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Pet Services - 2024 New Prices and Services Available
Coping with the loss of a pet is difficult. We understand how deeply it can affect you and your family. A small memorial service for your departed animal can be a healing and cathartic act, and we can help you give your beloved pet the dignified farewell and attention that he or she deserves.
A few important items that make pet deaths different from human deaths:
- Our human transport vehicles are NEVER used for pets. The pet transport vehicle is licensed by the Dept. of Agriculture as required in PA. If you choose a pet cremation provider who offers transport in human transport vehicles (which is unprofessional to begin with) report them to the Department of Agriculture for not having the proper vehicle certification!
- Our human crematories are NEVER used for pets. We are the only place in central PA with a dedicated pet crematory. All the low-cost options ship your pet more than an hour away to a 3rd-party incinerator. Our specifically designed pet crematory is located at our Elizabethville location. We never hold your pet in a garage or freezer for a weekly pickup by an outside incinerator company, many of whom cremate multiple animals at once in large units. This is how they are so cheap, and when caring for your pet at the time of death, cheap is not the best course of action. With our process, you know exactly what is happening and can see our facility at any time. Our only delay in returning your urn applies when a custom nameplate is ordered.
- Private means private and nothing else. Be aware of the terms used by others. Some use individual to describe a method of cremating several pets in a large retort at once. Our pet cremations are always private, one pet at a time, guaranteed.
- As a service to our community we offer totally free (donated) cremation for active first responder service animals (like a police K-9 or fire/rescue animal).
Retired first responder service animals and truly personal service animals (with proper documentation, true certified service dogs, not Emotional Support animals) will get a 10% discount from the regular category used.
All other animal cremations are treated like the general population according to the price sheet posted.
"Since 2009, True Companions by Minnich Funeral has been providing pet loss services to the residents of central Pennsylvania. We operate an exclusive pet crematory on-site at our Elizabethville location, so you can trust that your pet is being cared for by our own Funeral Professionals. We’re pet lovers ourselves, so we understand that for most of you, your pet is considered to be very much a part of your family. Coping with the loss of a pet is difficult, and we understand how deeply it can affect you and your family. Caring for your departed animal can be a healing and cathartic act, and we can help you to give your beloved pet the dignified farewell and attention that he or she deserves. True Companions offers only one type of cremation service, PRIVATE, as well as an array of merchandise that can help you memorialize your loving companion. Below is a brief description of cremation.
Private Cremation
Private cremation is a process where only one pet is present in the cremation chamber, similar to the process used for human cremations. After cremation, we remove your pet's cremated remains from the chamber and return them to you in an urn. Our dedicated pet crematory is housed at Elizabethville and is only for pet cremations.