Kurrus Funeral Home | Belleville, Illinois (2024)

FAQs

What does a funeral cost in Illinois? ›

Embalming is not required in Illinois; however, if the body is not buried or cremated within a certain time, embalming or refrigeration may be desirable to preserve the remains. Preservation is not an issue for certain methods of disposition such as cremation or immediate burial.

Service Corporation International is proud to be North America's leading provider of funeral, cremation and cemetery services. Since 1962, SCI has been serving families during their most difficult, personal and challenging times.

Three large corporations now own 15% of the 23,000 homes in the funeral home industry. Service Corporation International (SCI), based in Houston, is the largest of the three, followed by Loewen Group Inc., based in Vancouver, Canada and Philadelphia, and Stewart Enterprises Inc., based in New Orleans.

Is $10,000 enough for a funeral? For some people, $10,000 is enough to pay for a funeral. The median cost of a funeral is almost $8,000, but can range to over $10,000 depending on the options you choose.

A casket often is the single most expensive item you'll buy if you plan a "traditional" full-service funeral. Caskets vary widely in style and price and are sold primarily for their visual appeal.

There are no laws in Illinois that prohibit home burial. Before burying a body on private land or establishing a family cemetery, be sure to check local zoning rules.

Illinois law states that you may store cremation ashes in a grave, crypt, or niche. If you wish to scatter ashes, you may do so in a legally established scattering area—for example, a scattering garden in a cemetery—or "in any manner whatever on the private property of a consenting owner." (410 ILCS 18/40.)

Oftentimes, there will be at least a few days in between a person's death and their burial, and during that time, their body will begin to decompose if it's not embalmed. Embalming can stop decomposition from taking place so that families have a little bit more time to honor their loved ones.

Are funeral homes predatory? ›

In large part, Big Funeral raises costs by resorting to a range of predatory practices that circumvent existing federal law, as evinced by Wood's recent ordeal with Fort Lincoln. They withhold information up front about all-in pricing and manage to stick on additional costs at the end, such as opening and closing fees.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median salary for funeral home managers is $72,110 per year (as of May 2022). The median annual salary for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers was $51,570 that same year.

A funeral home is a 24-hour, labor-intensive business, with extensive facilities (viewing rooms, chapels, limousines, hearses, etc.), which must be factored into the cost of a funeral. A majority of the expense is typically in the funeral home professional fees and merchandise for the funeral or memorial itself.

Sale of Casket: Funeral homes also sell caskets to make money. The sale of caskets happens to be one of the most profitable ventures that funeral homes engage in. Usually, they make the caskets necessary for each family. And to say the least, the coffins are priced to make a profit.

A funeral director, also known as an undertaker or mortician (American English), is a professional who has licences in funeral arranging and embalming (or preparation of the deceased) involved in the business of funeral rites.