FUNERAL SERVICE AND CREMATORIES (SIC 7261) Establishments primarily engaged in preparing the dead for burial, conducting funerals, and cremating the dead. Receipts include sales of funeral merchandise, such as caskets and burial clothing, and other services provided directly by the establishments. Also included in the receipts are reimbursements for cash advances made to other establishments for funeral- related merchandise sales and services, such as flowers. Cemeteries, and crematories operated in conjunction with cemeteries, are classified in Real Estate, Industry 6553; crematories and burial services for pets are classified in Agriculture, Industry 0752.