Helke Funeral Home and Cremation Service provides a wide selection of merchandise to meet the personalized needs of all families. Our urns, caskets, keepsakes and vaults have been carefully selected for their craftsmanship and for the variety of materials and choices they offer. We invite you to visit with our staff before selecting merchandise. Our Selection Room offers each family the privacy to make their selection of choice. Following you will find a brief selection guide explaining your options at the funeral home.

Metal Caskets are usually chosen for their finish, and may include choices such as bronze, copper, stainless steel and steel. Among the most durable are bronze and copper. The stainless and carbon steel caskets come in many grades, gauges, styles and finishes. Our caskets can be personalized to reflect the life of the deceased, and to become a final tribute to your loved one.

Hardwood Caskets may include choices such as cherry, oak, mahogany, walnut, pecan, and maple. These caskets are appreciated for their warmth and beauty, and simply that no two are exactly alike. Each is handcrafted, and can be personalized to serve as a final tribute to your loved one.

Vaults and Outer Burial Containers Our selection room provides samples of vaults and other outer burial containers for each family to preview. The option of an outer burial container is also available to those who choose to bury their loved one's cremated remains.

Memorial Urns are containers for the cremated body. A wide range of styles and prices are available which are appropriate for burial, niches, scattering, keepsakes or placement in a home. Urn options are unlimited, and are chosen according to your loved one's wishes and what best suits your needs.

Monuments and Markers are created as a permanent memorial at the cemetery by marking your loved one's grave with a monument or marker of your choice. To learn more about Markers and Monuments, click Here.

*Our funeral homes make no representations or warranties about the protective value of certain caskets or outer burial containers, other than those made by the manufacturer. The only warranties express or implied, granted in connection with goods sold with this funeral service are the express written warranties, if any, extended by the manufacturers thereof. No other warranties and no warranties of merchandising fitness for a particular product are extended by the seller.