How Much Is a Funeral

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Stephenson-Wyman Funeral Home Inc

Farwell, Clare County, MI

A funeral home.

Posted January 1, 2018 Checked August 30, 2026

This list is dated January 1, 2018; prices have probably changed since. Ask the funeral home.

Read this home's price list

(989) 588-9630

165 South Hall St., Farwell, MI

stephenson-wyman.com

Direct cremation

$2,070

The middle price in Michigan is $2,853.

This is the price this home posts for this package, as one total.

How this adds up
"Direct cremation, funeral home provided container"$2,070
Sum$2,070

The list posts this as one line; what it covers is not printed; ask the funeral home. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "Direct cremation, funeral home provided container".

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

The median across Michigan is $2,853, from 52 posted price lists we have read.

Cremation with service

$4,775

The middle price in Michigan is $8,820.

This covers basic services of the funeral director and staff, and overhead, transfer of the deceased into the funeral home's care, embalming, dressing, casketing and cosmetizing, use of facilities and staff for a viewing, use of facilities and staff for the funeral ceremony and transfer to or from the crematory.

How this adds up
"BASIC SERVICES OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND STAFF"$2,350
"TRANSFER OF REMAINS TO FUNERAL HOME 275.00"$275
"EMBALMING 650.00"$650
"OTHER PREPARATION OF THE BODY 250.00"$250
"USE OF FACILITIES AND STAFF FOR VIEWING 575.00"$575
"USE OF FACILITIES AND STAFF FOR SERVICE ON-SITE"$575
"TRANSPORTATION TO CREMATORY 100.00"$100
Sum$4,775

It does not cover the rental casket for the viewing and the crematory fee. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

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
  • embalming
  • dressing, casketing and cosmetizing
  • use of facilities and staff for a viewing
  • use of facilities and staff for the funeral ceremony
  • transfer to or from the crematory

What this home's price does not cover

  • the rental casket for the viewing
  • the crematory fee

The median across Michigan is $8,820, from 37 posted price lists we have read.

Immediate burial

Immediate burial with a casket or container this funeral home supplies

$3,700

Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

How this adds up
"You select a casket from those described on casket price list 3125.00 plus casket selected"$3,125
"We offer caskets that range in price from"$575
Sum$3,700

Sales tax is not included in this figure. It varies by location and by what is taxed, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

Immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides

$3,125

The middle price in Michigan is $4,415.

How this adds up
"You provide container"$3,125
Sum$3,125

Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

What this home's price covers

  • immediate burial with a casket or container the family provides

This price is the home's own package, the one it calls "You provide container".

The median across Michigan is $4,415, from 42 posted price lists we have read.

Burial with graveside service

$3,760

The middle price in Michigan is $6,050.

This covers basic services of the funeral director and staff, and overhead, transfer of the deceased into the funeral home's care, dressing, casketing and cosmetizing, a hearse and use of facilities and staff for a graveside service.

How this adds up
"BASIC SERVICES OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND STAFF"$2,350
"TRANSFER OF REMAINS TO FUNERAL HOME 275.00"$275
"REFRIGERATION PER DAY 25.00"$175
"OTHER PREPARATION OF THE BODY 250.00"$250
"HEARSE 300.00"$300
"USE OF EQUIPMENT AND STAFF FOR GRAVESIDE SERVICE"$410
Sum$3,760

It does not cover a casket. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

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
  • dressing, casketing and cosmetizing
  • a hearse
  • use of facilities and staff for a graveside service

What this home's price does not cover

  • a casket

Sales tax is not included in this figure. It varies by location and by what is taxed, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.

The median across Michigan is $6,050, from 38 posted price lists we have read.

Traditional funeral service

We could not confirm a price for this service from this home's price list, dated January 1, 2018, so please check the list itself or ask them directly.

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

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.

Where to look next

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