Direct cremation for $1,095 for families in Moore Haven and across Glades County. One call brings your loved one into our care, and the written price comes before anything else.
Moore Haven is a city in Glades County, home to about 1,711 people by the Census Bureau's 2024 estimate. It is the county seat. It is about 50 miles from our Fort Myers office in a straight line, and transport comes to Moore Haven wherever the death occurs.
Glades County has a few thousand residents spread around the west side of Lake Okeechobee, with no hospital and no funeral home of its own in most of it. It is also among the closest counties to our Fort Myers office, which is the practical reason families in Moore Haven reach us quickly and see us sooner than they expect.
Population: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 estimates.
The same service fee as everywhere else we serve: transport into our care from anywhere in Moore Haven, 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 21 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 Moore Haven, that is the District 21 Medical Examiner, which covers Glades County. The same district also covers Hendry and Lee counties. 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. Moore Haven is in District 21. 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 Glades 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 21 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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