How Much Is a Funeral

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

Rodenberger-Gray Funeral Home

OH

A funeral home.

Posted March 1, 2022 Checked August 19, 2026

This list is dated March 1, 2022; prices have probably changed since. Ask the funeral home.

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Direct cremation

$1,810

The middle price in Ohio is $2,395.

The home posts $1,550. With the Ohio burial permit (authorizes cremation) and one certified copy, $1,810.

How this adds up
"DIRECT CREMATION WITH CARDBOARD ALTERNATIVE CONTAINER"$1,550
Ohio burial permit (authorizes cremation), set by Ohio Revised Code 3705.17, verified August 19, 2026$10
1 certified copy of the death certificate$250
Sum$1,810

This covers local removal, care of remains, transportation to crematory and basic services of funeral director &staff. It does not cover additional certified copies of the death certificate beyond what the figure above already includes, 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 and one certified copy of the death certificate at $250 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • local removal
  • care of remains
  • transportation to crematory
  • basic services of funeral director &staff

What this home's price does not cover

  • 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 WITH CARDBOARD ALTERNATIVE CONTAINER".

The median across Ohio is $2,395, from 108 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 March 1, 2022, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.

Burial with graveside service

$4,630

The middle price in Ohio is $4,500.

This covers basic services of the funeral director and staff, and overhead, transfer of the deceased into the funeral home's care, storage and sheltering of the deceased, dressing, casketing and cosmetizing, a hearse, use of facilities and staff for a graveside service and ohio burial permit (authorizes cremation).

How this adds up
"BASIC SERVICES OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR & STAFF"$2,350
"TRANSFER OF DECEASED TO THE FUNERAL HOME (within 30 mile radius)"$450
"EXTENDED SHELTERING/REFRIGERATION OF REMAINS (per day after 3 days)"$400
"OTHER PREPARATION OF THE BODY"$350
"HEARSE (within 30 mile radius)"$395
"GRAVESIDE SERVICE"$425
Ohio burial permit (authorizes cremation), set by Ohio Revised Code 3705.17, verified August 19, 2026$10
1 certified copy of the death certificate$250
Sum$4,630

It does not cover a casket and additional certified copies of the death certificate beyond what the figure above already includes, 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 and one certified copy of the death certificate at $250 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • basic services of the funeral director and staff, and overhead
  • transfer of the deceased into the funeral home's care
  • storage and sheltering of the deceased
  • dressing, casketing and cosmetizing
  • a hearse
  • use of facilities and staff for a graveside service
  • ohio burial permit (authorizes cremation)

What this home's price does not cover

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

The median across Ohio is $4,500, from 54 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.

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 $250 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 $250.

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.

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