Terry Funeral Home- Providing Funeral Services in Philadelphia, PA.

SERVICES

OUR SERVICE PLEDGE

Our pledge is to provide you and your family with meaningful, dignified funeral service arrangements with a "paramount commitment" to the highest quality standards of professionalism and personal integrity in all aspects of our conduct and operation.

BASIC SERVICES OF FUNERAL DIRECTOR, STAFF AND OVERHEAD

Our basic service charge includes, but is not limited to, staff to respond to initial request for service; arrangement conference with family or responsible party; preparation and filing of necessary certificates and permits; placement of obituary notices; planning of funeral arrangements; and coordination of service with cemetery, crematory, vault companies and others, as required. Also included in this charge are overhead expenses relative to our facility such as insurance, maintenance and utility expenses, secretarial and administrative costs, equipment and inventory expenses.

EMBALMING

Except in certain special cases, the law does not require embalming. Embalming may be necessary, however, if you select certain funeral arrangements, such as a funeral with a viewing. If you do not want embalming, you usually have the right to choose an arrangement that does not require you to pay for it, such as a direct cremation or immediate burial.

OTHER PREPARATION OF THE BODY

Our charge includes bathing, handling, cosmetology, hairdressing, dressing and casketing.

STAFF SERVICES AND FACILITIES

VIEWING/VISITATION

Our services include local transportation of encased remains visitation setup, placement of encased remains, and supervision and attendance during visitation.

FUNERAL SERVICE AT THE FUNERAL HOME

Our services include coordinating the funeral arrangements, supervision of funeral, staff to attend the funeral ceremony, supervision of committal or other disposition service, setup and use of facilities for funeral ceremony.

FUNERAL SERVICE AT OTHER FACILITY

Our services include coordinating the funeral arrangement, supervision of committal or other disposition service, equipment and additional staff necessary to conduct funeral at other facility.

MEMORIAL SERVICE AT FUNERAL HOME

Our services include coordinating the memorial service, supervision of the memorial service, staff to attend memorial service, setup and use of facilities for memorial service.

MEMORIAL SERVICE AT OTHER FACILITY

Our services include coordinating the memorial service, supervision of the memorial service, and additional staff necessary to conduct memorial service at other facility.

GRAVESIDE SERVICE

Our services include coordinating the funeral arrangements at graveside, supervision of the graveside service, equipment and staff necessary to conduct the graveside service.

AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT
TRANSFER OF REMAINS TO FUNERAL HOME
HEARSE (Casket Coach)
LIMOUSINE
AUTOMOTIVE EQUIPMENT (Lead Car)
Our mileage charge for out of town is $1.50 per mile, one way, per vehicle.

MERCHANDISE
CASKETS
OUTER BURIAL CONTAINER
CREMATION URNS
ACKNOWLEDGMENT CARDS (One box with service. Additional cost per box.)
BURIAL CLOTHING

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

FORWARDING OF REMAINS TO ANOTHER FUNERAL HOME/MORTUARY

The charge includes removal of remains, basic service of staff, embalming, necessary authorizations and local transportation to airport. The charge does not include any rites or ceremonies.

RECEIVING OF REMAINS FROM ANOTHER FUNERAL HOME/MORTUARY

The charge includes basic services of staff, pick up remains, and transportation of remains to the cemetery. The charge does not include any rites or ceremonies.

IMMEDIATE BURIAL

The charge for immediate burial includes removal of remains, local transportation to the cemetery, necessary authorizations and basic services of staff. The charge does not include the use of facilities and staff for any visitation or ceremony, public or private, prior to burial.

A. Immediate burial with casket provided by purchaser
B. Immediate burial with grey cloth covered soft wood casket selected from our funeral home
C. Immediate Burial with casket selected from our funeral home (in addition to cost of casket)

DIRECT CREMATION

The charge for direct cremation includes removal of remains, local transportation to crematory, necessary authorizations, and basic services of staff. The charge does not include the crematory fee or the use of facilities and staff for any visitation or ceremony, public or private, prior to the cremation. If you want to arrange a direct cremation, you can use an alternative container. Alternative containers encase the body and can be made of materials like fiberboard or composition materials (with or without an outside covering). The containers we provide are unfinished wood boxes and fiberboard boxes.

A. Direct cremation with container provided by purchaser
B. Direct cremation with fiberboard container selected from our funeral home
C. Direct cremation with unfinished wood box selected from our funeral home
D. Direct cremation with casket selected from our funeral home (in addition to the cost of the casket)

Additional charges per hour for staff services and/or use of facilities for partial ceremonies body donations or other items not included in the charges.