Shaw-Davis Funeral Homes
Columbus, Franklin County, OH
A crematory.
Posted July 1, 2025 Checked September 11, 2026
This list is dated July 1, 2025; prices have probably changed since. Ask the funeral home.
Read this home's price list34 W 2nd Ave, Columbus, OH
From this home's state license record.
Direct cremation
$905
The middle price in Franklin County is $1,830.
The home posts $895. With the Ohio burial permit (authorizes cremation), $905.
How this adds up
| "Direct cremation, using an alternative container" | $895 |
|---|---|
| Ohio burial permit (authorizes cremation), set by Ohio Revised Code 3705.17, verified August 19, 2026 | $10 |
| Sum | $905 |
This covers basic services of funeral director and staff, a proportionate share of overhead costs, removal of remains, transportation to our on-site Crematory, cremation and the containers we provide are a fiberboard container or an unfinished wood box. It does not cover mileage beyond the distance this list includes 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 Ohio burial permit (authorizes cremation) at $10 to this home's own price.
What this home's price covers
- basic services of funeral director and staff
- a proportionate share of overhead costs
- removal of remains
- transportation to our on-site Crematory
- cremation
- the containers we provide are a fiberboard container or an unfinished wood box.
What this home's price does not cover
- mileage beyond the distance this list includes
- 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, using an alternative container".
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: "Other Preparations of the Body: Automotive Equipment: [local is within Franklin County. $4.00 per loaded mile on all vehicles outside Franklin County] Use of Facilitates, Staff and Equipment: Forwarding Remains to Another Funeral Home: Receiving Remains from Another Funeral Home: Immediate Burial When Family is not present for the Burial:"
The median across Franklin County is $1,830, from 10 posted price lists we have read.
Cremation with service
We could not confirm a price for this service from this home's price list, dated July 1, 2025, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.
Immediate burial
We could not confirm a price for this service from this home's price list, dated July 1, 2025, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.
Burial with graveside service
We could not confirm a price for this service from this home's price list, dated July 1, 2025, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.
Traditional funeral service
We could not confirm a price for this service from this home's price list, dated July 1, 2025, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.
2 other packages this home posts
Cremation Packages Compare Your Cost
$895
This covers the price the home posts for this service.
How this adds up
| "Cremation Packages Compare Your Cost" | $895 |
|---|---|
| Sum | $895 |
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
- the price the home posts for this service
What this home's price does not cover
- what this package covers
Burial Packages
$995
This covers burial Packages.
How this adds up
| "Burial Packages" | $995 |
|---|---|
| Sum | $995 |
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
- burial Packages
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.
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
What the other funeral homes in Franklin County charge
The closest funeral homes whose posted prices we also hold:
- Advantage Funeral & Cremation Services by SchoedingerColumbus, OH
- Advantage Funeral & Cremation Services by Schoedinger-NorthColumbus, OH
- Families First Edwards Funeral HomeColumbus, OH
The same question, answered for every Ohio home we have read:
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