Call PARKSIDE CHAPELS AND CREMATION SERVICES at (773) 767-9788 day or night.
We take charge from then on and make all the arrangements for conveying
of the deceased to the local funeral home for embalming and preparation for
return to Chicago. You only need contact us with some basic information and
call us when you return to Chicago to set a time for an arrangement
conference. For us to assume the costs as outlined, the death must have
occurred in one of the forty-eight contiguous states and you must call us
direct so we can engage our representatives at the place of death. (DO NOT
contact a funeral firm where the death occurs. WE MUST DO THIS.)
The standard receiving policy in most other funeral homes is to give
you a credit for the embalming against their standard prices. You must pay
all other charges such as transfer casket, transfer container, out-of-town
funeral home facilities, professional and staff services, transfer documents
and transportation charges. These costs can easily mount up to $1200
dollars or more, depending on the cost of transportation and charges of the
out-of-town funeral home. Transportation costs differ and fees are not
uniform from funeral firm to funeral firm, so we cannot say exactly how much
this might be.
STANDARD RECEIVING POLICY AT PARKSIDE CHAPELS
At Parkside Chapels and Cremation Services, you pay only our
professional service and normal casket prices as if the death occurred in
Chicago plus transportation. We pay the rest. In most instances you can save
up to twelve hundred dollars or more. Our receiving policy is unique in the
funeral profession. It applies to every one of our standard full-service
funerals.
WHAT DO YOU SAVE?
We pay all normal out-of-town costs except cash advances and transportation
to Chicago. These normal charges include out-of-town removal service,
standard embalming, transfer of remains to airport, outer transfer
container, all documents for transfer and burial, out-of-town funeral
facilities, professional staff and services. This means your only additional
costs are transportation and transfer of remains to Parkside Chapels
and Cremation Services from the airport. Since we use a light weight
transfer casket and outer container we help to keep the air fare to a
minimum.
INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
If a family member dies while traveling outside the United States, the U.S.
Embassy will come to your assistance. You should call us immediately when a
death occurs abroad. We are well-versed in the procedures for returning the
deceased to the United States
OTHER CONDITIONS
If the death occurs outside of the forty-eight contiguous states or
your family has already engaged another funeral firm, Parkside Chapels and
Cremation Services will apply liberal credits to services provided by others
when selecting one of our complete full-service funerals. Our membership in
the National Funeral Directors Association as well a memberships in other
national organizations provide us with funeral service contacts world wide.
E-mail us: info@parksidechapels.com