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Burial Services in Iowa

74 funeral homes and crematories offering burial in Iowa, 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.

All States1284Alabama56Alaska12Arizona34Arkansas70California295Colorado77Connecticut67District of Columbia5Florida315Georgia120Hawaii13Indiana122Iowa74Nevada24
All of Iowa74Black Hawk County5Boone1Bremer County3Butler County1Cedar County1Chickasaw County3Clinton1Dallas County4Delaware County2Des Moines County1Dubuque1Fayette County1Guthrie County1Henry County2Howard County3Jackson County1Kossuth County5Linn County6Lucas County1Madison County2Marion County2Mitchell County1Muscatine2Polk County15Sioux County3Wapello County1Warren County3Winnebago County1Wright County1
All servicesBurial74Cremation183Green burial5Pre-need arrangements151Veterans services50Out-of-state and international transport30Home funeral support2
Any faithJewish1
Any languageSpanish4

Licence rows come from the Iowa Board of Mortuary Science, Department of Inspections, Appeals, & Licensing (DIAL); 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.

74 funeral homes and crematories offering burial in Iowa

Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory - Adel Chapel

735 South 14th Street, Adel, IA 50003

Family-owned Adel funeral home, one of four Caldwell Parrish chapels with roots in 1929. Its chapel seats up to 175, a reception area lets families share a meal, families may witness the cremation, and the home holds an annual Remembrance event.

BurialCremation

1-515-993-4240

Oakcrest Funeral Services-Algona

218 S. Moore St., Algona, IA 50511

Algona funeral home of the family-owned Oakcrest Funeral Services, serving families since 1923 from a house built in 1916. The firm designs cemetery monuments, with an outdoor monument display behind the Algona home, and holds services at any of its six north central Iowa funeral homes.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-515-295-3731

Altoona Funeral Home

105 Fourth Street SW, Altoona, IA 50009

Altoona funeral home of the family-owned Hamilton's, whose history began in 1913; part of Hamilton's since 1976 and fully remodeled in 2012. Families may be present for cremation at Hamilton's own crematory, and staff arrange body donation to Des Moines University or the University of Iowa and transport to or from another state or country.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transport

1-515-967-4272

Memorial Services Of Iowa, Inc.

4208 N Ankeny Blvd, Ankeny, IA 50021

Locally owned Ankeny funeral home and cemetery serving central Iowa families since 1967, in a facility opened in 2010 on the grounds of Ankeny Memorial Gardens with a waterfall chapel that seats up to 150. The firm also has Story Memorial Gardens cemetery in Ames.

CremationBurialPre-need arrangements

1-515-964-0592

Oakcrest Funeral Services-Bancroft

105 E. Kossuth St., Bancroft, IA 50517

Bancroft funeral home of the family-owned Oakcrest Funeral Services, one of the homes brought together as Oakcrest in 1985; the firm has served north central Iowa families since 1923. It designs cemetery monuments and holds services at any of its six funeral homes.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-515-295-3731

Oakcrest Funeral Services

414 First St. N.W., Buffalo Center, IA 50424

Buffalo Center funeral home of the family-owned Oakcrest Funeral Services, added in 2016 and since renovated; the firm has served north central Iowa families since 1923. It designs cemetery monuments and holds services at any of its six funeral homes.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-515-295-3731

Lunning Chapel,Inc.

2620 Mt. Pleasant St., Burlington, IA 52601

Locally owned Burlington funeral chapel built in 1958. A 2002 addition doubled the building, adding a visitation room, a library, a lounge and coffee area, two family arrangement rooms and casket and cremation selection areas.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-319-752-2771

Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, Inc

1825 W 12th St, Cedar Falls, IA 50613

Family-owned Cedar Falls funeral home and cremation service established in 1865, with a 150-seat chapel, a family lounge, elevator access to family areas and a Reflection Room for receptions after a service.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-319-266-7525

Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home

4200 First Avenue NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402

Cedar Rapids funeral home on the grounds of Cedar Memorial Park Cemetery, which has served families since 1929. The limestone building has a large reception room for visitations and funerals and a family lounge; the same park holds the Chapel of Memories, a mausoleum, a cremation center and a family center where catered receptions and family meals are held.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-319-393-8000

Cedar Memorial Westside Chapel

1221 First Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52405

Colonial-style Cedar Rapids funeral home with a home-like setting, serving families since 1966 and part of Cedar Memorial since 1978; the building has been completely remodeled. Staff help families file for veterans benefits.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-319-362-1135

Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home

520 Wilson Avenue SW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52404

Cedar Rapids funeral home built in 1985 on the grounds of Linwood Cemetery, which the family-owned Murdoch firm bought that year. It has a spacious chapel, the Legacy Center reception hall with catered meals and beer and wine service, and livestreaming for services.

BurialCremation

1-319-364-1549

Murdoch Funeral Home

622 Main Street, Center Point, IA 52213

Center Point funeral home of the family-owned Murdoch Funeral Homes & Cremation Service, which bought the Sarchett Funeral Home here in 1949. The six-location firm has a crematory at Marion and owns Linwood Cemetery in Cedar Rapids.

BurialCremation

1-319-849-1567

Murdoch Funeral Home

511 Main Street, Central City, IA 52214

Central City funeral home of the family-owned Murdoch Funeral Homes & Cremation Service, which bought the Passmore Funeral Homes in Central City and Coggon in 1965. The six-location firm has a crematory at Marion and owns Linwood Cemetery in Cedar Rapids.

BurialCremation

1-319-438-6113

Pierschbacher Funeral Home

914 Roland Ave., Chariton, IA 50049

Chariton funeral home, one of five under the same name with Knoxville, Lacona, Melcher-Dallas and Milo. Helps families apply for veterans' burial allowances, a Presidential Memorial Certificate and military headstones, can arrange a life celebrant for a service outside a religious setting, and prearranged plans transfer on an out-of-state move.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-641-774-2918

Pape Funeral Home,Inc.

2308 Pershing Blvd, Clinton, IA 52732

Clinton funeral home serving the community since 1868, with an ADA-accessible building and a guaranteed funeral program among its prearrangement plans.

CremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transportBurial

1-563-242-3344

Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home

404 North Elm St., Cresco, IA 52136

Cresco funeral home, one of three Hindt-Hudek homes in northeast Iowa with Protivin and Riceville, formerly the Conway Funeral Homes and run since 2011 alongside the Hindt funeral homes of southeast Minnesota. A prearrangement specialist on staff helps families plan funerals in advance.

BurialPre-need arrangements

1-563-547-3501

Brandts Funeral Home

1301 Ash Street, Dallas Center, IA 50063

Dallas Center funeral home founded in 1930 and part of the family-owned Iles Funeral Homes since 1987, serving Dallas Center, Grimes, Granger, Minburn and Waukee. The building, rebuilt in 1997, is fully handicapped accessible with a wheelchair lift and has live streaming, video tributes, food service after services and a private arrangement room.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-515-992-3701

Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home Inc

110 S. State Street, Denver, IA 50622

Denver funeral home of a four-home firm founded in 1901, with sister homes in Waverly, Shell Rock and Readlyn. Its chapel seats up to 80 for a service, and its north end serves as a second visitation room or joins the south end for a large visitation. Pre-arranged and pre-financed funerals since the 1940s.

BurialCremationOut-of-state and international transportPre-need arrangements

1-319-984-5379

Dunn's Funeral Home

2121 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50312

Des Moines funeral home established in 1913, now the Dunn's Chapel of family-owned Iles Funeral Homes, with the Iles crematory in the same building. Its chapel and two-story atrium hold 200+ people, with private family rooms, light refreshments in the atrium, and live streaming and recording of services.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-515-244-2121

Hamiltons Funeral Home

605 Lyon Street, Des Moines, IA 50309

Des Moines funeral home where the family-owned Hamilton's began in 1913, newly remodeled inside. Its upper-level community room, reached by elevator, hosts memorial receptions and luncheons, and the building also holds Hamilton's administrative and advanced planning offices.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transport

1-515-243-5221
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