Van Henkelum Funeral Home, Ltd.
Palos Hills, IL · checked August 24, 2026.
These figures are assembled from this home's own posted price list, and each one is rounded up to the next $5. Treat them as a way to compare homes, not as a quote. Only the funeral home can quote you.
Cremation
$2,995
This covers direct cremation with the minimum alternative container. It does not cover transport and certified copies of the death certificate, which are priced one at a time. The county permit fee is not in this price. It is charged by the county where the death occurred, not by the county where the funeral home is, so pick that county below or ask the funeral home. Any sales tax is approximate, so ask the funeral home for the exact amount.
Verified so far: 101 counties at $100.00; Cook County at $150.00. A county not listed here charges something too; ask the county or the funeral home.
This list posts no per-copy charge for a certified copy of the death certificate, and no verified fee has been recorded for this place, so no amount is shown beside the figure. Ask the funeral home, or the county registrar, what one copy costs.
Cremation with traditional service
This home's price list posts no price for this one. We are not going to guess a number, so ask them directly.
This home's price list does not state a separate crematory fee. The cremation charge itself is not in this total; ask the funeral home. The fee inside a direct cremation package cannot be borrowed here, because that package price carries a reduced services discount that does not apply to a full service.
This list posts no per-copy charge for a certified copy of the death certificate, and no verified fee has been recorded for this place, so no amount is shown beside the figure. Ask the funeral home, or the county registrar, what one copy costs.
The casket is not in this total. It varies with the family’s choice, so it is shown beside the figure.
No rental casket and no cremation-suitable casket is priced on this list, so the real merchandise cost of a traditional cremation is not answerable from this document.
Nothing this list prices could be read into this figure, so it carries no total. The government fees that would have ridden inside it are shown beside it instead, because a fee on its own is not a price for this service.
Immediate burial
These prices do not include a casket. The casket is chosen and priced separately at the funeral home.
Immediate burial with the funeral home minimum casket
This home's price list posts no price for this one. We are not going to guess a number, so ask them directly.
Immediate burial with a casket the family provides
This home's price list posts no price for this one. We are not going to guess a number, so ask them directly.
Read this one carefully before you choose it. An immediate burial means no viewing, no service, and nobody at the graveside. The family is not there. The wording and the price draw people in, and most families do not want what it actually is.
Burial with graveside service
These prices do not include a casket. The casket is chosen and priced separately at the funeral home.
This home's price list posts no price for this one. We are not going to guess a number, so ask them directly.
The total moves with the casket selection. This figure carries no casket.
This list posts no per-copy charge for a certified copy of the death certificate, and no verified fee has been recorded for this place, so no amount is shown beside the figure. Ask the funeral home, or the county registrar, what one copy costs.
Nothing this list prices could be read into this figure, so it carries no total. The government fees that would have ridden inside it are shown beside it instead, because a fee on its own is not a price for this service.
Traditional funeral service
These prices do not include a casket. The casket is chosen and priced separately at the funeral home.
This home's price list posts no price for this one. We are not going to guess a number, so ask them directly.
This list posts no per-copy charge for a certified copy of the death certificate, and no verified fee has been recorded for this place, so no amount is shown beside the figure. Ask the funeral home, or the county registrar, what one copy costs.
The casket is not in this total. It varies with the family’s choice, so it is shown beside the figure.
Nothing this list prices could be read into this figure, so it carries no total. The government fees that would have ridden inside it are shown beside it instead, because a fee on its own is not a price for this service.
Where these figures come from
checked August 24, 2026. We hold a copy of the document as it read on the day we checked it.
Still unverified, and so not claimed here: who owns this home; how this home operates, meaning whether it runs its own crematory and its own chapel.
Price is not quality. A higher figure does not buy a better funeral. Use these numbers to ask better questions, not to rank anyone.