Wake

If you hold a wake at the funeral home with the body present, charges you may incur include embalming ($500 to $700) and preparing the body for viewing ($100 to $400). With or without the body, the wake itself runs from $250 to $800, more if you have more that one time period for the wake.

Item

Funeral home
Casket
Urn
Obituary
Flowers
Wake
 
 
 
 
 
 

Total

Low cost

$1,500
$500
$650
$50
$150
$250
 
 
 
 
 
 

$3,100

High cost

$3,000
$25,000
$5,900
$1,000
$650
$1,900
 
 
 
 
 
 

$37,450