Family-owned Lemont funeral home founded in 1890 and now run by a fourth-generation funeral director. At its present location since 1948, with expansions and renovations in 1983 and 1992, and available 24 hours a day.
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
Family-owned Lemont funeral home founded in 1890 and now run by a fourth-generation funeral director. At its present location since 1948, with expansions and renovations in 1983 and 1992, and available 24 hours a day.
Morton Grove funeral home founded in 1939 and run by the third generation of its family, in a former mansion moved to its present site in 1946. Three chapels surround its lobby, with a coffee room downstairs, a cafe area on the main level and a private room for choosing urns.
Norridge funeral home founded in August 1985 that has since added chapels and an on-site crematory. Open seven days a week, it can return cremated remains as solidified stones made by Parting Stone.
Norridge Jewish funeral home started in 2006, formerly Lakeshore Jewish Funerals, owned by Westlawn Cemetery and part of the Temple Sholom family. It holds services at Temple Sholom, another synagogue, the chapel in Westlawn's mausoleum or graveside at any cemetery, and its line answers 24 hours a day.
Family-owned North Riverside funeral home that holds one service or visitation at a time, so a family has the whole building. Has a remodeled chapel and a coffee lounge, serves Riverside, Berwyn, Cicero, Forest Park, La Grange, Oak Park and nearby towns, and has a sister home, Johnson-Nosek, in Brookfield.
Northbrook Jewish funeral business that operates no chapels, holding services at graveside, in a synagogue or in the cemetery chapels at Westlawn, New Light and Sunset Memorial Lawns. Its own mortuary lets chevra kadishas perform taharas where no embalming takes place and gives shomers their own room. Opened in 2010; funerals are livestreamed.
Oak Lawn funeral home opened in 1961, carrying on a Blake-Lamb tradition that began in Chicago in 1880. It has several chapels, the largest seating up to 250, an interfaith chapel, a coffee lounge and a reception space with catering from its own menu.
Oak Lawn cemetery founded in 1927 as Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, with in-ground burial, above-ground entombment, family estates and a veterans section. Its sister funeral home, opened in 1996, has an interfaith chapel and caterers who cook local favorites or family recipes.
Oak Lawn funeral home in operation since 1917 and family-owned and operated, with its own florist, the Country Daisy Flower Shop, which makes casket sprays and other funeral arrangements.
Family-owned Orland Park funeral home, one of three Lawn Funeral Home locations with Burbank and Tinley Park; the firm was founded in Burbank in 1962 and has served families for three generations. Its Simple Thank You service records guests and prints personalized acknowledgement cards and addressed envelopes.
Orland Park funeral home serving families since 1909, with a recently renovated chapel seating up to 250, a coffee lounge and a reception area catered by its own team. Arrangements can be made by phone or email, and visitations can be held at a private residence.
Palatine funeral home opened in 1987, one of three run by a family firm dating to 1912 and now in its fourth generation. Has three chapels, two arrangement rooms and a lounge; the firm has its own crematory and serves Greek Orthodox families together with Adinamis Funeral Directors.
Park Ridge funeral home in service since 1922, with third-generation Cooney family funeral directors. It opened on Chicago's north side, moved twice within it before settling in Park Ridge, and serves the city's north side neighborhoods and northern suburbs.
River Grove cemetery and mausoleum, a cemetery since 1896 on land that was a Union Army post, with an on-site chapel seating up to 250, an on-site floral shop and family estate lots. Eastern Orthodox families have chosen it for generations, and its grounds hold Civil War memorials and a Hellenic American Veterans Memorial.
Family-owned Riverside funeral home, also known as Ivins/Moravecek, whose owning family has served the area for well over a century.
Skokie funeral home serving families since 1923, family owned for four generations, with its own private on-site crematory, so a cremation is never sent to a third party. Has an on-site casket selection room and a remodeled lounge seating 28, and serves Morton Grove, Evanston, Lincolnwood, Edgebrook, Rogers Park and Glenview.
Skokie cemetery with burials since 1913 and an art deco mausoleum from the 1920s whose two chapels hold committal services with any funeral home. Its grounds have gardens dedicated to people of the Jewish faith, a section for Greek Orthodox families, a cremation garden, lagoons and an on-site greenhouse.
Stickney funeral home completed in 1997 on the grounds of Mount Auburn Cemetery, the first funeral home in the area built on cemetery property. A 12,000-square-foot non-denominational building with a chapel and coffee lounge, it has specialists in Chinese funeral rituals and serves Cicero, Oak Lawn and Bridgeview.
Streamwood funeral home, the first Countryside chapel, opened in 1988 by a family in Chicago funeral service since 1858; Countryside now has four chapels in the western suburbs. It operates its own crematory, its chapels have a piano and webcast services, and each family has a private lounge.
Family-owned Tinley Park funeral home, one of three Lawn Funeral Home locations with Burbank and Orland Park; the firm was founded in Burbank in 1962 and has served families for three generations. Its Simple Thank You service records guests and prints personalized acknowledgement cards and addressed envelopes.