HILLSBOROUGH, N.C. — The funeral industry is just one of many that may see a price increase as some tariffs begin to take effect and trade deals continue to take shape. As this unfolds, a Triangle-area funeral home is offering more affordable alternatives and holding sessions for those who have end-of-life questions at events dubbed “death cafes.”
According to Funeralocity, a funeral cost comparison tool, the average traditional full service burial in North Carolina is over $8,000. Caskets and urns are often made of items like steel and aluminum. These are materials facing tariffs, which could lead to an increase in overall cost.
What You Need To Know
- Many caskets are made of aluminum and steel
- Endswell A Modern Funeral Home provides eco-friendly and economic options for burial and aquamation
- Hunter Beattie and his wife opened the modern funeral home in 2022
- Endswell hosts Death Cafes a few times a month
While in a cemetery in 2022, Hunter Beattie read Nobel Prize winner and former Archbishop of Cape Town Desmond TuTu chose aquamation rather than cremation after he died…