When funeral arrangements must unexpectedly
be made away from home, and family hearts are filled with mixed emotions, it is difficult
to consider costs. If you want to limit costs, the best practice is to contact the
funeral firm in the area where the funeral service and burial is to take place. We at
Fuller Funeral Home can properly advise you on the best approach to having the
deceased returned to the Naples area in the most suitable manner.
WHAT TO DO FIRST
CALL FULLER FUNERAL HOME AT (239) 592-1611 OR
(239) 417-5000 ANY TIME OF NIGHT OR DAY
We take charge from then on and make all
the arrangements for conveying of the deceased to the local funeral home for embalming and
preparation for return to Naples. You only need contact us with some
basic information and call us when you return to Naples to set a
time for an arrangement conference. For us to assume the costs as outlined, the
death must have occurred in one of the forty-eight contiguous states and you must call us
direct so we can engage our representatives at the place of death. (DO NOT
contact a funeral firm where the death occurs. WE MUST DO THIS.)
The standard receiving policy in most other funeral homes is to
give you a credit for the embalming against their standard prices. You must pay all
other charges such as transfer casket, transfer container, out-of-town funeral home
facilities, professional and staff services, transfer documents and transportation
charges. These costs can easily mount up to $1200 dollars or more, depending on the
cost of transportation and charges of the out-of-town funeral home. Transportation
costs differ and fees are not uniform from funeral firm to funeral firm, so we cannot say
exactly how much this might be.
DEATH AWAY FROM FLORIDA
Many families have made Collier County their permanent home and may have even purchased cemetery property locally. If a death should occur while traveling out of state or while staying with family out of town we are able to assist in returning the deceased for local services. Although locally and independently owned, we are a member of the National Funeral Directors Association as well as the Selected Independent Funeral Homes. Simply notify Fuller Funeral Home of the death and we will handle all the arrangements, insuring that a qualified and reputable firm in the place where the death occurred is enlisted to handle those arrangements. Again it is our goal to insure that a death away from home does not have to involve unnecessary costs for the family of the deceased.
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
If a family member dies while traveling
outside the United States, the U.S. Embassy will come to your assistance. You should
call us immediately when a death occurs abroad. We are well-versed in the
procedures for returning the deceased to the United States
OTHER CONDITIONS
If the death occurs outside of the
forty-eight contiguous states or your family has already engaged another funeral firm,
Fuller Funeral Home will apply liberal credits to services provided by others when
selecting one of our complete full-service funerals. Our membership in the National
Funeral Directors Association as well a memberships in other national organizations
provide us with funeral service contacts world wide.
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