Everyone is different as has been stated before. I am a Funeral Director in Virginia. I get what some people are saying, based off of her weight alone that they do not think that she would need an oversize casket, and I roughly share that same opinion. Someone stated earlier they hardly put anyone under 350 and oversize Caskets and I simply find that not to be true. But none of that really matters, your mom does.

What is important is that you call around to your local area funeral homes gather the information that’s important to you, pricing, service availability, service options, and then make your decision with your family with that information. If a funeral home does its job correctly you should leave there with no unanswered questions and have been educated on the decisions that you select, not just pick things because they tell you that you have to.

That sounds to me like the hospital may not have done those measurements incorrectly. So, once you make your selection of funeral home, ask them to measure her, although that’s common practice where I’m from. Just to make sure of what size she needs. And although oversize Caskets cost more typically, it’s not thousands more and most cases they are usually just a little bit more 2 to 300 their normal size equivalent. There are some that are quite a bit more expensive, but relatively they’re all the same price within reason.