Update of Product Information

Funeral Merchandise

Funeral Merchandise

• Burial Caskets

• Cremation Caskets

• Outer Burial Containers

• Urns

• Cemetery Merchandise

• Other Merchandise

Burial Caskets

• Casket vs. Coffin

Values of Caskets will be determined by:

1. Materials

2. Production method

3. Features

Materials

• Three types of materials used in casket construction.

• 1. metals

• 2. woods

• 3. Polymers and Fiberglass

Metals

• Two types of metals

• 1. Ferrous • Steels

• Stainless steels

• 2. Non-ferrous• Coppers

• Bronzes

Steels

• Steels are sold in gauges– 20 gauge

– 18 gauge

– 16 gauge

The lower the gauge the thicker the metal

Stainless Steels

• an alloy of steel, carbon and chromium

• Come in two types• 300 Series • 400 Series

Copper & Bronze

• Copper and Bronze are sold in 32 oz and 48 oz’s per sq ft.

According to material value

• Stainless Steel 300 • Stainless Steel 400• 16 gauge steel• 18 gauge steel• 20 gauge steel

• 48 oz Bronze• 32 oz Bronze• 48 oz Copper• 32 oz Copper

Wood Caskets

• Three different types

Solid hardwood

Wood laminates

Wood by products

Solid Hardwood casketsby values

MahoganyWalnutCherry

OaksMaplesBirchPine

Poplars, Select Hardwoods

Laminates

• Wood veneers• Artificial laminates

Wood by products

Polymers

• Fiberglass• Plastics

– Mostly associated with infant caskets

Casket production methods

• Although the overall appearances of the caskets may seem like they are all alike. There are subtle variations which contribute to the casket’s aesthetics and price.

• Cap opening

• Body style

Cap Openings

• There is no difference in price

Body styles

• Corners• Elliptic• Octagon• Square• Round

• Body panels• Vertical• Flaring• Urnside

Features of caskets will increase value

• They include– Interiors – the style and interior lining– Finishes- the style of finished applied– Hardware- the handles and corners applied to

the casket

Finishes

Hardware

Interiors

• Gaskets vs. non-gasket• Type of material used• style

Cremation Caskets

• An environmentally safe casket which is designed for encasing dead human remains for cremation.

Burial caskets

Cremation casket

Rental casket

Burial Casket

Cremation Casket

Rental Casket

Alternative container

• An unfinished wood box or other non-metal receptacle without a fix interior lining or ornamentation.

Outer Burial Containers

• Is a general term referring to any container which is designed for placement in the grave around the casket, including but not limited to, containers commonly known as burial vaults, grave boxes and grave liners.

• Not all outer burial containers are created equally.

Vaults

• An outer burial container which offers protection from the earth load as well as inhibiting the intrusion of outside graveside elements such as soil and water.

There are two different types.Air sealTop seal

Air Seal Vault

Top Seal Vaults

Grave Boxes or Liners

• Designed to support the earth load

Outer Burial Containers

• Cemeteries might require the use of a outer burial container for interment.

Urns

• After the cremation process is completed some type of container is necessary to hold the cremated remains.

• No standard size, but acceptable volume would be over 200 cubic inches– Adult– Companion ( two or more )– Keepsake - infant

Urns

• Metal ( bronze, pewter and steel )

• Woods ( all species )

• Marble

• Ceramics

• Plastics/polymer resins

• Other material

Urns

• Many urns are designed to facilitate what the families want to do with the cremated remains– Scattering

– Burial

– Entombment

– Jewelry

Acrylic urn

Keepsake

Scattering urn

Double capacity

Cemetery Merchandise

• This section will mostly cover the most common items such as:– Markers, monuments and memorials– Mausoleum and Columbarium– Property or grave space

Markers

• Are classified into 6 different types1. Flush or grass

2. Bevel top

3. Slant

4. Bench

5. Upright

6. Specialty

Materials

• Granite• Bronze• Marble• Slate

Marker types

Mausoleum

• A building containing crypts or vaults

• Crypts or chamber

Private

Columbarium

• A structure or room in a mausoleum or other building containing niches or recesses used to hold cremated remains.

Cemetery Property

• An area of ground set aside and dedicated for the final disposition of dead human bodies

• Memorial Park – a cemetery or section of a cemetery with only flush type markers

• Lawn crypt- a grave space two or more persons may be buried in grave liners which have been stack upon themselves

Property Subdivisions

• Sections – group of blocks

• Blocks – are made lots lots

• Lots – several graves

Example:

Rose garden section, block 24, lot A, space 1

Lawncrypts

Other merchandise

• There is now a wealth of merchandise which is sold by funeral homes, cemeteries, direct disposer establishments and third party sellers.

Air tray

Alternatives

Hand Blown Glass

Diamonds and Crystals

Funeral Merchandise

• Caskets • Outer burial container• Cremation and

alternative containers• Urns and • Urn vaults and liners• Other cremation

products

• Monuments• Burial clothing• Personalizing options• Printed materials• Other sundries