Our basic service fee includes: 24-hour availability of staff to respond to initial request for service; arrangement conference; planning selected tribute ceremony; securing vital statistics; coordination with cemetery, crematory, and other third parties; overhead costs such as, insurance, maintenance, utility, secretarial, administrative, and equipment expenses; and ordinary sheltering of remains (up to 72 hours). This fee for our basic services and overhead will be added to the total cost of the funeral arrangements you select. (This fee is already included in our charges for direct cremations, immediate burials.)