is not required by law. Embalming may be necessary, however, if you select certain funeral arrangements, such as a funeral with viewing. If you do not want embalming, you usually have the right to choose an arrangement, such as direct cremation or immediate burial, that does not require you to pay for it. OTHER PREPARATION OF THE BODY A. Special Sanitary Care of Un-Embalmed Remains. Includes refrigeration for $275.00 up to ten (10) days ($50.00 per day thereafter)"
Cremation with a service
$8,775
What's in this figure
- basic services of the funeral director and staff, and overhead
- transfer of the deceased into the funeral home’s care
- embalming
- use of facilities and staff for the funeral ceremony
What's not
- dressing, casketing and cosmetizing
- use of facilities and staff for a viewing
- the cremation charge itself
- holding the body beyond the days this list includes
- certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time
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This covers basic services of the funeral director and staff, and overhead, transfer of the deceased into the funeral home’s care, embalming and use of facilities and staff for the funeral ceremony. It does not cover dressing, casketing and cosmetizing, use of facilities and staff for a viewing, the cremation charge itself, holding the body beyond the days this list includes and certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. A container, rental casket or cremation casket is not included in this price. This list does not price one, so ask the funeral home what that would add. The county permit fee is not in this price. It is charged by the county where the death occurred, not by 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.
This list charges by the day once the body is held longer than its price covers. How many days that is for a family is not something this figure can know, so no amount for it is in the total. The list says: "Except in certain special cases, embalming is not required by law. Embalming may be necessary, however, if you select certain funeral arrangements, such as a funeral with viewing. If you do not want embalming, you usually have the right to choose an arrangement, such as direct cremation or immediate burial, that does not require you to pay for it. OTHER PREPARATION OF THE BODY A. Special Sanitary Care of Un-Embalmed Remains. Includes refrigeration for $275.00 up to ten (10) days ($50.00 per day thereafter)"
This home's price list does not state a separate crematory fee. The cremation charge itself is not in this total; ask the funeral home. The fee inside a direct cremation package cannot be borrowed here, because that package price carries a reduced services discount that does not apply to a full service.
The casket is not in this total. It varies with the family’s choice, so it is shown beside the figure.
No rental casket and no cremation-suitable casket is priced on this list, so the real merchandise cost of a traditional cremation is not answerable from this document.
Immediate burial
These prices do not include a casket. The casket is chosen and priced separately at the funeral home.
Immediate burial with the funeral home minimum casket
This home's price list posts no price for this one. We are not going to guess a number, so ask them directly.
Immediate burial with a casket the family provides
This home's price list posts no price for this one. We are not going to guess a number, so ask them directly.
Read this one carefully before you choose it. An immediate burial means no viewing, no service, and nobody at the graveside. The family is not there. The wording and the price draw people in, and most families do not want what it actually is.
Burial with graveside service
These prices do not include a casket. The casket is chosen and priced separately at the funeral home.
$920
What's in this figure
- the home's posted plan for a graveside service
- transfer of the deceased from the place of death
What's not
- a casket
- holding the body beyond the days this list includes
- certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time
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This covers the home's posted plan for a graveside service and transfer of the deceased from the place of death. It does not cover a casket, holding the body beyond the days this list includes and certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. The county permit fee is not in this price. It is charged by the county where the death occurred, not by the county where the funeral home is, so pick that county below or ask the funeral home. Cemetery charges are separate and are not on this list. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.
This list charges by the day once the body is held longer than its price covers. How many days that is for a family is not something this figure can know, so no amount for it is in the total. The list says: "Except in certain special cases, embalming is not required by law. Embalming may be necessary, however, if you select certain funeral arrangements, such as a funeral with viewing. If you do not want embalming, you usually have the right to choose an arrangement, such as direct cremation or immediate burial, that does not require you to pay for it. OTHER PREPARATION OF THE BODY A. Special Sanitary Care of Un-Embalmed Remains. Includes refrigeration for $275.00 up to ten (10) days ($50.00 per day thereafter)"
The total moves with the casket selection. This figure carries no casket.
Traditional funeral service
These prices do not include a casket. The casket is chosen and priced separately at the funeral home.
$8,775
What's in this figure
- basic services of the funeral director and staff, and overhead
- transfer of the deceased into the funeral home’s care
- embalming
- use of facilities and staff for the funeral ceremony
What's not
- dressing, casketing and cosmetizing
- use of facilities and staff for a viewing
- a hearse
- use of facilities and staff for the graveside committal
- the least expensive casket this home sells, from the bottom of its posted range
- holding the body beyond the days this list includes
- certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time
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This covers basic services of the funeral director and staff, and overhead, transfer of the deceased into the funeral home’s care, embalming and use of facilities and staff for the funeral ceremony. It does not cover dressing, casketing and cosmetizing, use of facilities and staff for a viewing, a hearse, use of facilities and staff for the graveside committal, the least expensive casket this home sells, from the bottom of its posted range, holding the body beyond the days this list includes and certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. The county permit fee is not in this price. It is charged by the county where the death occurred, not by the county where the funeral home is, so pick that county below or ask the funeral home. Cemetery charges are separate and are not on this list. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.
This list charges by the day once the body is held longer than its price covers. How many days that is for a family is not something this figure can know, so no amount for it is in the total. The list says: "Except in certain special cases, embalming is not required by law. Embalming may be necessary, however, if you select certain funeral arrangements, such as a funeral with viewing. If you do not want embalming, you usually have the right to choose an arrangement, such as direct cremation or immediate burial, that does not require you to pay for it. OTHER PREPARATION OF THE BODY A. Special Sanitary Care of Un-Embalmed Remains. Includes refrigeration for $275.00 up to ten (10) days ($50.00 per day thereafter)"
The casket is not in this total. It varies with the family’s choice, so it is shown beside the figure.
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.
Other packages this home posts
B. Reconstructive Restoration when necessary (per hour)
$200
This is the price this home posts for this package, as one total. This list does not say what the package covers, so ask the funeral home what is in it. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.
C. Hair Dresser Starting At
$100
This is the price this home posts for this package, as one total. This list does not say what the package covers, so ask the funeral home what is in it. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.
D. Additional Care of Tissue/Bone Donation/Autopsied Remains
$150
What's in this figure
- e. Other Care & Preparation; cosmetology, dressing & placement of the deceased in the
- $325.00
- casket or cremation container.
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This is the price this home posts for this package, as one total. This covers e. Other Care & Preparation; cosmetology, dressing & placement of the deceased in the, $325.00 and casket or cremation container.. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.
This one price does include the casket this package names. Any other casket costs more and is priced separately at the funeral home.
B. Funeral Service at the Funeral Home or other facility
$495
What's in this figure
- our services include coordinating the funeral arrangements, supervision of funeral, staff to assist the
- direction of the ceremony, supervision of committal or other disposition service, and set-up and use of
- facilities.
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This is the price this home posts for this package, as one total. This covers our services include coordinating the funeral arrangements, supervision of funeral, staff to assist the, direction of the ceremony, supervision of committal or other disposition service, and set-up and use of and facilities.. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.
C. Visitation Prior to Funeral or Memorial Service Same Day (up to 4 hours)
$395
What's in this figure
- our services will include set up of visitation, use of visitation room, placement of encased remains, display
- of floral arrangements, supervision and attendance during visitation.
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This is the price this home posts for this package, as one total. This covers our services will include set up of visitation, use of visitation room, placement of encased remains, display and of floral arrangements, supervision and attendance during visitation.. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.
D. Memorial Service at the Funeral home or other facility
$495
What's in this figure
- 4
- our services include coordinating the memorial service, supervision of the memorial service, staff to assist
- in the direction of the ceremony, set-up and use of the facilities.
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This is the price this home posts for this package, as one total. This covers 4, our services include coordinating the memorial service, supervision of the memorial service, staff to assist and in the direction of the ceremony, set-up and use of the facilities.. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.
H. Private Family Goodbye (per hour fee)
$250
What's in this figure
- our services will include set up of private family goodbye, between 9 AM and 3 PM, the
- use of visitation room, placement of encased remains, display of floral arrangements,
- supervision and attendance during private family goodbye. This is Not a Public Event.
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This is the price this home posts for this package, as one total. This covers our services will include set up of private family goodbye, between 9 AM and 3 PM, the, use of visitation room, placement of encased remains, display of floral arrangements, and supervision and attendance during private family goodbye. This is Not a Public Event.. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.
I. In-Person Identification
$195
What's in this figure
- our services include transportation of remains to location of identification, up to 15
- minutes for up to 2 family representatives to make positive identification.
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This is the price this home posts for this package, as one total. This covers our services include transportation of remains to location of identification, up to 15 and minutes for up to 2 family representatives to make positive identification.. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.
B. Service Sedan/Lead Car
$195
This is the price this home posts for this package, as one total. This list does not say what the package covers, so ask the funeral home what is in it. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.
B. Immediate Cremation with casket selected from funeral home
$2,295
What's in this figure
- in addition to the cost of the Casket
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This is the price this home posts for this package, as one total. This covers in addition to the cost of the Casket. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.
This one price does include the casket this package names. Any other casket costs more and is priced separately at the funeral home.
Tax is always approximate. Ask the funeral home for the exact amount.
Where the death happened
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.
For the cremation figures: In this list: in MO, 12 counties charging no fee; in IL, Cook County at $150 and 101 counties at $100. A county not in this list charges something too; ask that county or the funeral home.
For the burial figures: In this list: in MO, 12 counties charging no fee; in IL, 102 counties with no fee on file here. 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
This home's list does not post a price for a certified copy of the death certificate. Missouri charges $14 for the first copy and $11 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.
One certified copy is $14, and each one after that is $11.
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.
Where these figures come from
Posted October 1, 2024, checked August 17, 2026. We hold a copy of the document as it read on the day we checked it.
This is the newest price list we found on the funeral home's website as of August 17, 2026. The document itself is dated October 1, 2024.
Still unverified, and so not claimed here: who owns this home; how this home operates, meaning whether it runs its own crematory and its own chapel.
Price is not quality. A higher figure does not buy a better funeral. Use these numbers to ask better questions, not to rank anyone.