63 funeral homes and crematories offering burial in Cook County, Illinois, listed by city. Each listing names the services the home offers, the faiths it serves and the languages its staff speak, with its address, its phone and a link to its general price list where it posts one.
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63 funeral homes and crematories offering burial in Cook County
Chicago cemetery founded in 1886 by the Scandinavian Lutheran Society to serve the farming communities of the Dunning area. Has a chapel, the Briarwood Court Garden Mausoleums with companion and side-by-side crypts, family estate lots, cremation niches and gardens and a Muslim section; the office is open seven days a week.
Chicago cemetery incorporated in 1902 by men of Swedish descent to serve the South Side's Swedish families, with a 1921 chapel-mausoleum of stained glass, marble, crypts and niches. Indoor and outdoor mausoleum spaces are available.
Chicago cemetery chartered by the Illinois legislature in 1853, on 184 acres with four small lakes, where Confederate soldiers who died at Camp Douglas are buried. Its Tower of Memories mausoleum is built of Portuguese marble shipped through the St. Lawrence Seaway in 1959, and the grounds hold a Jewish section.
Nondenominational Chicago cemetery founded in 1859, 350 acres with an 1864 Gothic gatehouse, a Civil War section and sections dedicated to the Jewish and Muslim faiths. The May Chapel overlooking the lake seats 120 and the Hennig Chapel in the mausoleum about 65; staff speak Spanish, Romanian, Ukrainian and Russian.
Chicago funeral home founded on July 29, 2015 by a funeral director and embalmer licensed since 1997, run as a Godly establishment that strives to be Christ-like. Its staff includes a chapel musician, and families may bring pictures and memorabilia for display during the wake and funeral.
Chicago funeral home of a family firm dating to 1912 and now in its fourth generation, with three chapels and a lounge where guests can have food and drinks before or after a service. The firm has its own crematory and serves Greek Orthodox families together with Adinamis Funeral Directors.
Chicago funeral home founded in 1913 and now in its fourth generation, in a single-floor building with no stairs, a handicapped-accessible washroom and a 100-year-old glass gallery. Services can be livestreamed on Zoom or Facebook Live, outside catering is accepted, and cremation can end in a disposition on Lake Michigan.
Chicago funeral home founded in the Mayfair neighborhood during the Depression and in its present building since 1955. Has a chapel seating up to one hundred, a viewing room and a coffee lounge, with adjacent parking, an elevator and disability access; staff are available 24 hours a day.
Fourth-generation family-owned Chicago Ridge funeral home that has served communities across the Chicago area since 1897.
Des Plaines funeral directors specializing in Greek Orthodox funeral traditions, tracing to a Chicago funeral home founded in 1899. Holds services in partnering funeral homes, chapels and churches across the Chicago area, and makes arrangements at its Des Plaines office or in the family's home.
Des Plaines funeral home founded in 1917, in a building opened in 2003 with several chapels, a large reception area with catering, and a children's play area with a sitter on request. Arrangements can be completed by phone or email without a visit.
Des Plaines cemetery of 168 acres with two lakes, serving Chicago-area families since 1920. Its Swan Lake Mausoleum holds a circular chapel seating 200, an ornate Greek Chapel serves the Greek Orthodox faith, and the grounds keep a reserved military section; team members speak Greek and Korean.
Des Plaines funeral home established in 1995 and opened in 1998, with international transportation of the deceased as its specialty. One of three locations with Matz Mt. Prospect Funeral Chapel and Hankook Funeral Service in Northbrook, and available 24 hours.
Dolton cemetery established in 1860, sometimes called Old Dolton Cemetery, with a Little Arlington veterans section around a Grand Army of the Republic statue erected in 1907 and two Civil War cannons at its entrance. It also holds a Remembrance Monument to the victims of the 9/11 attacks.
Evergreen Park cemetery founded in 1910 on 110 acres, with community mausoleums whose indoor chapel hosts committal services, private family estates, cremation niches and a Field of Honor veterans section. Its Gatekeepers Garden, created in 2012, honors seven African-American religious and civic leaders of Chicago.
Forest Park funeral home and 100-acre cemetery, home to Showmen's Rest, a section reserved mostly for circus performers. The funeral home has three chapels, each with a hospitality room and kitchen for a catered reception, and a private crematory on the property; the cemetery's first burial was in 1912.
Glenwood cemetery reputed to be the first racially integrated cemetery in the Chicago region, where African Americans could bury their dead under their own names. A cemetery only, with burial, mausoleum and inurnment and no cremation or funeral director services; its sister locations are Mt. Glenwood West in Willow Springs and Evergreen Hills in Steger.
Hillside funeral home established in January 2012, with four individual and private chapels for funerals, viewings and memorial services. Serves Westchester, Elmhurst, LaGrange, Oak Brook and downtown Chicago.
Hoffman Estates funeral home, family owned and serving families since 1938, led by second- and third-generation funeral directors. Has its own cemetery memorial and monument department and a spacious foyer with an adjoining café; arrangements can be made at the funeral home or in the family's home.
Cook County funeral and cremation firm founded by a licensed funeral director, leasing chapel space at Midwest's Chapel and Acklin's Chapel in Chicago while its own funeral home is being established. It serves Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana and arranges whole-body donation to the Anatomical Gift Association of Illinois.
