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Prices & Cost Guide

What a funeral costs, in plain terms

What a funeral costs at Smith depends on a few choices — burial or cremation, a service or none, the casket or urn your family picks. Here are the honest starting points, straight from our General Price List. No calculator, no surprises.

General Price List effective May 11, 2026

Take the price list home

Our complete casket price list — every model we offer and its price, effective June 1, 2026 — as a PDF. Print it, mark it up, bring it in with your questions.

Download the Casket Price List (PDF)

Four starting points

Most families land on one of these four. Every package starts with the work every arrangement needs — our basic services of funeral director and staff are $2,595, and they are already figured into each price below.

Burial

Traditional Burial

from $6,370
  • Basic services of our funeral director and staff
  • Transfer of remains to the funeral home
  • Embalming and other preparation
  • A 20-gauge non-gasketed casket, in your choice of 5 colors
  • One hour of visitation before the service
  • Funeral ceremony at our chapel or your church, procession to the cemetery, and staff at the graveside service

What commonly adds to it: a different casket (ours run $2,095–$9,395), an outer burial container if the cemetery requires one, and the cemetery's own charges.

Cremation

Traditional Service with Cremation

from $7,065
  • Basic services of our funeral director and staff
  • Transfer of remains to the funeral home
  • Embalming and other preparation
  • An oak rental casket for the visitation and service
  • One hour of visitation and the funeral ceremony at our chapel or your church
  • Cremation at our own crematory, here in Eau Claire

What commonly adds to it: an urn for the cremated remains (ours run $49–$2,219), the county cremation permit and medical examiner's fee, and a weekend service charge if you choose a Saturday or Sunday.

Cremation

Cremation with Memorial Service

from $4,620
  • Basic services of our funeral director and staff
  • Transfer of remains to the funeral home
  • Cremation at our own crematory, here in Eau Claire
  • One hour of visitation
  • A memorial service at our chapel or your church

What commonly adds to it: an urn, the county cremation permit and medical examiner's fee, and memorial stationery for the service.

Cremation

Direct Cremation

$2,195
  • Basic services of our funeral director and staff
  • Transfer of remains to the funeral home
  • Refrigeration while arrangements are made
  • Cremation — the $700 cremation fee is included
  • A cremation container and the cremation certificate
  • An optional family viewing of your loved one

What commonly adds to it: the county cremation permit ($201.82 in Eau Claire County) and medical examiner's fee ($134.54), an urn if you wish, and certified copies of the death certificate.

Prefer to build your own arrangement piece by piece? That is always your right — the full list below has every line, and we will price any combination before you decide anything.

What changes the total

Three things move a funeral's cost off its starting point. None of them should come as a surprise, so here they are up front.

Merchandise

The casket, container & urn

Caskets run $2,095–$9,395, and the choice is yours — our complete casket price list is published here in full — read it online or download it — and our Showroom shows photos of the range. Outer burial containers run $2,265–$20,195 (many cemeteries require one). Cremation urns run $49–$2,219, and urn vaults $665–$2,695.

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Charges set by others

Some costs are not ours: cemetery charges, flowers, and newspaper obituary notices are set by the cemetery, the florist, and the paper. For cremation, the county adds its own fees — in Eau Claire County, a cremation permit of $201.82 and a medical examiner's fee of $134.54; both vary by county. We collect these on your behalf as part of the arrangements.

Timing & Extras

When, and what else

A Saturday service adds $500, a Sunday $600, a holiday $800. Extra visitation time is $100 per hour, and refrigeration beyond the first week is $75 per day. A memorial video is $300, and a luncheon in Agnes' Dining Hall is $500 with our serving staff.

Full General Price List

The goods and services below are those we provide. You may choose only the items you desire — any funeral arrangements you select will include a charge for our basic services and overhead, and if legal or other requirements mean you must buy any item you did not specifically ask for, we will explain the reason in writing on your statement. Every family receives this full list before making selections.

Professional services

ServicePrice
Basic services of funeral director and staff$2,595
Embalming$975
Embalming of autopsied remains (additional)$500
Other preparation of the deceased (dressing, casketing, hair styling, cosmetics)$375
Restoration$225 per hour
Refrigeration (first seven days; then $75 per day)$200
Cremation$700
Visitation (two to four hours, evening before or prior to service)$475
Visitation one hour prior to services$350
Funeral service$575
Memorial service$475
Graveside service of casketed remains$525
Graveside service of cremated remains$425
Saturday service charge$500
Sunday service charge$600
Holiday service charge$800
Forwarding remains to another funeral home$3,375
Receiving remains from another funeral home$2,525
Immediate burial / green burial (plus cost of casket, if selected from us)$2,540
Donation to medical school$1,495
Coordination of funeral/memorial service when we are not present$500

Transportation

ServicePrice
Transfer of remains to funeral home$300
Additional person required for removal$100
Hearse$300
Lead vehicle$275
Drop off / pick up (to church or cemetery and return)$350
Mileage for any transfer beyond 20 miles$2.50 per mile

County cremation fees

FeePrice
Eau Claire County cremation permit$201.82
Eau Claire County medical examiner's fee$134.54

Fees vary by county; the amounts above are Eau Claire County's.

Merchandise & additional items

ItemPrice
Caskets (a complete price list will be provided at the funeral home)$2,095 – $9,395
Outer burial containers$2,265 – $20,195
Rental casket — Norwood Oak$1,195
Rental casket — Gatewood Cherry$1,395
Cremation urns$49 – $2,219
Rental cremation urn$150
Urn vaults$665 – $2,695
Memorial packages (register book, memorial folders, thank you cards)$200 – $250
Memorial folders$100 per 100
Thank you cards$25 per box
Register books$50 / $75 / $100
Memorial video (up to 75 photos; each flash drive $10)$300
Diner rental — Agnes' Dining Hall, with serving staff$500
Cleaning fee, per service$100
Mailing of cremated remains$125
Mailing of death certificates$40

Questions about any line on this list — call us. We would rather explain a price over the phone than have a family wonder about it.

Want an exact figure?

These are starting points from our General Price List, effective May 11, 2026. For an exact figure for your family, call us — we will walk through it line by line, with nothing added you did not ask for.

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