Funeral Costs

If you check around you will easily find the cost of the average burial.  You may be surprised what it costs these days to have even a simple funeral.  In our own personal experience, it has been about $10,000.  Some numbers claim as high as $15,000, while others say as low as $5000.  Either way, the cost is quite absorbent.  There are two strong ways to defer these costs.  Pre-arrange and pre-pay the bulk of you funeral (many funeral homes offer payment plans), or take out life insurance to cover these burial costs.