Direct cremation for $1,095 for families in Punta Gorda and across Charlotte County. One call brings your loved one into our care, and the written price comes before anything else.
Punta Gorda is a city in Charlotte County, home to about 20,416 people by the Census Bureau's 2024 estimate. It is the county seat. It is about 30 miles from our Fort Myers office in a straight line, and transport comes to Punta Gorda wherever the death occurs.
Charlotte County has one of the oldest median ages in Florida, and most of its residents moved here from the Midwest, Canada or Europe. Many arrived having already decided on cremation, and a good number have outlived the friends who would have attended a service. What they want is for it to be simple, dignified and not expensive, and for their children not to have to fly down to arrange it.
Population: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 estimates.
The same service fee as everywhere else we serve: transport into our care from anywhere in Punta Gorda, refrigeration, every permit and filing, the cremation, a temporary container with your loved one's name, and the cremated remains brought back to you in person. Death certificate copies, the container Florida law requires, and any District 22 medical examiner fee are listed separately on your written price.
Florida law does not allow a cremation until a medical examiner has authorized it. For a death in Punta Gorda, that is the District 22 Medical Examiner, which covers Charlotte County. The district covers Charlotte County alone. We request the authorization as soon as the death certificate is filed, and that step, not the cremation itself, usually sets the timeline.
Some Florida medical examiner districts charge a fee to authorize a cremation and others do not. Punta Gorda is in District 22. If the district charges one, it is passed through to you at exactly the amount charged, and we confirm it on your written price before you authorize anything.
Certified copies are issued by the Florida Department of Health, through its office in Charlotte County. We order them for you when the death certificate is filed, at the state rate with nothing added, so nobody in the family has to visit an office.
Most cremations take place within three to seven days of the first call. Florida requires a waiting period, and the District 22 Medical Examiner must authorize the cremation, so the timing depends mostly on how quickly the death certificate is signed and authorized.
A licensed funeral director will call you back. For an immediate need, calling is faster and someone will answer.
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