Cremation Packages

DIRECT CREMATION

$1,970.00

  • Cremation fee and local coroner fee
  • Online funeral home webpage consisting of obituary, video tribute, and guestbook
  • Professional in-person services
  • Notifying Social Security
  • Transferring your loved one into our care
  • Completing any veteran benefit forms
  • Securing the death certificate and cremation permit
  • Assisting with any insurance company's claim forms
  • Refrigeration up to 5 days
  • Delivering the cremains to the family within 20 miles (if desired)
  • Up to 30 minutes of private family viewing time (if desired)
  • Anatomical feature preparation prior to viewing time
  • Simple Urn


*** All items in the Direct Cremation Package are included in our other packages with the exception of the Cremation and Coroners fees. ***

CREMATION WITH ONLY
GRAVESIDE SERVICES

$4,200.00

CREMATION WITH VISITATION/SERVICE
AND RETURN URN TO THE FAMILY

$4,500.00

CREMATION WITH VISITATION/SERVICE
AND CEMETERY COMMITTAL

$4,800.00

TRADITIONAL CREMATION SERVICE INCLUDING VIEWING (*EMBALMING REQ) SERVICE / AND THE URN RETURNED TO THE FAMILY

$5,900.00

TRADITIONAL CREMATION SERVICE INCLUDING VIEWING (*EMBALMING REQ) SERVICE / AND CEMETERY COMMITTAL SERVICE

$6,600.00

*** An additional fee of $495 will be added for evening viewings / visitations / services / and all weekends and holidays. ***

External providers of goods and services will be added to the cremation package you select. Examples include cemeteries, newspaper obituaries, clergy & church fees, death certificates, organists, military honor guard, flowers, inscriptions and death certificates. 


Any merchandise selected such as casket, urn, keepsakes, jewelry will be added to the above package chosen.



From the time of death and throughout the cremation process, a carefully controlled labeling system ensures correct identification. To request detailed information about our 6 Cremation Choices, call the funeral home at (717) 272-0701, or e-mail us at thompsonfuneralhome@comcast.net 

Cremation Facts


  • Cremation is not a substitution for traditional funeral services. Many people choose to have viewings, services, and burial of their cremated remains.
  • There is a 24-hour holding period after death before a cremation may take place.
  • A coroner or medical examiner must approve the cremation.
  • Embalming may not be necessary if there will be no viewing.
  • You don't have to purchase a casket for cremation, but a container to allow for the sanitary & dignified handling of human remains may be necessary.
  • Cremated remains may be buried at any time. Some religions require burial to follow the funeral mass or service.
  • Cremated remains may be separated and placed into cremation jewelry or keepsake urns before the burial or scattering of the cremated remains.
  • Most cemeteries will allow an urn to be buried in the same space with a casket.
  • Most funeral homes offer some type of cremation services. Avoid cremation societies or others who propose to save you money. We suggest you call and visit a few funeral homes to discuss the options available to you, then evaluate their professionalism, staff, costs, and facilities.