How Much Is a Funeral

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Schilling Funeral Home

Sterling, Whiteside County, IL

A funeral home.

Checked August 30, 2026

This list carries no date of its own; we read it on August 30, 2026.

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702 1st Ave., Sterling, IL 61081

Direct cremation

$1,850

The middle price in Illinois is $3,210.

The home posts $1,750. With Whiteside County's permit, $1,850.

How this adds up
"Simple & Affordable Direct Cremation"$1,750
Whiteside County permit fee, set by the county, verified August 19, 2026$100
Sum$1,850

This covers transfer of your loved one from the place of death, necessary care and preparation prior to cremation, sheltering of remains until cremation is completed, cremation process with cremation container, which is required by law and online obituary published on our website. It does not cover certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. The county permit fee belongs to the county where the death occurred, not the county where the funeral home is, so pick that county below or ask the funeral home. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The figure above adds the Whiteside County fee of $100 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • transfer of your loved one from the place of death
  • necessary care and preparation prior to cremation
  • sheltering of remains until cremation is completed
  • cremation process with cremation container, which is required by law
  • online obituary published on our website.

What this home's price does not cover

  • certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Simple & Affordable Direct Cremation".

The median across Illinois is $3,210, from 71 posted price lists we have read.

Cremation with service

$6,000

The middle price in Illinois is $7,940.

The home posts $5,899. With Whiteside County's permit, $6,000.

How this adds up
"Funeral Service with Visitation Followed by Cremation"$5,899
Whiteside County permit fee, set by the county, verified August 19, 2026$100
Sum$5,999
Rounded up to the next $5, the figure above $6,000

This covers basic services of the funeral director and staff, transfer of your loved one from the place of death, embalming and other necessary care and preparation, one-hour public visitation with professional staff present prior to the funeral service, funeral service conducted by our caring staff and 3 more lines this home's own price list names, each shown in full below. It does not cover certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. The county permit fee belongs to the county where the death occurred, not the county where the funeral home is, so pick that county below or ask the funeral home. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The figure above adds the Whiteside County fee of $100 to this home's own price.

What this home's price covers

  • basic services of the funeral director and staff
  • transfer of your loved one from the place of death
  • embalming and other necessary care and preparation
  • one-hour public visitation with professional staff present prior to the funeral service
  • funeral service conducted by our caring staff
  • use of a ceremonial cremation casket for visitation and service
  • cremation process with cremation container, which is required by law
  • online obituary published on our website.

What this home's price does not cover

  • certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Funeral Service with Visitation Followed by Cremation".

The median across Illinois is $7,940, from 61 posted price lists we have read.

Immediate burial

We have no price to show for this service from the price list we read from this home on August 30, 2026, so please ask them directly.

Burial with graveside service

We have no price to show for this service from the price list we read from this home on August 30, 2026, so please ask them directly.

Traditional funeral service

We have no price to show for this service from the price list we read from this home on August 30, 2026, so please ask them directly.

3 other packages this home posts

Simple & Affordable Direct Cremation

$1,750

This list does not say what the package covers, so ask the funeral home what is in it.

How this adds up
"Simple & Affordable Direct Cremation"$1,750
Sum$1,750

It does not cover what this package covers. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

What this home's price covers

  • the price the home posts for this service

What this home's price does not cover

  • what this package covers

The Family Goodbye

$2,215

This list does not say what the package covers, so ask the funeral home what is in it.

How this adds up
"The Family Goodbye"$2,215
Sum$2,215

It does not cover what this package covers. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

What this home's price covers

  • the price the home posts for this service

What this home's price does not cover

  • what this package covers

Celebration of Life

$2,825

This list does not say what the package covers, so ask the funeral home what is in it.

How this adds up
"Celebration of Life"$2,825
Sum$2,825

It does not cover what this package covers. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

What this home's price covers

  • the price the home posts for this service

What this home's price does not cover

  • what this package covers
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.

What the county fee is

Whiteside County is the county this funeral home is in, so that is where the figures start. The permit fee belongs to the county where the death happened. If that was a different county, pick it and every figure on this page moves with it.

This fee is charged by the county where the death occurred, not the county where the funeral home is. A family using a Adams County funeral home for a death that happened in Alexander County pays the Alexander County fee. Pick the county of death to know the amount.

In this list: in IL, Cook County at $150 and 101 counties at $100; in IN, Allen County, Tippecanoe County and Vanderburgh County with no fee on file here; in MO, 12 counties charging no fee. A county not in this list charges something too; ask that county or the funeral home.

The counties of the states this one touches are in the list too, each one labeled with its state, because a death does not stop at a state line.

Certified copies of the death certificate

This home's price list does not show a price for a certified copy of the death certificate, and we have no verified government fee for this place, so please ask the funeral home or the registrar in the county where the death happened what one copy costs.

Tax is always approximate. Ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

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