Lankford Funeral Home

This covers DIRECT CREMATIONS $ 2,475.00 to $2,550.00. Our charge for a direct cremation without any attendant rites or ceremonies includes removal of remains, transportation to crematory, necessary services of staff and authorizations. If you want to arrange a direct cremation, you can use an alternative container. Alternative containers encase the body and can be made of materials like fiberboard or composition materials (with or without an outside covering). The alternative containers we provide are made from fiberboard. B. Direct cremation with alternative container (includes container) $2,550.00. 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 Ohio burial permit (authorizes cremation) at $10 to this home's own price.

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Direct Cremation with alternative container".

The median across Ohio is $2,395, from 108 posted price lists we have read.

This covers services of funeral director and staff, transfer of remains to funeral home within 30 miles, embalming, dressing and casketing of remains, use of facilities for viewing 1 day, use of facilities for funeral ceremony or service in other facility, rental casket, alternative container for cremation and cremation expenses, memorial folders, acknowledgment cards and register book. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Offering F".

The median across Ohio is $5,510, from 75 posted price lists we have read.