158 funeral homes and crematories offering burial in Illinois, listed by city and county. 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.
Licence rows come from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), Funeral Directors and Embalmers Unit; what a home offers comes from its own site. SimplyTrust lists no prices, no reviews and no rankings, and does not endorse any home. Contact a home directly for its general price list, which the Funeral Rule requires it to provide.
158 funeral homes and crematories offering burial in Illinois
St. Charles funeral home in a home-like downtown building opened in 1950, with a sister home in Geneva built in 1994. It arranges military funeral honors through the Department of Defense and the VA National Cemetery Administration, and offers families a tour of its homes.
Sterling funeral home run by the Schilling family since 1975, when it bought the Melvin Funeral Home. Holds services in its chapel or a family's church and serves Whiteside and Lee counties, including Rock Falls, Dixon, Morrison and Prophetstown.
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.
Stronghurst funeral home of the Banks & Beals firm, which bought the Fiedler funeral home here in 1978. The firm began in LaHarpe in 1927, is run by the founding family's fourth generation and serves Hancock and Henderson counties from three chapels; it also sells cemetery monuments and markers.
Taylorville funeral home, the oldest in continuous operation in Christian County, tracing its history to 1885 and the Bulpitt and Sons Mortuary. One of four Assalley Funeral Homes, it serves Bulpitt, Kincaid, Stonington, Owaneco, Pana, Edinburg, Palmer and Assumption, and Nokomis in Montgomery County. Every service includes live streaming of the ceremonies.
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.
Family-owned Tinley Park mortuary service specializing in simpler alternatives to a traditional funeral: immediate cremation and burial, graveside burial and body donation, with traditional services held at a church or a crematory chapel. Has served Will, DuPage and southern Cook counties since 2004.
Tremont funeral home opened in 1950, in a building put up in 1962, and one of the Davis-Oswald homes with Delavan and Hopedale, a business begun in Hopedale in 1947. Makes tribute videos for the visitation and service and arranges musicians to perform.
Vernon Hills cemetery with forested grounds and nature trails, open since 1961, with natural burial, private family estates and mausoleum spaces; a new Sacred Light Mausoleum is coming. Owned by StoneMor Illinois LLC, part of the Everstory Partners network.
West Chicago cremation provider and funeral chapel with an onsite crematory where the family may witness the cremation. Its chapel hosts three-hour Hindu poojas, streamed online and recorded, and arrangements can be made in person or through its website.
Family-owned Westchester funeral home founded in Chicago in 1885 and run by the third and fourth generations of the founding family; it opened its Westchester facilities in 1974. It works with the area's Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Serbian Orthodox churches and serves towns from Chicago and Oak Park to Elmhurst, Hinsdale and Downers Grove.
Westmont funeral home, opened in 2010, that hosts one family at a time, with a sister location in Downers Grove. Food and drink can be served during services at the funeral home, and it works often with Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. It serves Westmont, Clarendon Hills and Darien and answers calls around the clock without an answering service.
Wheaton funeral home, family owned and at its present site since 1943, that serves one family at a time and gives that family the whole building. It runs its own crematory in Carol Stream, opened in 2022, offers flameless water cremation and holds Hindu puja services with a witnessed cremation at the Carol Stream facility.
Wheeling funeral home of the same family since 1930, in a 1935 colonial house with large video screens for services. It was the first funeral home in the country to hold a liquor license and offers cocktail receptions; its Chicago Greek Funerals service specializes in Greek Orthodox rites. It also serves Buffalo Grove, Arlington Heights, Lincolnshire, Northbrook and Prospect Heights.
Willowbrook funeral home opened in 2005 by a fourth-generation family business that has handled funerals in the Chicago area since 1882, with a sister home in Berwyn since 1960. Holds a holiday memorial candle-lighting service every year.
Wonder Lake funeral home established in 1972 and bought in 1985 by the Justen firm, whose roots in McHenry County go back to 1882.
Wood River funeral home in business since 1901 and at its present location since 1927, serving Riverbend families. Arranges military and national cemetery burials, public assistance burials and anatomical donation, and service, fraternal and sorority organizations may conduct special services.
