Our Traditional Elements Cremation Service package includes:

• Basic Professional Services of Funeral Director & Staff
• Transfer of Remains to Funeral Home (Within 50 miles, one-way; $3.50/mile beyond 50 miles one-way)
  
• Embalming
• Dressing, Cosmetics, Hair Care & Casketing (Any or all)
• Viewing/Visitation - One Full Day  or Four Hour Evening Visitation
• Staff & Equipment for Weekday Funeral or Memorial Ceremony (at funeral home or other location)
• Staff & Equipment for Graveside Service (included if immediately following funeral; otherwise add $595 for separate scheduling)
• Funeral Coach (Hearse)
• Family/Pallbearer Autos (5 to 6 passengers each; price applies for transportation from funeral location to cemetery in procession and back to point of origin)
• Crematory Fee
• Legacy Series Memorial Stationery Package (Simple Guestbook; 100 Standard Memorial Folders; Acknowledgement Cards & Tribute Video/Slideshow generation with DVD copy)

Our Cremation with Memorial or Graveside Service package includes:

• Basic Professional Services of Funeral Director & Staff
• Transfer of Remains to Funeral Home (Within 50 miles, one-way; $3.50/mile beyond 50 miles one-way)
  
• Embalming or Five Days of Refrigeration and Basic Sanitary Care
• Dressing, Cosmetics, Hair Care & Casketing (Any or all)
• Optional One Hour Private Family Viewing (Weekday Business Hours)
• Staff & Equipment for Weekday Memorial or Graveside Service
• Funeral Coach (Hearse)
• Crematory Fee
• Legacy Series Memorial Stationery Package (Simple Guestbook; 100 Standard Memorial Folders; Acknowledgement Cards & Tribute Video/Slideshow generation with DVD copy)
  

Our Private Family Goodbye package includes:

• Basic Professional Services of Funeral Director & Staff
• Transfer of Remains to Funeral Home (Within 50 miles, one-way; $3.50/mile beyond 50 miles one-way)
  
• Embalming
• Dressing, Cosmetics, Hair Care & Casketing (Any or all)
• One Hour Private Family Viewing (Weekday Business Hours)
• Crematory Fee

Our charge for direct cremation includes a reduced charge and scope of the basic services of funeral director and staff, transfer of remains to the funeral home within our defined service area (50 miles, one-way), sanitary care, preparation and dressing of remains, optional identification viewing of unembalmed remains during regular weekday business hours (one hour, one time only, up to five people maximum); refrigeration (up to five days), obtaining of necessary permits and authorizations and the actual cost of the cremation process. Additional itemized selections from the General Price List (such as public viewing or graveside ceremony) may not be added to this charge.

If you want to arrange a direct cremation, you can use an alternative container. Alternative containers encase the body and can be made of material like fiberboard or composition materials (with or without an outside covering). The containers we provide are cardboard and fiberboard.

 Direct Cremation with Container Provided by Purchaser.....................................................$ 1,795

 Direct Cremation with Minimum Alternative Container from our funeral home.................$ 1,980

 Direct Cremation with other Alternative Container Selected from Price List.......................$ 2,124 - $ 3,090

For your consideration... If you are comparing direct cremation prices, please consider the peace of mind in knowing that we own and operate the only crematory physically located in Kittitas County.  From the time of the initial transfer through the conclusion of the cremation process, your loved one never leaves our facility in Ellensburg. All other cremation providers who serve Kittitas County utilize crematory facilities located one (or more) counties away.

What is an Alternative Container? 
While not technically a "casket", an alternative container serves a similar purpose for cremation by serving as the vessel that your loved one is placed into for the cremation and is cremated with them. We offer a variety of alternative containers for your family to select but please know that ultimately they all functionally do the same thing.  We don't believe it is our place to make assumptions as to what your family may or may not want when planning a cremation for your loved one which is why we offer a variety of alternative containers to select from as shown below.

Each alternative container listed below is also noted for its suitability for different types of services.  It is the policy of our firm to only direct off-site services where the is body present using an appropriate container that allows for safe and respectful transport of the deceased. 

Natural Organic Reduction utilizes the body’s own naturally occurring microbes to gently transform remains into nutrient-rich soil. The process is conducted in individual pods and takes about 60 days to complete. The resulting soil (approximately one cubic yard) can then be returned to your family to be planted in gardens or donated to a green belt property in Kent, Washington to aid in the restoration and rejuvenation of a Washington forest. 

Our price for Natural Organic Reduction includes basic services of the funeral director and staff, transfer of remains to the funeral home, up to five days refrigeration, basic sanitary care (no embalming, NOR will not work when a body has been embalmed) and one hour optional private family viewing during weekday business hours, transfer of remains to the Natural Organic Reduction facility in Auburn, Washington and the fees for the actual Natural Organic Reduction process.

Add $500 to price shown above for witnessed placement into the NOR vessel (also known as a "laying in" ceremony) at the Return Home facility in Auburn.

Alkaline hydrolysis, also known as "flameless" or "water based" cremation, is a process for the disposal of human remains using lye and heat. 

The charge for Alkaline Hydrolysis may be substituted for traditional flame based cremation with any of our cremation packages, including direct cremation. Embalming does not impact the process and can still be selected when alkaline hydrolysis is selected as the final method of disposition. 

This additional charge includes transportation to the nearest alkaline hydrolysis facility with availability (presently located in either Kent, Washington or Coeur d' Alene, Idaho), the alkaline hydrolysis process itself and return of the processed remains via US Mail from the facility to our funeral home.

This charge includes a reduced charge and scope of the basic services of funeral director and staff, transfer of remains to the funeral home within our defined service area (50 miles, one-way), embalming and service vehicle to SeaTac International Airport. It does not include a casket or alternative shipping container, the use of facilities and staff for any visitation, rites or ceremonies (public or private) prior to forwarding the remains, nor the cost of transportation by common carrier or those of the receiving funeral home. Additional itemized selections from the General Price List (such as viewing or ceremony) may not be added to this charge. If services are to be held locally before shipment, itemized/package pricing will apply.