Beacon Cremation and Funeral Service Inc
Ludington, MI
A funeral home.
Checked September 2, 2026
This list carries no date of its own; we read it on September 2, 2026.
Open the page this home posts it on309 S Washington Ave, Ludington, MI 49431
From this home's state license record.
Direct cremation
$1,575
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
| "Basic Cremation Option" | $1,575 |
|---|---|
| Sum | $1,575 |
This covers local transfer from place of death into our care (60 mile radius), minimum fiberboard container required by the crematory, gathering vital information and filing the death certificate and 7 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.
What this home's price covers
- local transfer from place of death into our care (60 mile radius)
- minimum fiberboard container required by the crematory
- gathering vital information and filing the death certificate
- a short death notice written by the director and posted on our website (families may write and email longer notices/obituaries for posting)
- cremation permit
- the cremation charge itself
- return of ashes in a blue plastic container
- notice once the death certificate has been filed so certified copies may be requested from the county clerk
- email communication with the director/arranger
- release of ashes within two weeks of payment and return of the cremation authorization
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 "Basic Cremation Option".
The median across Michigan is $2,853, from 52 posted price lists we have read.
Cremation with service
We have no price to show for this service from the price list we read from this home on September 2, 2026, so please ask them directly.
Immediate burial
We have no price to show for this service from the price list we read from this home on September 2, 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 September 2, 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 September 2, 2026, so please ask them directly.
1 other package this home posts
Basic Cremation Option
$1,575
This list does not say what the package covers, so ask the funeral home what is in it.
How this adds up
| "Basic Cremation Option" | $1,575 |
|---|---|
| Sum | $1,575 |
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
This fee is charged by the county where the death occurred, not the county where the funeral home is. A family using a Oakland County funeral home for a death that happened in Kent County pays the Kent County fee. Pick the county of death to know the amount.
In this list: in MI, Grand Traverse County at $75, Ingham County at $32, Kent County at $70, Macomb County at $93, Muskegon County at $55, Oakland County at $60, St. Joseph County at $5, Barry County and Eaton County at $35, Branch County and Cass County at $25, 25 counties at $50 and 10 counties charging no fee; in IN, Allen County, Tippecanoe County and Vanderburgh County with no fee on file here; in OH, 88 counties at $10. 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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