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Prepaid Cremation, Cremation Plans, & Pre-Planning

Our Advanced Cremation Plans offer a simple way to ensure your wishes are carried out. Through simple advanced planning, your instructions are kept on file along with information required for filing a death certificate and carrying out your wishes. At the time of your death, your documents authorize us to perform our services, as you have instructed.

As part of California law, we place the funds for your Advanced Cremation Plan into a secure funeral insurance policy. In the event you relocate outside of our service area, or change your mind, your funds are always in your name, and transferable or refundable. Once the Advanced Cremation Plan has been completed, the cost for these arrangements, and the arrangements themselves, are guaranteed.

Once you complete the Advanced Cremation Plan forms and paperwork below, you can email or fax back to us. Our Advanced Planning staff will follow-up with additional insurance paperwork for your signature and your emergency contact ID cards. We are always available to answer any questions that you have.

Please contact one of our associates at (800) 575-0551 .

Once you fill out the paperwork, we’ll take over and help make this process as simple and straightforward as possible, so you can focus on what matters most.

Thank you for choosing All California Cremation.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will my family have to pay for anything when I die?

No, once you make your payment and arrangements are finalized no additional payment will be needed for guaranteed items.

What if I don’t have any family to pick up my remains?

All California Cremation offers a non-witnesses scatter at sea, or burial at Joshua Tree Memorial Park, for families who may not want to receive the urn.

What is my family doesn’t live close to me?

All California Cremation has partner locations throughout Southern California. If your family is not in Southern California, you can choose to have the urn mailed to a family member.

Where is your coverage area?

All California Cremation serves all of Southern California from Santa Barbara County down to San Diego County

What happens if I die away from home?

When you pre-plan with All California Cremation, we have the option for you to choose travel insurance. This can be for the United States only, or international, depending on your needs.

If I move out of your coverage area what happens to my policy?

Your policy may be transferred to another funeral home in your new area. That funeral home may not guarantee all fees paid, but most areas have simple, direct cremation companies similar to All California Cremation.

How do I know your company will be here when I die?

All California Cremation has been around since 1996, and our parent company has been family-owned since 1908. We don’t plan on going anywhere. When you pre-plan with All California Cremation, we use an insurance policy so that the policy can travel with you. In the event our company is no longer serving families at the time you pass away, your policy is protected.

Our mission is simple: “To offer an alternative to traditional funerals and to provide simple, affordable arrangements that can be personalized prior to death or by the family or loved ones.” We believe families should have choices and receive dignified care even if they choose simpler arrangements, and that affordability should not have any impact on the quality of that care.

All California Cremation is a locally owned and operated licensed establishment devoted to the simple, flexible, and meaningful disposition and memorialization. Our unique facility and operations allow us to provide positive, sensitive assistance to families during such a difficult time.

Today, families who choose cremation are offered many choices. Our aim is to provide a relaxed, caring resource to help you personally design cremation arrangements and memorialization options that will meet your individual needs.

As you compare prices and offerings, you will find a wide range between our price and others. We provide everything the others do, but, being independently family owned, we don't answer to stockholders: we answer to the families we serve. We are confident that we exceed everyone else’s offerings at the most affordable price. We are sure you can find higher prices. However, in the end there are no differences, except the added ease, flexibility, and personal service you receive from us.