Local transport and the international and domestic shipping of loved ones, for families throughout Charlotte County, including Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte and Englewood.
Charlotte County has one of the oldest median ages in Florida, and a large share of its residents moved here from the Midwest, Canada or Europe. Bringing someone back north or overseas is the normal request here, not the exception.
Families we serve from Charlotte County most often ask about Canada, Germany and United Kingdom. Whichever the destination, consular requirements are confirmed before a flight is booked, and the shipment departs Southwest Florida International (RSW).
The three services we provide statewide, as they apply in Charlotte County. Every price is confirmed in writing before anything is authorized.
Starting at $5,995
Consular legalization, preparation, a sealing casket and airline booking, departing Southwest Florida International (RSW) for the destination country.
Starting at $1,990
Removal in Charlotte County, burial transit permits, and air or dedicated ground transport to the funeral home you choose.
We work in your name on the removal, the permits and the consular file, and return the file complete. Your name stays on the arrangement.
Under hospice care: call your hospice nurse first, then call us, and tell the nurse your loved one is entrusted to Legacy. We coordinate directly with the hospices serving Charlotte County.
Not under hospice care: call 911 before calling us. Once officials give their release, we take your loved one into our care.
At a hospital or nursing facility: call us and name Legacy as your funeral establishment. The facility handles the rest with us directly.
Yes. Charlotte County is inside our regular Florida service area, including Punta Gorda, Port Charlotte and Englewood. Transport is dispatched to the place of death anywhere in the county, and the phone is answered 24 hours a day at (239) 207-0390.
No. Authorizations are signed electronically and every arrangement can be made by telephone and email, whichever state or country you are calling from. Most of the families we serve in Charlotte County are calling from somewhere else entirely.
For Charlotte County we normally depart Southwest Florida International (RSW). If another Florida airport gets your loved one home sooner or at lower cost, we will tell you and use that one instead.
Most shipments leaving Charlotte County depart within three to seven days of the first call. The variable is the destination consulate and how quickly the county issues the death certificate, not the flight itself.
Shipping to another state starts at $1,990, and international shipping at $5,995 with the sealing casket included. Airfare is separate and billed at cost with no mark-up. Families in Punta Gorda and across Charlotte County receive a written price before anything is authorized, and nothing is added afterward.
A member of our staff, not an answering service. Whether you are calling from Punta Gorda or from another country, a licensed funeral director picks up. Deaths do not keep business hours and neither do we.
A licensed funeral director will call you back. For an immediate need, calling is faster and someone will answer.
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