We offer a wide variety of services to our community, and do so
with the family’s wishes as our highest priority. We understand that
services instill a deeply personal memory-picture of your loved one, and
also provide an opportunity for friends and family to gather, share
memories, and say goodbye.
We endeavor to aid your family in creating a most special and distinguished
service. Our funeral home offers:
Traditional
Funerals with Burial
Traditional Funerals with Cremation
Pre-Arrangements / Irrevocable and Revocable Trusts for Title 19
Our funeral home coordinates with the church, cemetery, crematory, florist, newspapers, and restaurant / reception location, social security, veterans, insurance companies and probate court for your convenience. One initial call to our office at the time of the death is all that is needed in the time of your bereavement.
We
are here to answer any of your questions concerning service options
including the initial steps to planning a service. Our family is also
available to provide your family with personal assistance in other planning
areas including insurance benefits, veterans and Social Security benefits,
and various probate matters.
Ct. License Number 503
*TO VIEW OUR GUIDED TOUR OF THE FUNERAL HOME AND PARKING PLAZA: CLICK HERE,
THEN CLICK THE PLAY BUTTON. TO ENTER FULL-SCREEN MODE, CLICK ON THE
ENTER FULL-SCREEN BUTTON ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE VIDEO SCREEN.
Pre-arrangements / Pre-planning a funeral Pre-arranging one’s funeral can control the funeral’s cost and also relieve
the family of the funeral’s financial burden. Pre-financed funerals and
irrevocable trusts are placed in an escrow account that gains interest
every month. These accounts are placed in a local bank, Farmington Bank in Connecticut. The staff of the funeral home will assist the family with the
aforementioned financial concerns.
Pre-arrangement also allows the guarantee of the funeral price that is paid in full, the family the ability to individualize the
details of the service including a courtesy memorial video tribute (slideshow presentation), music, pallbearers, casket, vault, church,
cemetery, and reception. By specifying such details beforehand, one alleviates this
responsibility from the grieving family.
PACKAGE FUNERALS FOR BURIAL
EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2011
PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE
CASH
ADVANCES ARE NOT INCLUDED - e.g. - CLERGY OFFERINGS / CHURCH, CEMETERY
CHARGES, DEATH NOTICES / OBITUARIES AND FLOWERS. WE WILL ACCEPT YOUR
PAYMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION AS A CONVENIENCE TO OUR FAMILIES.
CERTIFIED
DEATH CERTIFICATES IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT ARE TWENTY DOLLARS EACH,
WE WILL FILE THE DEATH CERTIFICATE IN THE TOWN OR CITY OF DEATH AND
OBTAIN AS MANY COPIES AS THE FAMILY WILL REQUIRE.
Package A - $6,640.00
Basic services of funeral directors and staff - $1,695.00
Embalming -
$775.00
Dressing,
casketing & cosmetizing - $225.00
Use of
facilities and staff for funeral ceremony - $595.00
Transfer of
remains to funeral home - $350.00
Hearse (3
Hrs) - $300.00 additional $55.00 an hour
Lead Car -
$100.00
Flower
Car/ Staff UtilityVehicle - $100.00
Wood Veneer Casket (Cherry or Oak finish) - $1,320.00
If death should occur suddenly,
emergency services should be contacted, as well as the local police
department and the attending physician, Hospice or nurse.
If death should occur while
at a hospital or nursing home,
the admitting department, medical records, or nursing supervisor should be
notified for funeral home authorization and release.
If death should occur while
attending a convalescent home or Hospice,
the nursing director or supervisor should be notified to alert the
funeral home.
If death should occur out of
the local area, the
funeral home should be contacted directly.
If death should occur at the home, the nurse, Hospice and police department should be notified with the initial call followed by a call to the funeral home.
We offer 24 hour service / 7 days a week.
We understand that
planning a funeral can be a stressful and confusing process to the family,
and, as such,you may have many questions. We encourage you to contact us
should you desire more information about any of the plans we offer or any
of the options available within each plan. We may be reached at (860)
229-9006 or Connecticut toll-free at
1-(800)
431-4500.
Payment Policy / Terms of Payment Payment Policy / Total Funeral Bill
1.We are a small business providing service and merchandise, being totally dependent upon our families for prompt payment for said services and merchandise on the day before the funeral.
2. Payment is kindly expected at time of arrangements or day before funeral. We accept : personal checks, money orders, cashier checks and cash, verified insurance assignments, debit cards, major credit cards (Mastercard, Visa, American Express, and Discover.
3. When monies are not readily available or guaranteed to us for funeral expenses, evidence of financing and payment must be given prior to the time of services.
4. Under circumstances where the decedent's estate must stand the burden of paying funeral expenses, we ask that a member of the family pay funeral expenses and file their claim for reimbursement with the decedent's estate and we will assist the family with probate matters.
5. Cash advanced items (money sent to third party on your behalf) are charges necessary to conduct a funeral service, e.g. church, cemetery, flowers, and obituaries. Said charges represent a cash outlay, without a profit being realized by the Paul A. Shaker / Farmingdale Funeral Home (e.g. no commission is charged on funeral flowers / death notices ordered by us on the family's behalf). Therefore, reimbursement for such cash advances is requested at the time of the funeral service.
For those additional items, such as clergy offerings / church, cemetery charges, flowers, and newspaper notices / obituaries we will accept your payment for distribution, as a convenience for
our families.
We do offer a contact with newspapers for obituary notices.
We offer a selection of cremation urns, urn vaults, cremation jewelry, cremation caskets and containers, but do not offer storage containers
or storage locations for cremains/ashes.
At the time of filing legal paperwork / death certificates, we will obtain as many certified copies
of the death certificate that the family requests (death certificates are $20.00 each in the state of Connecticut); additional copies may be ordered directly from
the Registrar of Vital Statistics in the town of death.
