How Much Is a Funeral

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McCriskin-Gustafson Home for Funerals, LLC

South Plainfield, NJ

A funeral home.

Posted March 20, 2024 Checked September 25, 2026

This list is dated March 20, 2024; prices have probably changed since. Ask the funeral home.

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2425 Plainfield Avenue, South Plainfield, NJ 07080

From this home's state license record.

Direct cremation

$3,115

The middle price in New Jersey is $2,755.

The home posts $3,110. With the New Jersey burial, removal and transit permit, $3,115.

How this adds up
"Direct cremation with alternative container (cardboard)"$3,110
New Jersey burial, removal and transit permit, set by N.J. Stat. 26:6-17, verified August 19, 2026$5
Sum$3,115

The list posts this as one line; what it covers is not printed; ask the funeral home. It does not cover certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The figure above adds the New Jersey burial, removal and transit permit at $5 to this home's own price.

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 "Direct cremation with alternative container (cardboard)".

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

The median across New Jersey is $2,755, from 45 posted price lists we have read.

Cremation with service

This home's price list, dated March 20, 2024, does not show a price for this service, so please ask them directly.

Immediate burial

Immediate burial with a casket or container this funeral home supplies

$6,305

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

The home posts $6,300. With the New Jersey burial, removal and transit permit, $6,305.

How this adds up
"Immediate burial with Viceroy casket (20 gauge steel)"$6,300
New Jersey burial, removal and transit permit, set by N.J. Stat. 26:6-17, verified August 19, 2026$5
Sum$6,305

This covers our package charges for immediate burial include the local transfer (within 10 miles) of remains to this funeral home in our service vehicle, and the local transportation (within 10 miles) to the place of final disposition in a hearse. These charges also include obtaining information for permits and records, sanitary care, dressing, placement, securing, adjustment (casketing) of the deceased into a container of your choice, sheltering of remains for up to 48 hours, and the accompaniment of the deceased to the final place of disposition by one of our licensed staff members. Nor does it include the actual cost of the grave at the cemetery, or the cemetery's charges for opening and closing of the grave, or an outer burial container. It does not cover transfer of the deceased from the place of death and certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The figure above adds the New Jersey burial, removal and transit permit at $5 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • our package charges for immediate burial include the local transfer (within 10 miles) of remains to this funeral home in our service vehicle, and the local transportation (within 10 miles) to the place of final disposition in a hearse. These charges also include obtaining information for permits and records, sanitary care, dressing, placement, securing, adjustment (casketing) of the deceased into a container of your choice, sheltering of remains for up to 48 hours, and the accompaniment of the deceased to the final place of disposition by one of our licensed staff members. Nor does it include the actual cost of the grave at the cemetery, or the cemetery's charges for opening and closing of the grave, or an outer burial container.

What this home's price does not cover

  • transfer of the deceased from the place of death
  • 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 "Immediate burial with Viceroy casket (20 gauge steel)".

Immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides

$3,980

The middle price in New Jersey is $6,063.

This covers immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides and new Jersey burial, removal and transit permit.

How this adds up
"Immediate burial with container provided by purchaser"$3,975
New Jersey burial, removal and transit permit, set by N.J. Stat. 26:6-17, verified August 19, 2026$5
Sum$3,980

It does not cover transfer of the deceased from the place of death and certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The figure above adds the New Jersey burial, removal and transit permit at $5 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides
  • new Jersey burial, removal and transit permit

What this home's price does not cover

  • transfer of the deceased from the place of death
  • 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 "Immediate burial with container provided by purchaser".

The median across New Jersey is $6,063, from 22 posted price lists we have read.

Burial with graveside service

We could not confirm a price for this service from this home's price list, dated March 20, 2024, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.

Traditional funeral service

This home's price list, dated March 20, 2024, does not show a price for this service, so please ask them directly.

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.

Where to look next

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