According to a recent article in the Washington Times, people are selling their cemetery property in order to pay bills and make ends meet.  This is creating a buyers market for people looking for cemetery property.  There's even a web site for buying and selling cemetery property - GraveSolutions.com.

At Indiana Funeral Care, we offer complete funeral services starting at $3,950 and a direct cremation service for just $890.  Call us today at 1-866-570-0029 to find out how you can pre-plan your funeral and lock-in these value-priced services.

The Indiana Church Funeral Plan is a way of renewing old traditions.  Over 75 years ago, visitations and funerals were held in the church or the home.  Indiana Funeral Care offers just that.  You shouldn't have to pay for lavish funeral home facilities if you don't want to use it.  With the Indiana Church Funeral Plan we bring a low cost funerals to you at your church.  The staff is committed to providing straightfoward pricing.  Funeral services starts at $3950 with a complete funeral service including a choice of caskets in several colors, visitation, flowers, guest register book, 100 memorial folders and one death certificate.  Please visit our website, Indiana Funeral Care.     

William Gladstone said, “Show me the manner in which a nation or a community cares for its dead and I will measure with mathematical exactness the tender sympathies of its people, their respect for the laws of the land and their loyalty to high ideals.”

 

It is interesting to read about the funeral practices in other countries.  In Burma, for example, the average funeral and cremation costs 120,000 kyat (about $94.00).  This in a country where the average annual income per capita is $200.  One alternative used by some poor residents in villages around Rangoon is to allow a “funeral contractor” to handle the funeral.  Basically, a funeral contractor runs a gambling den at the funeral home and people come to the funeral and gamble. They share some of the money with the family and in return, the poor family receives a funeral service.

 

At Indiana Funeral Care you can get a complete cremation with memorial service for $1,795 or a complete traditional funeral starting at just $3,950.  In addition, you can pre-pay using one of several affordable payment options and lock-in today's prices.  No gambling required.

Several casket stores have come and gone in Indianapolis.  Costco continues to sell caskets, but according to a friend that works there, he has not seen much demand or interest.  As far as cheap caskets Indianapolis, they are hard to find.  Indiana Funeral Care prices it's caskets at prices much lower than other funeral homes in Indianapolis....and they are American made!  Some funeral homes in Indianapolis have started selling caskets made in China, which is okay, I guess.  But due to the number of veterans funeral services we perform and just plain old patriotic feelings, we have stayed with American manufacturers.  The price is fair, the quality is dependable and consistent and we can obtain just about any color or material in 24 hours. 

The publisher of a new book called "When the Sun Goes Down: Planning the Funeral of Your Life" gave away a life-sizeed casket bookcase in a recent raffle promoting the book. 

Numerous books have been written with standard forms to be filled out and specific instructions to be followed for planning your funeral.  When the Sun Goes Down makes a giant leap of faith and suggests that you create your very own funeral service.  Just as traditional wedding vows did not quite “say it all” at your wedding, nor did the traditional “hospital birth” suffice for your baby’s delivery, neither must you compromise this final celebration of your life with a customary funeral service. You are entitled to make this last celebration of your life entirely your own!  The information in this book is meant to spark your imagination and assist you in this exciting and stimulating process!

Indiana Funeral Care can help you plan and pay for your funeral so that you get the celebration of life you desire and your family doesn't have to worry and wonder what you would have wanted.  We offer low cost caskets, discounted funeral and creamtion services and most of all, peace of mind.

My wife is a case manager for a firm from the East Coast that assists patients in Indiana.  Since she works with patients that have serious illnesses, she often speaks with people that may soon be facing a death.  However, she feels it is a conflict of interest to mention our services and I agree.  She had an interesting conversation with a lady from northern Indiana that had recently lost her husband.  The widow was told by a funeral home that she was saving a lot of money by cremating her husband.  She was told that a funeral service in Indiana cost almost $10,000, so paying $3,200 for a cremation in Indiana was a bargain.   My wife was so disturbed by this, knowing that we would have charged $890 plus transportation of $200 to have performed the same services.

I am frustrated and saddened when we receive calls (like we did today) that a funeral home did not make arrangements for military honors for a funeral for a veteran.  It is so simple and so richly deserved!  When any funeral home performs funerals for veterans, I believe they have an obligation to make arrangements for military honors to be performed by a local burial team or with active duty personnel from the branch of service.
    Regardless of the funeral home, call us, we will make those arrangements, "on behalf of a grateful nation!"

 We recently conducted pre planned funeral services for a man that died with no living relatives.  Fortunately, the man was blessed with good friends that were looking out for his well being, even after his death.  They came in prepared for a battle over the excess funds remaining in his pre-paid funeral trust, but left every satisfied.  In his latter years expressed a preference for simpler services than when he made these arrangements years ago.  Combined with the fact that our prices were substantially lower, the amount of the refund was in the thousands of dollars.  We decided with the help of the friends to designate a couple of charities that he would support and donated the excess funds accordingly.

 "As cheap as possible, no offense" are words that I frequently hear from families that don't have any interest in doing the traditional funeral service. Of course I'm not offended, because what works for one individual or family might not work for another. "To each their own" is a good philosophy to hold in this business.
But what defines cheap? Low cost funerals or low cost direct cremations can be done, and done with class, but Value is more important than dollars. It can be hard to put a dollar value to how a person feels when they feel as if they and their loved one have been taken care of properly. You don't have to spend an arm and a leg to be treated with dignity and respect. Simply call or visit us and you'll see why we have the word "CARE" in our name. It doesn't matter if you're seeking a discount cremation or discount funeral, or if you'd prefer 'going all out' with all the bells & whistles. Everyone gets the same loving care from us because at Indiana Funeral Care, it's our family taking care of your family.

I have noticed the change in funeral service.  More and more families want a cheap service, but they also want value.  Because of this, more people are thinking of cremation for themselves and loved ones.
The families we serve have told us how much they appreciate the fact they can have a memorial service with cremation and still be able to purchase an urn or jewelry. 

I had a family the other day that came in and requested services for their dad.  Dad's wishes were to be cremated and not to spend a lot of money on services.  The daughters wanted to carry out his wishes but they also needed to have some closure of their own and a direct cremation just wasn't what they wanted.  After talking to them we explained that they could have a traditional funeral, meaning a visitation and service followed by a cremation.  The daughters were very excited.  They were going to be able to carry out their fathers wishes and still have the closure that they needed all for a low cost. 
To add value to the services we had military honors arranged to be conducted at our funeral home since cremation was to follow.  With their dad having been an honorably discharged veteran we wanted to make sure he was honored for what he did for us and our country.  After the honor guard came forward and saluted their dad, two gentlemen who were there for the funeral service saluted also.  
It gave them a wonderful feeling for honoring their dad and his wishes, but still having a meaningful service for them.