Home Funerals

What is a home funeral?

A home funeral can range from simply quieting the room and letting the body be for the afternoon to a full ritual of bathing and anointing the body with essential oils, preparing the body for burial or cremation, and inviting loved ones to gather over several days while keeping the body cool with dry ice or frozen gel packs.

Caring for your loved one after death, when circumstances allow, can offer a profound opportunity for connection as you begin grieving. This can be a natural path for families to take when a loved one has died in home hospice care, for example.

Home Funeral Services

Marshall Funeral is committed to family-directed and family-centered death care whether that means working with your death-guide or simply slowing the pace of removal from the home while initiating permits. Here are some of the home funeral services we can support you with that are included in our Basic Services Fee:

Making arrangements in the home
Filing the death certificate and obtaining a cremation or burial permit
Caring for the body in the home including bathing, dressing, and cooling
Shrouding or casketing the body in the home
Home vigil support

Additionally, we can assist you with transporting the decedent to a home in Ojai even if you will be using another funeral provider for final services and disposition.

Please see our General Price List for more info

Delivery of Home Funeral Supplies

Organic Flowers

Frozen Cold Packs

Organic Flowers

Organic heirloom flowers grown locally at Palomar Farm delivered to your home in Ojai.

Small bouquet $25

3 gallon bucket $60

Delivery fee $15

Tea and Coffee

Frozen Cold Packs

Organic Flowers

Organic tea or coffee from the Coffee Connection delivered to your home in Ojai.

Tea or coffee $1 / 8 oz cup (12 cup min)

Cups, sugar, creamer $5

Delivery fee $15

Frozen Cold Packs

Supply of frozen and unfrozen cold packs that can be rotated in your freezer for cooling.

Techni Ice and/or Polar Ice Biodegradable Cold Packs $45

Recommended Resources

National Home Funeral Alliance

Reimagining Death: Stories and Practical Wisdom for Home Funerals and Green Burials

National Home Funeral Alliance

The NHFA website offers many great resources and advice for home funerals, as well as explanations of the value of having a home funeral.

Visit the NHFA Website

Crossings: REsource Guide

Reimagining Death: Stories and Practical Wisdom for Home Funerals and Green Burials

National Home Funeral Alliance

Crossings is a home funeral and green burial resource guide that offers a detailed and free PDF guide to holding a home funeral complete with death care instructions and supply lists.

Download the Home Funeral Resource Guide HEre

Reimagining Death: Stories and Practical Wisdom for Home Funerals and Green Burials

Home Funeral Guide and Funeral Director, Lucinda Herring, offers beautifully written stories of her experiences with home funerals with practical advice and wisdom in this book.

Purchase Reimagining Death on Amazon