Riverside Cemetery
1015 Gull Rd, Kalamazoo, MI, 49048
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“Can I see your General Price List?”
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“Do you accept insurance assignment?”
Ask whether assignment is available for your policy and location, what fees apply, and what you must pay upfront. MedaSynq does not arrange assignments.
“What's included vs. what's extra?”
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Know Your Rights
Under the FTC Funeral Rule, funeral homes must give price information by telephone and a written General Price List when you visit in person. Federal law does not require them to send the list by mail or email. You can select individual goods and services and use a casket purchased elsewhere.
Payment & Financial Options
Average in Michigan
$2,370 – $7,456
Source: NFDA 2023 · Direct cremation to traditional burial
Help filing a known life insurance claim
Funerals in this area run $2,370–$7,456. If your family knows of a life insurance policy, Claim Assist can help file and follow up on the claim. The insurer decides whether to pay. There is no upfront fee; separate service terms apply.
What Families Say
“Filed under taphophile: One of two cemeteries owned and operated by the city of Kalamazoo, Michigan and by far the larger of the two. Riverside Cemetery has over 53,000 burials since it opened in the 1830s (graves from the old pioneer cemetery were exhumed and moved to Riverside Cemetery too) The cemetery is a mix of the pleasant "grand old cemetery" with rolling topography and old shade trees and newer flat and boring modern sections.”
— John Lastname
“I had been buried here for about 12 years. I had to move due to odor from the river. Rather than going to another cemetery, i decided to join the living once again. I think I'll try and get somebody to clean up the river around this area so the smell is not as foul. Thank you for reading my Post, and maybe I'll see you there.”
— Michael L. Finner II
“This is a peaceful and pretty Cemetery the only thing that takes away from it is the awful smell around the cemetery. I don't think it's the cemetery itself, at least that's what everyone tells me, supposedly it's the nearby sewage treatment facility but this area of town really smells awful.”
— A S
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