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$1495.00 Cremation
From the comfort of your home, you can make all the Cremation decisions with the FACTS and COSTS clearly at your fingertips.

Don’t waste time driving around town, all paperwork can be managed by fax – phone or computer.

Don’t worry about being pressured by costly funeral homes to spend more money on things you don’t need.

Because we don’t have the overhead of a full service funeral home, we are able to offer Cremation at significant savings.

We make things simple,
$1495.00 covers the Cremation & Disposition.
Everything you need for Cremation and Disposition at one price.
(State fees additional – around $35)

Since 1973 thousands of satisfied families have used California Cremation Society to find the answers, help and savings they desire during this difficult time.

We would consider it an honor to have you place your trust in California Cremation Society. We really want to help you.
Call 24-hours 1-800-816-5777

• What's included for $1495.00
• What to Expect
• Forms
• Contact
• Privacy

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What's Included

What's included in Our $1495.00 Cremation package

• Transportation of your loved one from the place of death into our care locally
• Professional services by a California Cremation Director and staff
  
• Obtaining and preparation of all the required authorizations, death certificates and permits.
• Initial notification to Social Security.
  
• Care and refrigeration of the deceased (eliminates the need for embalming)
  
• An alternative cremation container (eliminates the need for a casket)
  
• Cremation process performed by licensed crematory operators in our licensed facility. Each cremation is performed individually.
  
• Disposition includes your choice of:
  Release the ashes in a basic container or other container as determined by you.
  Scatter in the San Francisco bay near the Golden Gate Bridge
  Scatter in a cemetery garden (Oakland Hills)
  

 

What's Not included in Our 1495.00 Cremation package

• Department of consumer affairs fee ($8.50)
  
• Death Certificates ($14 ea.)
  
• Disposition permit ($11)
  
• Any applicable sales tax
  
• Any Coroner fees
  
• Shipping or Postage
  
• Special needs alterative container over 250 lbs.
  
• Any type of viewing or ceremony
  
• View our price list for details
  

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What to expect

What to expect

Steps in the cremation process

• The surviving family, friends or authority calls the California Cremation Society at
  1-800-816-57777
  
• We promptly pick up and transport your loved one to our nearest facility
  
• The body is cared for in a refrigerated holding facility until the cremation takes place
  
• Our staff prepares the death certificate, disposition permit and other necessary State and County records
  
• Family, friends or responsible party pay for the cremation before the cremation takes place
  
• Cremation takes place, individually
  
• Cremated remains are taken to the California Cremation Society office in the appropriate urn (usually 7-10 days after death has occurred)
  
• Final Disposition is your choice;
  Release the ashes to a designated person
  or scatter in a cemetery garden
  or scatter in the San Francisco Bay near the Golden Gate Bridge

If a death occurs at the Hospital, Hospice, Nursing Home or Assisted Living Center.
The Hospice Nurse, Hospital Nurse or Physician will come to the room and make the pronouncement of death. Ask the Nurse to contact California Cremation Society at
1-800-816-5777.

If a death occurs at home:
Call the local Police. They will determine if there was any foul play and authorize us to come and bring the body into our care.

If a Death has occurred and the Medical Examiner or county Coroner is involved.
Please Call us at
1-800-816-5777

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Forms

*Please contact a California Cremation Society Counselor at 1-800-816-5777
before Faxing or sending in paperwork.

• Review the paperwork at your own convenience.
• No visit to a funeral home is necessary.
• Any Questions Call 1-800-816-5777
  

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Download the California Consumer Guide

California Consumer Guide for funeral & cemetery purchases.
Department of Consumer
Afairs’ Cemetery and Funeral Bureau.

Download Individual pages/paperwork as needed.
page 1 - Cover Fax Sheet
This is the cover sheet with information on how to arrange a cremation online with California Cremation Society.

page 2 - Cremation Check List
This form is used to make sure you have everything you will need to complete the cremation process.

page 3 - Informant's name w/authorization to release
This form is used to release the Decedent to the California Cremation Society.

page 4 - Statistical Information sheet
This form is used to collect the required information to complete the non-medical portion of the official death certificate.

page 5 - Authorization for Cremation and Disposition.
This contract authorizes California Cremation Society the ability to take charge of the cremated remains of the deceased.

page 6 - Declaration for Disposition of cremated remains
This form describes the details of the final disposition of the cremated remains.

page 7 - Disclosure of Pre-need Funeral agreement
This form makes explicit the existence, or in the case of California Cremation Society, the absence of a pre-need arrangement.

page 8 - Authorization for Disposition with or without Embalming
This form serves as written confirmation of the custodian's desires regarding embalming.

page 9 - California Cremation Society's Statement of Goods & Services
This page outline the services and cost you can expect form California Cremation Society.

page 10 - California Cremation Society's Statement of Goods & Services Payment Voucher
This page outline the services and cost you can expect form California Cremation Society, also includes our payment Voucher.

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Contact

Contact

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Privacy

Privacy

Your privacy is very important to us. Accordingly, we have developed this Policy in order for you to understand how we collect, use, communicate and disclose and make use of personal information. The following outlines our privacy policy.

• Before or at the time of collecting personal information, we will identify the purposes for which information is being collected.
• We will collect and use of personal information solely with the objective of fulfilling those purposes specified by us and for other compatible purposes, unless we obtain the consent of the individual concerned or as required by law.
• We will only retain personal information as long as necessary for the fulfillment of those purposes.
• We will collect personal information by lawful and fair means and, where appropriate, with the knowledge or consent of the individual concerned.
• Personal data should be relevant to the purposes for which it is to be used, and, to the extent necessary for those purposes, should be accurate, complete, and up-to-date.
• We will protect personal information by reasonable security safeguards against loss or theft, as well as unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, use or modification.
• We will make readily available to customers information about our policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.

We are committed to conducting our business in accordance with these principles in order to ensure that the confidentiality of personal information is protected and maintained.

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