Burial Services

Bronx Direct Burial Service

Even with all the planning in the world there are just some things that cannot be foreseen. In the event of an untimely death in your family there is a strong likelihood that the funeral arrangements were not made ahead of time and you are left feeling overwhelmed.

Direct Burial Services In Bronx Your Can Trust

One of the options that Sisto Funeral Home provides to families is our Bronx direct burial service. In order to make you feel confident that choosing Sisto Funeral Home, Inc. is right for your family we want to be completely transparent when it comes to the Bronx funeral costs associated with direct burial services. To do so we have prepared the following explanation of direct burial, a list of the services included, and the cost.
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A direct burial service is when the body is buried shortly after death. The body is removed from the place of death to our facility, where it will be placed in a casket. Typically in a direct burial, embalming is not performed, but is an optional service. After filing necessary burial documents, the remains will be transported to the cemetery. 

Decisions You Must Make If You Choose Burial
  • Whether or not the body is to be embalmed
  • Which kind of casket(or coffin) will house the body
  • Whether to buy a casket, rent one, or build your own
  • Whether or not the cemetery requires a vault or grave liner
  • Which cemetery to use
  • What kind of plot
  • What to put on the gravestone

Why People Choose Burial

Although the trend is moving toward cremation, the majority of North Americans still choose to bury their dead and to be buried themselves. Here are some reasons you might choose burial.
  1. Burial is traditional within your family, religious group, or geographical area 
    1. For instance, in the United States today, about 79 percent choose burial. In Canada, the rate is about 64 percent.
  2. You do not like the idea of the body being "burned" 
    1. You prefer to have the body slowly return to the elements.
  3. You want to erect a monument on the grave
    1. Perhaps you want to visit the grave in the days to come, and you find a graveyard more appealing than say, a columbarium.

Green Burials

Today, more and more families are concerned with being environmentally friendly and actively trying to counteract global warming. The funeral industry has responded to this by offering green burial services. A green burial does not involve the use of embalming chemicals, cement burial vaults or metal caskets that can each cause environmental impact. Instead, the body is either wrapped in a decomposable shroud, or placed in a casket made of wood or wicker. Not only is this burial option environmentally friendly, it is also cost effective.

$1950 | Sisto Funeral Home Direct Burial Service

Services Include:

  • Local transfer of remains from the place of death to the funeral home
  • Services of the funeral director and staff
  • Securing authorizations
  • Transportation of the deceased to the local cemetery
  • Alternative container for burial

Cash Advances

  • Cemetery- grave and/or its opening fee
  • NYC Death Certificates ($15 per certified copy)
  • NYC Disposition Permit/EDRS $70
  • A casket may be selected at additional cost in lieu of the alternative burial container.
  • A burial vault (if required by the cemetery/or selected by family) is available at an additional cost.
If you have any further questions about direct burial services, or are in immediate need, please do not hesitate to give us a call at 718-892-2102. We invite you to contact us with your questions, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you are looking for information on alternative funeral services or products please go to our Bronx Burial Services or Bronx Direct Cremation Services sections. 

Testimonial

I want to thank you all...John, Frank and Ralph and all the staff for providing us with professional, caring service. You all were so accommodating and helpful and my family and I are very pleased with the service from Sisto Funeral Home. Thank you for providing exceptional service for my mom, Yolanda, and our family. - Pamela Sanzaro
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