The Neptune Society, Inc., through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Neptune Management Corp., owns the right to provide cremation services under the tradename and service mark "Neptune Society" in the 49 states outside of California, and in Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties within the State of California.  The Neptune Society, Inc., and its predecessor companies, have been providing cremation services for more than 30 years.  The Neptune Society, Inc. is not affiliated with other Neptune Societies in the State of California that provide cremation services outside of the Counties of Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo.  In those California counties where we do not own the right to use the name Neptune Society in connection with our services, we provide our services through an affiliated company, Trident Society®.  In some states, applicable laws require us to use names other than Neptune Society.  In Oregon, we provide our services as "Neptune Cremation Service". 

Costs are significantly lower when compared to conventional funerals and burials. Typical funeral and burial, including embalming, casket, viewing, formal services and cemetery costs, can easily amount to thousands of dollars. The national average funeral costs over $5,000 which doesn’t include cemetery costs such as a plot or niche, marker, engraving, and a liner or vault.

Yes. Most of the Neptune Society offices can provide additional services such as arranging private memorial services, chapel and graveside services and formal at-sea services at an additional cost. Memorial services may also be arranged at other locations suitable to the family's needs. 

Yes, at no additional cost the Neptune Society will complete and submit the required form to the Social Security Administration.

In most locations, your signature on the Neptune Society application, which is permanently filed in our office, serves as an assurance that your specific instructions will be followed. We also recommend that you advise your immediate family of your arrangements and include the arrangements in a will.

In many instances a will is not read until the process of final arrangements have already taken place.  Paying for your cremation in advance, advising your immediate family of these arrangements, and carrying the Neptune Society card in your wallet will give you peace of mind that your specific instructions will be followed.

The Neptune Society has little, if any, control over the length of time necessary to obtain the death certificate.  The Neptune Society will complete the form needed for a death certificate with information provided by the family. We will then deliver the certificate to the physician and medical examiner for the official cause of death and the required legal signatures.  Sometimes autopsies and medical records may delay these signatures.

 

The cost of a death certificate is a charge regulated by the state and can vary from each state and county. 

The national average of cremation has risen from 6% in 1973 to over 28% in 2002, and is predicted to reach close to 35% by 2010, and close to 43% by 2025*. This change is reflected in all aspects of the news media, popular books, ecology seminars, legislative enactments, sermons, and other expressions of growing interest in simple and dignified disposition at an economical cost. Indeed, the Neptune Society’s solid growth is the ultimate reflection of this trend.

The Neptune Society maintains state-regulated trust funds on an individual state basis.  These trusts are used to provide funds for the actual service that is done in the future.  The investments are extremely conservative in nature and include whole life insurance guarantees wherever possible.  All sales provide for a 30-day free look.  This is 10 times the days mandated by the Federal Truth in Lending Act!  Our goal is simple: provide the best services to families at a reasonable price.