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.

People searching for Indiana Discount Funerals want to make their own informed decisions.  Most people want to make a purchase decision based on facts and not what a funeral director talks them into.  When consumers go to Lowes or Home Depot, they make a purchase decision on their own based on product information on the box and on price.  If they want advice, they ask for it.  Consumers visit www.indianafuneralcare.com and find complete and understandable funeral and cremation service details and price information.  If they have questions, they call.

I just read a story about three orphaned children in the UK who are having to sell everything they own on Ebay to pay for their mother's funeral.  You can read the whole story HERE.  They were quoted a price of 2,515 British Pounds (or about $3,800) for a cremation with a church memorial service.  At Indiana Funeral Care a cremation with limited family viewing and a church memorial service would only cost $1,795.  Thankfully, their county government and a local football club offerd to help pay for the funeral.  Pre-planning is another great way to save money on funeral arrangements.

Indiana discount funerals? More people are seeking discount funerals in Indiana.  More and more calls, website visits, internet inquiries.  Times are tough! Just hard to see the value in paying $10,000 for a funeral when we offer a number of complete church funeral and visitation packages for less than $5,000. 

For people seeking Indiana discount funerals and cremations, pre planning helps a great deal.  People that pre plan funerals spend less, make better decisions and are more satisfied with the results after the funeral. 

More families are looking for Indiana discount funerals.  Unfortunately, those families are being misled by companies that advertise low prices, but do not include essential services for which they charge more. Extra charges for transportation of the body from the place of death, for a "crematory fee", for a cremation container, services of director at graveside, etc. 
Indiana Funeral Care may be the only Indiana funeral and cremation service provider that publishes pricing on it's website.  Our package prices include everything except charges outside of our control, such as newspaper charges for obituaries, cemetery expenses.  No bait and switch, honest, practical packages for families seeking dignified funerals and cremations at value prices.

Funeral arrangements are usually never a fun thing to do. Our goal is to make the entire experience as simple and painless for our families. Sometimes you don't have to come to the funeral home to make arrangements because often we are able to make them at your family's home, over the telephone, or by email. If we are making more detailed arrangements for a funeral or memorial service, the selection of merchandise (casket, urn, memorial folders) can be done with a laptop computer or photos. Even though our funeral home is in Indianapolis, we can bring our funeral home to you. This way, everyone in Indiana can receive quality assistance from a funeral home that truly cares about the families we serve.

 Pam is a hospice nurse and when she lost her son, Ryan to cancer, I knew it would be tough.  When Ryan died in May, 2008, she fulfilled her son’s wishes to be cremated and celebrated his life on a sunny June Sunday afternoon at Broad Ripple Park.  Seems that Pam had spent a lot of sunny afternoons with Ryan, as a child, at Broad Ripple Park and it was one of his favorite places to go.  What an appropriate place this would be to share remembrances and celebrate his life.

As I walked toward the shelter at the Park on that sunny Sunday afternoon, I could not help but put myself in Pam’s shoes and the tears started flowing.  The sounds and sites of kids playing on the swings, Frisbees flying, dogs barking and the smells of cookouts took me immediately back to the days I spent with my sons, Josh and Matt, in their younger years in a park.  Several times I turned back to the car to compose myself as I shared Pam’s grief in the loss of her son.

Ryan’s body has been cremated, but his memories will live on and were celebrated and appreciated by the huge gathering of people that attended the memorial service on that sunny day in the park.  This will always be a special remembrance of a life to me.

Over the past several years making funeral arrangements has become easier.  Our funeral home staff will meet families at the loved one's home or even at a coffee shop just to make it easier for the family. 
Just the other day we met a family member at a resturant so they wouldn't have to be in the funeral home setting.  The family wanted to have a direct cremation with a private memorial service.   They were pleased to find a low cost service with such great value. 

 "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.

During my travels in Indiana I have come across many different cemeteries. Some are huge, some historic, and there are some that most folks have probably forgotten even exist. One of my favorite cemeteries in Indiana is Marion National Cemetery.  I have many, many reasons why my favorite cemetery is a Veteran's Cemetery just northeast of Indianapolis-

• The grounds are beautifully kept. It doesn't matter what the season is, it is always taken care of.
• There are NO CEMETERY CHARGES for the burial of the honorably discharged veteran AND their spouse. You can still be laid to rest, with your loved one and your service to your country has reserved both of you a place at any national cemetery in the country.
• My families are always taken care of there- The dead are always treated with respect and care, and their living survivors are treated well by the cemetery staff. They are not commissioned salespeople that are friendly only to sell you something; most are also veterans serving fellow veterans.
• I love how the white upright veteran's headstones make symmetrical lines going left-right, forward-backward, and even diagonally!
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• The setting is beautiful and peaceful. There are no sounds of traffic or construction, only the rustling of the leaves and the serene sounds of the birds and your own footsteps.

It is an honor and privledge to be laid to rest there, and there is still a camaradarie among veterans, even in their solemn slumber. Military honors are always available, and the rank of the veteran determines which honors will be rendered. There is also an excellent VSO that supplements the honors with a 21-rifle salute and chaplain if so desired.

I have many photos of the cemetery taken during different times of the year. We'd love to share them; simply email a request to us at info@indianafuneralcare.com

Also, if you should have any questions about funerals for veterans, veteran's benefits, military honors, VA funerals, please contact us. Even though we specialize in veterans funerals, we take care of everyone.  We pride ourselves on our low cost funerals with excellent quality service in Indianapolis and throughout Indiana.

There is a family that I have been working with for a couple months.  Both grandparents are dieing and they do not want to spend a lot on their funerals or have the money to do so.  Through a search of cheap funerals Indiana and funerals for veterans, they found us.  While pre-planning the funeral with the family and talking, they decided on an immediate burial at Marion National Cemetery. 
For veterans if they decide to be buried or have their ashes buried at any National Cemetery there is no cost to the family.  The plot, opening and closing of the grave space, the vault, and grave marker are all provided by the government as long as the veteran can show proof that he was honorable discharged.
After explaining this to the family, you could actually see the relief they felt knowing that husband and wife could still have a final resting place together and it would not cost them anything.  They were then able to pick out a low cost casket and keep the funeral cost at $2500.00 for both funerals.
I left their house that day with a feeling of pride.  I was able to offer them everything they wanted and I was not taking advantage of them by charging a lot of money for something they could not afford.

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.