Morris Chapel General Price List

$2,500.00 - Basic Services of the Funeral Director and Staff

Our fee for the services of the funeral director and staff includes, but is not limited to, staff to respond to initial request for service; arrangements conference with family or responsible party; arrangement of funeral; preparation and filing of necessary authorizations and permits; recording vital statistics; preparation and placement of obituary notices; staff assistance prior to, during and following the funeral, including coordination with those providing other portions of the funeral, e.g. cemetery, crematory and others. Also included in these charges are overhead expenses relative to our facility such as insurance, maintenance and utility expenses, secretarial and administrative costs, and equipment and inventory costs.

This fee for our basic services and overhead will be added to the total cost of the funeral arrangements you select. (This fee is already included in our charges for direct cremations, immediate burials and forwarding or receiving remains.)

$795.00 - Embalming

(basic)

$150.00 - Embalming 

(autopsy additional)

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. 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.

$285.00 - Bathing, dressing, cosmetizing, hairdressing, and casketing

$35.00 - Shelter of Remains/Overnight Care

This charge per day applies to those remains awaiting cremation or embalming while permits, applications, authorizations, etc. are being processed by governmental agencies or requested family delay, or when remains (embalmed or unembalmed are in our care and require daily monitoring, refrigeration and/or preservation intervention.

$600.00 - Use of Facilities & Staff for Viewing/Visitation 

Our services include set-up of visitation area, placement of encased remains, display of floral arrangements, supervision of and attendance during the visitation.
(Charge per day)

$400.00 - Use of Facilities & Staff for Funeral Ceremony

Our services include coordinating the funeral arrangements, supervision of funeral and staff to attend funeral ceremony.

$400.00 - Use of Equipment & Staff for Church Service

Our services include coordinating the funeral arrangements, supervision of funeral and staff to attend funeral ceremony.

$600.00 - Use of Facilities & Staff for Memorial Service

Our services include coordinating the memorial service arrangements, supervision of the memorial service and staff to attend the service.

$150.00 - Use of Equipment & Staff for Cemetery or Committal Service 

Our services include accompaniment of remains to cemetery, supervision of committal service and staff to attend service.

$350.00 - Transfer of remains to Funeral Home 

(24 hour call)
One vehicle, one funeral director, local service. Out of town transfer at $ 2.00 per mile. Additional personnel required for transfer will be provided at $175.00 per director or directors assistant.

$375.00 - Hearse 

(casket coach)

              - Limousine 

(Based on Availability)

$200.00 - Sedan or Flower Car 

(escort vehicle/flower disposal)

$250.00 - Service/Utility Vehicle

All professional vehicle charges are for local service only, within 15 miles of the funeral home. Beyond 15 miles add $2.00 per mile, one way, in addition

$1,095.00 to $25,975.00 - Caskets

$695.00 to $8,359.00 - Outer Burial Containers

A complete price list will be provided at the funeral home

$75.00 to $2,800.00 - Cremation Urns

$10.00 - Acknowledgement Cards

NO CHARGE for the first (100) cards then $ 10.00 per box of (25).

$50.00 - Register book

$40.00 to $120.00 - Memorial folders (per 100)

$40.00 to $120.00 - Prayer cards (per 100)

$30.00 - Religious symbols

Varies by County - Death certificates

(per line charge) - Joliet Herald News Obituary

$149.00 to $299.00 - Memorial Presentation

A display of “Precious Memories Photographs” in a large scale format., available in Laser Inscribed DVD format. Ask your funeral director for details.

Auxiliary Equipment and Service Charges

Presentation Equipment $65.00 per day, Color and/or Photo prayer cards, laminating additional .Personalized Thank you cards $ 50.00 per hundred cards.

Forwarding remains to another funeral home

This charge includes removal of remains, necessary services of funeral director and staff, embalming, and necessary authorizations.

$1,245.00 - (A) With transportation by receiving funeral home
$1,985.31 - (B) With transportation to airport & Combo 
$150.00 - (C) Air tray 
$175.00 - (D) Combination shipping container

Receiving remains from another funeral home

This charge includes the temporary shelter of remains, transportation of remains to cemetery and necessary services of the funeral director and staff.

$1,700.00 - (A) With Immediate Burial 
See General Price List - (B) With Traditional Services

$3,510.00 - $4,605.00 - Immediate Burials

Our charge for an immediate burial without any attendant rights or ceremonies, includes removal and shelter of remains, local transportation to the cemetery, necessary services of the funeral director and staff, and authorizations.

$3,510.00 - (A) Immediate burial with casket provided by purchaser.
$4,605.00 - (B) Immediate burial with Superior cloth covered casket (tax not included)
$3,510.00 - (C) Immediate burial with casket selected from our funeral home (in addition to the cost of the casket)

$2,235.00 - $2,340.00 - Direct cremation

Our charge for direct cremation without any attendant rights or ceremonies, includes removal of remains (single director), local transportation to crematory, necessary services of the funeral director and staff and authorizations, withbasic crematory fees included. 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 containers we provide are fiberboard.

$2,340.00 - (A) Direct cremation with container provided by purchaser
$2,235.00 - (B) Direct cremation with alternative container
$2,235.00 - (C) Direct cremation with a casket selected from our funeral home (in addition to the cost of the casket)

$475.00 - Basic crematory fee

$550.00 - Tier II crematory fee

$675.00 - Tier III crematory fee  

After hours Cremation 
$250.00 - (Monday-Friday)
$350.00 - (Saturday, Sunday or Holidays)