Saint Lawrence Cemetery
280 Derby Ave, West Haven, CT, 06516
Questions to Ask When You Call
You're not expected to know this. These questions help you compare and avoid surprises.
“Can I see your General Price List?”
Federal law (FTC Funeral Rule) requires them to give you itemized pricing. You have every right to ask.
“Do you accept insurance assignment?”
This means they bill the insurance company directly. You don't pay thousands upfront and wait to be reimbursed.
“What's included vs. what's extra?”
Packages may not include everything. Ask about the casket, embalming, transportation, facility fees, and death certificate copies.
Know Your Rights
The FTC Funeral Rule protects you. Every funeral home must provide an itemized General Price List if you ask — in person or over the phone. You are never required to buy a package and can choose services individually. You also have the right to use a casket purchased elsewhere.
Payment & Financial Options
Average in Connecticut
$3,119 – $9,810
Source: NFDA 2023 · Direct cremation to traditional burial
If they had life insurance, it can cover this
Funerals in this area run $3,119–$9,810. If your loved one had a life insurance policy, the benefit can cover these costs — and we'll file the claim and handle the carrier for you, even without the policy number. $0 upfront, and nothing if it doesn't pay out.
Services Offered
Business Hours
What Families Say
“Why, after a few years now, is the fence still broken down right behind my parent's and grandparent's monument in section V? Now open to the street? At least put up temporary wooden fencing. Do you have volunteers who could help? If we lived closer, we would help. I feel their sacred gravesites are so exposed. When they paid their hard earned money years ago, I'm sure they expected perpetual care and respect.”
— Lucy Miller-Ganfield
“St. Lawrence Cemetery is run down and poorly maintained. 4 generations of my family are buried there and I find it an embarrassment. Fences down everywhere for several years!!!!! Piles of garden rubbish at the corners etc etc. I wish my ancestors were elsewhere. If this is funded by the Catholic Church, they should spend some money on cemeteries not continually support derelict priests. If I could give zero stars I would!”
— Food Lover
“I don't know what I was supposed to expect in terms of maintenance, but I went to visit my parents and found that the flat grave markers in their area were completely grown over. Noticed that some others were being pushed aside by tree roots. I guess we should have gone for a pricey mausoleum in order to be treated with any respect. Your responding to my review a year and a half after I posted it shows how you keep up with things. I know where my parents are because I was there when we buried them. I got the locations of my grandparents and was hoping to visit them, but the avenues (or whatever you call these locational clues) were utterly and completely grown over. It looks like you mow the grass that has grown over them, but I have no idea where there markers are. I'll go see what's happening with my parents' marker in the spring and we can talk about you fixing it. I was told you raise sunken markers on a regular basis. I do not believe you.”
— John Shanley
We can help with what comes next.
We file the life insurance claim and recover unclaimed property — the payout can help cover costs like these. $0 upfront.
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