We offer convenient options for payment of the funeral services you have selected. We will assist you in completing the option selected. Most families find these options to be the easiest way to handle financial arrangements with us.

• Guaranteed Pre-paid funeral contracts.
• Cash or payment in full on/or before the day of funeral service.
• We honor Visa or MasterCard. (Cemetery not included).
• We will honor an approved insurance assignment equal to the amount of the funeral completed at the time of the arrangement with the insurance policy provided to us prior to the day of the service.
  • This assignment will include services and merchandise. Payment to us for all cash advanced items is to be paid by the day of service.
  • Payment in full is required by the day of the service if insurance policies are non- assignable.

Separate Cemetery Costs must be paid by the day of the service unless other arrangements have been made with the cemetery.

There will be a $25 processing fee on all insurance policies assigned to Kepner Funeral Home. (This charge is to process consumer held insurance policies for assignment to Kepner Funeral Home)

Kepner Funeral Home personnel can help you secure additional death certificates.

Casket flags and grave markers may be available for qualified veterans. Likewise, funeral expense allowances may be available for those who qualify. Kepner Funeral Home personnel can apply for you.

Kepner Funeral Home personnel can provide you with information to assist in filing claims for life insurance benefits, including assignment procedures.

A lump sum death benefit in the amount of $255 is available for the surviving spouse or minors. Survivors' pension benefits may be available for a qualified widow and minor children. For more information, call Social Security at 1-800-772-1213.

It is appropriate to send thank you cards to the following people, if applicable to your situation, approximately one to two weeks after the service:

• Those contributing to memorial organizations or churches
• Those who sent flowers or Mass cards
• Pallbearers
• Friends and neighbors who helped in special ways
• Those who brought food
• Those who sent cards (optional)
• Clergy (optional)
• Church groups that assisted with food or other aspects
• Those who participate in the service (music, readings, etc.)

It is not necessary to send acknowledgment to people who sign the register book.

Customary ways to sign thank you cards are:

• The Family of (deceased's name)
• (Deceased names)'s Family
• Your name

Additional thank you cards are available, if needed, and can be picked up at the reception desk.

No. Kepner Funeral Homes' policy is not to disclose your family's address or phone number to any person requesting such information. We maintain that this is confidential information.

It is unfortunate that some people use the obituaries and death notices to steal. Burglars learn when visitations and funeral services are held, and then, while the family members are away from home to pay their last respects to a loved one, they loot and ransack the family members' homes.

Please guard against this danger. When your family is going to attend services at a funeral home or church, ask a close friend or trusted neighbor to stay in, or at least closely watch, your home while you are away. It is also advisable to contact your local police department and notify them of your absence.