Check your local telephone directory for "OMEGA FUNERAL SERVICE
". Call that number or you could call 1-800-244-6634 in North America.
One central telephone number that will connect you with
our Elmsford service center.
Q. How will the deceased
be transported to New York?
A. The most common method
of transportation today is by air, Transportation by air is the
fastest and the most economical manner of transportation. In
most instances, a funeral in New York can be held within 24 to
36 hours after the death
has occurred.
Q. What are the costs
when the death occurs away from the New York area and the family
intends to have funeral services and burial in the New York metropolitan
area?
A. There are no fixed
costs. Charges will vary from State to State. The present costs
to us by an Out-of-State Funeral Director for services, when engaged
by us, range from approximately $395.00 to $550.00. (The amount
we are charged by the Out-of-State Funeral Director is exactly
the amount you are required to reimburse us). The following services
are performed by the Out-of-State Funeral Director:
- Removal of the deceased from the place of death
- Preparation of the deceased for transporting
to a New York metropolitan area airport
- Providing a minimum light weight transportation
container (to keep the cost of air transportation to a minimum)
- Arranging for all required documents and permits
in the City where the death has occurred.
- Obtaining airline space for the deceased
- Notifying our offices in New York, via long distance
telephone calls of time and airport of arrival of the deceased.
- Transportation of the deceased to an airport
in the City where the death has occurred
Q. Are there any other
costs in addition to the above?
A. Yes. In addition to
the above costs, you will also have the cost of the Air Transportation.
Transportation costs will vary, depending upon the distance from
New York to the City that the deceased is being transported from
and the weight of the deceased and the transportation container.
For Example: transportation costs by air at the present
time from Florida to New York City using a minimum light weight
transportation container range from approximately $250.00 to $325.00.
Q. Does this now take
care of all the costs?
A. No! These costs are
only the charges for having provided the required necessary services
in the City where the death has occurred and transporting the
deceased from that City to a New York metropolitan area airport.
Q. After the deceased
has arrived in New York, what other services will have to be provided?
A. When the deceased has arrived in New York, arrangements
will have to be completed at our Funeral Home for the following
services:
- Removal of the deceased from the airport to the
Chapel
- Preparation and care of the deceased for interment
in the New York area
- Use of the preparation room.
- Arranging and supervision of the funeral and
the interment, and providing all the required New York State Licensed
Funeral Directors and other personnel.
- Use of the Chapel facilities.
- Aiding the family in the selection of a casket.
- Hearse to the cemetery
- Limousine to the cemetery (If required by the
family)
- Supplying of burial garments (if requested by
the family).
- Securing of any required permits and documents.
- Arranging for the furnishing of any religious
services requested by the family.
- Placing of death notices in local or out of town
newspapers.
- Arranging with the cemetery to open the grave
for the interment.
- Ordering copies of transcripts* requested by
the family. (*certified copies of the death certificate)
Preparing and filing the necessary forms or documents
for organization or government benefits.(For example, Veterans
Administration Burial Allowance, Social Security Death.
Q. Can I be sure that
the costs will not increase in the future?
A. No! The illustrations
given are based upon today's approximate costs, It is impossible
to know today what costs might be in the future. Service costs,
air transportation costs, and all other costs can be expected
to change in the future. We can only promise you that Omega Funeral Service
will make every effort to keep our costs
down and provide the finest funeral service to the family.
Obviously this information cannot answer all of
your questions or provide details to
cover your particular situation. If you have any further questions
regarding this information, please visit our funeral home, or
call 1-800-244-6634. One of our Funeral Directors will answer your
questions...without obligation, of course.
Families who are entitled to benefits by reason
of membership in any Organization,
lodge, or Society can avail themselves through Omega Funeral Service
of the services described previously,without
any loss of membership benefits. Omega Funeral Service
will credit you with any moneys due
through benefits given by any Organization, Lodge, or Society.
