经济不景气 办葬礼也成了难题

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We are all looking for ways to save a buck, whether it is at the grocery restore, restaurant, even on vacation. Our Fox Five’s shows us another important money saver.

Losing a loved one is bad enough, so how do you emotionally and financially survive when funeral expenses start adding up.

"You do have families, yes, they are not able to afford as much as they used to." Keith Baumgardener works for Greenwood Memorial Park & Mortuary, a mountain view funeral home that’s been around more than a hundred years. He says dealing with death and down economy is tough, especially when the average funeral costs 5000 dollars and can reach up to 15,000 dollars.

"More and more the families that we serve are looking at ways that they can get a saving or some sort which might be changing the selection of flowers that they purchase, getting an old honor, that’s a little less expensive casket that type of thing."

Consider this, plan your loved one's funeral on a weekday. Baumgardener says it’ll save you at least a thousand dollars, here's another thought when making arrangements. Hold a great site service rather than a traditional chapel service .He says that too can save you a thousand bucks.

"You will probably pay between four to five thousand dollars depending on what depending on your options what would you conclude to take out."

When it comes to cremation "It's typically less expensive than traditional casket type burial."

And Baumgardener says you have options when choosing your loved one's headstone. "Flat,it's gonna run you probably about six hundred dollars and upright marker could be anywhere from fifteen hundred to you know four or five thousand."