Low cost Funerals In Utah

The average Utah family spends between $10,000 - $12,000 to bury a loved one. While most funeral homes are run by caring and honest individuals, this is too much to pay at such a difficult time. Following are links to local and online businesses that will significantly reduce your funeral costs. Using these recommended vendors will reduce your costs by as much as 75%.

Contact The Vendors Directly
It is not uncommon to allow a funeral home to make all of the arrangments for you. While this might make things a little easier, it can also result in your costs skyrocketing. By assigning a family member, or close friend to act as the 'funeral director', you reduce your costs dramatically.

Utah law allows family and friends to fill this important role. This individual can then make as many or as few of the arrangments as the family feels appropriate. All on a volunteer basis. If you choose to embalm the body, they can act as a liason with a mortuary of your choosing, and make the arrangments with them specifying which services are desired.

Some Important Advice

• You are not required to use a licensed funeral director. After filing the death certificate as a family, and obtaining the proper transport permits, the hospital or other facilities must release the body of your loved one into your care. You can then prepare the body for burial according to your own beliefs and traditions. Or you can have the body released to a mortuary of your choosing.
  
  
• You are not required to embalm your loved one. Embalming is done in order to slow the natural decomposition of the body. This can allow the body to be transported and perserved for a short period of time. Embalming will not however stop the body from decomposing over time. It is a short term solution which has effects that endure for only a few weeks or in rare cases a few months. The United States and Canada are the only countries that regularly embalm their dead. Refridgeration can be just as effective, and often more so, at prserving a body until a viewing can take place.
  
  
• Shop around for the best deal. This is a difficult time to be making very expensive decisions. The Funeral Consumers Alliance of Utah has a great deal of information regarding the prices and practices of local death industry vendors.
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• You do not have to purchase a casket from a funeral home. Federal law requires funeral homes to accept any casket, even those purchased from third party dealers, or made at home. Caskets can be purchased online from Walmart, Amazon.com, Costco, and many other online vendors. Walmart charges an additional $99 for shipping. Costco provides free shipping. Additionally you can purchase beautiful handmade wood caskets locally from Robert Alexandar by visiting his website. To do so, Click Here.
  
  
• Spending more money does not show more love for your family member or friend. Don't feel pressured to spend a lot of money. Ask yourself, "would I want my loved ones to go into debt for my funeral?" The answer is of course not. Nor does your loved one expect you to go into debt for them. There is no shame in not spending money on unneccesary purchases or services. By spending only on those things that are neccessary and appropriate to create the type of memorial that your family desires, you can save a substantial amount of money.
  
  
• Avoid Sealer Caskets & Sealer Vaults. These "premium" products cost a great deal of extra money, while also causing a great deal of trouble. They often fill with water, or trap gas and liquid inside dramatically increasing the rate of decomposition. A traditional non-sealing vault and casket are far more efffective at allowing a body to properly decompose.
  
  
• Funeral homes are required by law to provide you with a price list over the telephone.
  
  
• Know your rights. We highly endorse and recommend The Funeral Consumers Alliance of Utah as a resource to you as you make funeral arrangments. Before you spend any money, you should visit their website, and educate yourself on your rights, and on the options that are available to you.