Obituaries

David DeForest
B: 1952-12-11
D: 2024-12-20
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DeForest, David
Douglas Erdman
B: 1951-07-21
D: 2024-12-19
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Erdman, Douglas
John Straley
B: 1952-08-20
D: 2024-12-14
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Straley, John
Benjamin Tomaszewski
B: 1995-08-23
D: 2024-12-11
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Tomaszewski, Benjamin
Joshua Ware
B: 1977-07-25
D: 2024-12-06
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Ware, Joshua
Barbara Galwas
B: 1932-07-27
D: 2024-12-04
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Galwas, Barbara
Eric Sovereign
B: 1968-12-17
D: 2024-11-30
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Sovereign, Eric
Edward Walburn
B: 1927-06-28
D: 2024-11-25
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Walburn, Edward
John Niesen
B: 1942-06-05
D: 2024-11-24
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Niesen, John
Mark Kusibab
B: 1958-12-26
D: 2024-11-23
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Kusibab, Mark
James Hansen
B: 1938-03-29
D: 2024-11-20
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Hansen, James
Zachary Weber
B: 2002-07-19
D: 2024-11-19
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Weber, Zachary
Paul Swedenborg
B: 1993-04-05
D: 2024-11-18
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Swedenborg, Paul
Larry Perski
B: 1947-01-03
D: 2024-11-13
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Perski, Larry
Donna Jankwietz
B: 1934-05-02
D: 2024-11-09
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Jankwietz, Donna
Caryll Randall
B: 1943-10-02
D: 2024-11-07
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Randall, Caryll
Estela Jauregui
B: 1937-08-31
D: 2024-11-04
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Jauregui, Estela
Kenneth Nelson
B: 1945-06-19
D: 2024-11-03
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Nelson, Kenneth
Mary Kandrot
B: 1955-04-07
D: 2024-11-01
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Kandrot, Mary
Luellen Freeman
B: 1948-06-22
D: 2024-10-31
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Freeman, Luellen
Lois Schultz
B: 1934-08-30
D: 2024-10-29
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Schultz, Lois

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Manistee, MI 49660
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General Price List

GENERAL PRICE LIST                                                                              February 1, 2017

In compliance with the Federal Trade Commission, we are required to provide you with this General Price List for retention.  The goods and services shown below are those we can provide to our customers.  You may choose only the items you desire.  However, any funeral arrangements­ you select will include a charge for our basic services and overhead.  If legal or other requirements mean you must buy any items you did not specifically ask for, we will explain the reason in writing on the statement we provide describing the funeral goods and services you selected.

BASIC SERVICES OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR & STAFF                                $1470.00

Our fee includes, but is not limited to, the following:  staff to respond to initial request for service­; arrangement conference with family or responsible party; consultation with family and clergy; arrangement of funeral; preparation and filing of necessary notices, authorizations and consents; coordination with those providing other portions of the funeral.  Also included are overhead expenses relative to our facility such as insurance, maintenance and utility expenses, secretarial and administrative costs, and equipment and inventory expenses.  This fee will be added to the total cost of the funeral arrangements you select.  It is already included in our charges for direct cremation, immediate burials, and forwarding and receiving of remains.

EMBALMING                                                                                                           $450.00

Except in certain special cases, embalming is not required by law.  Embalming may be necessary­, however, if you select certain funeral arrangements, such as a funeral with viewing or visitation.  Most common carriers also require embalming.  If you do not want embalming, you usually have the right to choose an arrangement that does not require you to pay for it, such as direct cremation or immediate burial.

OTHER PREPARATION OF THE REMAINS                                                     $250.00

Services provided may include (when necessary), but are not limited to, the following:  washing and disinfecting, restoration, cosmetology, hairdressing and manicuring.

USE OF FACILITIES, STAFF AND EQUIPMENT PER DAY OR PORTION THERE OF

For use of equipment & staff for graveside service (M-F)                                 $250.00

For use of equipment & staff for graveside service (Sat.)                                $450.00

For use of equipment & staff for funeral service at funeral home

or other facility (M-F)                                                                                               $400.00

For use of equipment & staff for funeral service at funeral home

or other facility (Sat.)                                                                                              $600.00

For use of equipment & staff for memorial service at funeral home

or other facility (M-F)                                                                                             $400.00

 

For use of equipment & staff for memorial service at funeral home

or other facility (Sat.)                                                                                              $600.00

For use of equipment & staff for visitation at funeral home

or other facility (M-F)                                                                      $400.00

For use of equipment & staff for visitation at funeral home

or other facility (Sat.)                                                                    $600.00

For use of equipment & staff for visitation at funeral home

or other facility (Sun.)                                                                     $800.00

For use of family room                                                                   $200.00

For use of funeral home equipment                                                $100.00

SERVICE ARRANGEMENT FEE                                                          $100.00

Arranging all individuals involved for funeral service, clergy, musician, luncheon, cemetery grave opening/closing and any other individuals or groups for the funeral service.  Note funeral staff are not in attendance.

TRANSFER OF REMAINS TO FUNERAL HOME

Within a 20 mile radius of funeral home (local removal)                                                             $275.00

Within a 60 mile radius of funeral home                                                                     $350.00

Within a 125 mile radius of funeral home                                                                   $425.00

TRANSPORTATION

Base fee for transportation                                                                                          $275.00

        Mileage (one way)                                                                                                                                 $1.75

SECURING OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS

                                                                        $125.00

AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT

Funeral Vehicle (Hearse)                                  $200.00

Service Utility Vehicle                                     $75.00

MISCELLANEOUS MERCHANDISE:

Memorial Book Packages                                                                                           $140.00

(Complete List is Available at Funeral Home)

Memorial Folders/Prayer Cards                                                                                $  60.00

Acknowledgement Cards                                                                                           $35.00

Register Book                                                                                                             $45.00

Crucifix or Praying Hands                                                                                          $35.00

CREMATION URNS:                                                           Ranging from $25.00 to $1,600.00

(A Complete List is Available at the Funeral Home)

CASKETS:                                                                              Ranging from $210.00 to $4,950.00

(A Complete List is Available at the Funeral Home)

OUTER BURIAL CONTAINERS:                                     Ranging from $150.00 to $1,195.00

(A Complete List is Available at the Funeral Home)

FORWARDING OF REMAINS TO ANOTHER FUNERAL HOME                 $1025.00

This charge includes, basic services of funeral director and staff, embalming, and base fee for transportation, removal from place of death, and obtaining necessary authorizations.  It does notinclude mileage fee’s, shipping charges, services of staff, or use of facilities for any viewing or ceremonies prior to forwarding.

With casket selected from funeral home                                             $1325.00

(In addition to the cost of the casket)

                                 With shipping air tray                                                                   $1,325.00

                           With container provided by purchaser                                                                       $1,025.00

 

RECEIVING REMAINS FROM ANOTHER FUNERAL HOME                                  $900.00

This charge includes base fee for transportation, temporary shelter of remains, obtaining necessary authorizations, and  transportation of remains to cemetery or crematory­, and basic services of funeral home and staff.  It does not include the services of staff or use of facilities for any viewing or ceremonies, common carrier charges, or mileage fee.

IMMEDIATE BURIAL         $1,500.00

This charge includes local removal and shelter of remains, local transportation to cemetery, necessary basic services of funeral director and staff, and obtaining authorizations and permits.  This charge does not include the use of facilities or staff for any viewing, visitation or ceremony, public or private, the cost of the grave, the cemetery’s charges or any other goods or services except those expressly set out above.

Immediate Burial with Casket Selected  from our Funeral Home                              $1,500.00

(in addition to cost of casket)

Immediate burial with casket provided by purchaser                                                  $1,500.00         

DIRECT CREMATION                        $1,170.00

This charge includes shelter of remains, local transportation to crematory­, and necessary basic services of funeral director and staff.  This charge does not include removal from place of death, obtaining authorizations, use of facilities or staff for any viewing, visitation or ceremony, public or private, any other goods or services except those expressly set out above, or crematory fee’s.

You are not required to purchase a casket for a direct cremation, but you may do so if you wish. 

If you want to arrange a direct cremation, you can use an alternative container.  Alternative­ containers encase the body and can be made of material like fiberboard or composition­ materials (with or without an outside covering).

Direct Cremation with Casket Selected from our Funeral Home                               $1,170.00

(in addition­ to the cost of the Casket)

Direct Cremation with Alternative Container                                                 $1,249.50

Direct Cremation with Container Provided by Purchaser                                          $1,170.00

ANATOMICAL DONATION                                                                                  $1,645.00

This is our basic service fee for anatomical donation, which includes shelter of remains, removal from place of death, obtaining authorizations and use of vehicle for transportation.  It does not include mileage to final destination.

WARRANTIES

Our Funeral Home makes no representations or warranties about the protective value of certain caskets or outer burial containers other than those made by the manufacturer.  The only warranties, expressed­ or implied, granted in connection with goods sold with the funeral service are the express written warranties, if any, extended by the manufacturers thereof. 

NO OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESSED­ OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE EXTENDED BY THE SELLER.

OUTER BURIAL CONTAINER PRICE LIST

These prices are effective as of June 1,2015 but are subject to change without notice.

In most areas of the country, no state or local laws make you buy a container to surround the casket in the grave.  However many cemeteries­ ask that you have such a container so the grave will not set or recede.  Either a burial vault or a grave liner will satisfy these requirements.

Grave Box       Non-Sealed                                                     $875.00

Buckley           Sealed                                                             $1095.00

                        Asphalt Coated Interior/Exterior

Filer                 Sealed                                                             $1195.00

                        Fiberglass Lined Interior

                        Asphalt Coated Exterior

** Colors of paint available: Silver, Gold, Copper

Outer Burial Container/Delivery/Set/Service

Placer/Trim/Lowering Device/                                                $325.00

Carpet/Chairs/Tent/Set and Seal

Set:   Lowering device on placer with drapes on placer, grass            

          on ground around placer, with tent and six chairs

Seal:  Placing bottom portion of vault into the grave, and placing

           the lid on vault once casket  is in the vault.

Cremation Urn Vaults

Constellation                                                                           $300.00

Triple H                                                                                   $210.00

Crowne                                                                                   $150.00          

WARRANTIES

Our Funeral Home makes no representations or warranties about the protective value of certain caskets or outer burial containers other than those made by the manufacturer thereof.  NO OTHER WARRANTIES­, EXPRESSED­ OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE EXTENDED BY THE SELLER.

Traditional Funeral Plans With Burial

Traditional funeral with immediate burial            

Includes the following:  professional services, transportation to cemetery, graveside service, dressing and/or placement in casket, securing legal documents, local removal, vault setting fee, preparation of veterans, life insurance, pension, and social security claims. (M - F)

With Baron casket and Concrete vault                                                                                                   $3,700.00*

With Valencia casket and Concrete vault                                                                                               $4,225.00*

With Harris casket and Buckley vault  $5,335.00*

Traditional funeral with graveside service                        

Includes the following:  professional services, transportation to cemetery, graveside service, embalming, dressing and/or placement in casket, securing legal documents, local removal, vault setting fee, memorial folders, preparation of veterans, life insurance, pension, and social security claims. (M - F)

With Baron casket and Concrete vault                                                                                                      $5,220.00*

With Valencia casket and Concrete vault                                                                                                  $5,745.00*

With Harris casket and Buckley vault                                                                                                        $6,875.00*

Traditional funeral with same day visitation, service, & burial

Includes the following:  professional services, transportation to cemetery, embalming, dressing and/or placement in casket, securing legal documents, local removal, viewing and visitation, at church or funeral home, vault setting fee, memorial book package, preparation of veterans, life insurance, pension, and social security claims. (M - F)

With Baron casket and Concrete vault                                                                                                   $5,585.00*

With Valencia casket and Concrete vault                                                                                                $6,110.00*

With Harris casket and Buckley vault                                                                                                      $7,230.00*

Traditional funeral with extra visitation, service, & burial

 Includes the following:  professional services, transportation to cemetery, embalming, dressing and/or placement in casket, securing legal documents, local removal, viewing and visitation, at church or funeral home, extra day of visitation, vault setting fee, memorial book package, preparation of veterans, life insurance, pension, and social security claims. (M - F)

With Baron casket and Concrete vault                                                                                                        $5,985.00*

With Valencia casket and Buckley vault                                                                                                      $6,510.00*

With Harris casket and Buckley vault                                                                                                           $7,630.00*

Traditional Funeral Plans

With Cremation

Traditional funeral with celebration of life gathering and cremation            

Includes the following:  professional services, embalming, dressing and/or placement in casket, securing legal documents, local removal, celebration gathering/visitation at funeral home, casket, crematory fee, memorial book package, preparation of veterans, life insurance, pension, and social security claims. (M - F)

With Kinsey Casket                                                                                                                                      $4,085.00*

With Pacific Pine Casket                                                                                                                              $4,960.00*

With Libra Casket                                                                                                                                        $5,360.00*

Traditional funeral with service and cremation            

Includes the following:  professional services, embalming, dressing and/or placement in casket, securing legal documents, local removal, visitation and service at church or funeral home, casket, crematory fee, memorial book package, preparation of veterans, life insurance, pension, and social security claims. (M - F)

With Kinsey Casket                                                                                                                                      $4,360.00*

With Pacific Pine Casket                                                                                                                              $5,235.00*

With Libra Casket                                                                                                                                        $5,635.00*

Traditional funeral with extra day visitation, service, and cremation              

Includes the following:  professional services, embalming, dressing and/or placement in casket, securing legal documents, local removal, visitation and service at church or funeral home, extra day of visitation, casket, crematory fee, memorial book package, preparation of veterans, life insurance, pension, and social security claims.  (M - F)

With Kinsey Casket                                                                                                                                      $4,760.00*

With Libra Casket                                                                                                                                        $5,635.00*

With Interlocken Pine Casket                                                                                                                                                                                                                      $6,035.00*

Cremation Funeral Plans

Simple cremation                                                                                                                                          $1,970.00*

Includes the following:  professional services, local removal from place of death, securing legal documents, crematory fee, cremation tray,  preparation of veterans, life insurance, pension, and social security claims.

Simple cremation with graveside service                                                     $2,520.00*

Includes the following:  professional services, local removal from place of death, securing legal documents, crematory fee, cremation tray, 50 memorial folders, use of equipment and staff at cemetery, preparation of veterans, life insurance, pension, and social security claims. (M - F)

Simple cremation with memorial service at funeral home                                                                        $2,810.00*

Includes the following:  professional services, local removal from place of death, securing legal documents, crematory fee, cremation tray, memorial book package, memorial service at funeral home, preparation of veterans, life insurance, pension, and social security claims. (M - F)

Simple cremation with memorial service at church                                                                                    $2,810.00*

Includes the following:  professional services, local removal from place of death, securing legal documents, crematory fee, cremation tray, memorial book package, use of equipment and staff for church service, preparation of veterans, life insurance, pension, and social security claims. (M - F)

Simple cremation with extra day of visitation & service                                                                                     $3,210.00*

Includes the following:  professional services, local removal from place of death, securing legal documents, crematory fee, cremation tray, memorial book package, memorial service at funeral home or church, extra day of visitation at funeral home, preparation of veterans, life insurance, pension, and social security claims. (M - F)

 Price may change based upon additions or deductions in merchandise selected by the

family.  Additional charges may be necessary depending on location of death.

The above packages are provided to give families an idea of the cost associated with each type of service offered with various caskets, vaults, memorial book packages and services that Oak Grove provides families.

*Michigan sales tax and cash advanced items such as death certificates, obituary,

 cemetery, and honorariums, not included in the above prices.

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