average cost of simple funeral in chicago
The average cost for an Illinois funeral is $5,463, according to Northbrook funeral director and FFD client Jack Kynion. In northern Illinois, that average is a bit higher: $5,698.nd though the FFD doesn't keep statistics for Cook County by itself, it's understood that in and around Chicago, prices are higher still -- and in some areas, significantly higher. People pay an average of about $8,000 for a funeral at Kynion's Hanekamp Funeral Home.