Direct cremation for $1,095 for families in Wildwood and across Sumter County. One call brings your loved one into our care, and the written price comes before anything else.
Wildwood is a city in Sumter County, home to about 19,031 people by the Census Bureau's 2024 estimate. The county seat is Bushnell. It is about 158 miles from our Fort Myers office in a straight line, and transport comes to Wildwood wherever the death occurs.
Sumter County has the oldest median age of any county in the United States, driven by The Villages, and almost everyone there moved from somewhere else. Many residents have already arranged their own cremation before they need it, which is the single kindest thing a person can do for their children. If that applies to your parent, tell us on the first call and much of this is already settled.
Population: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 estimates.
The same service fee as everywhere else we serve: transport into our care from anywhere in Wildwood, 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 5 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 Wildwood, that is the District 5 Medical Examiner, which covers Sumter County. The same district also covers Citrus, Hernando, Lake and Marion 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. Wildwood is in District 5. 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 Sumter 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 5 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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