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Cremation Services in California

459 funeral homes and crematories offering cremation in California, 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 States2388Alabama123Alaska19Arizona53Arkansas178California459Colorado131Connecticut132District of Columbia11Florida499Georgia247Hawaii18Indiana272Iowa183Nevada63
All of California459Alameda County24Amador County1Butte County4Colusa1Contra Costa County14El Dorado County4Fresno10Glenn County1Humboldt County4Imperial County3Kern County17Lake County1Lassen County1Los Angeles100Madera1Marin County3Mendocino County3Merced3Modoc County1Monterey County6Nevada County2Orange County25Placer County6Plumas County4Riverside29Sacramento17San Benito County3San Bernardino24San Diego42San Francisco4San Joaquin County6San Luis Obispo8San Mateo County13Santa Barbara7Santa Clara County17Santa Cruz3Shasta County5Solano County3Sonoma County8Stanislaus County7Tehama County2Tulare County6Ventura County14Yuba County2
All servicesBurial295Cremation459Green burial26Pre-need arrangements260Veterans services113Out-of-state and international transport126Human composting3Water cremation (aquamation)12
Any faithJewish15Catholic15Christian5Muslim11Buddhist9Hindu6Sikh4Jain1Latter-day Saints2
Any languageSpanish77Vietnamese4Chinese5Korean4Tagalog3Russian1Armenian1Arabic2Persian2German3

Licence rows come from the California Cemetery and Funeral Bureau (Department of Consumer Affairs); 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.

459 funeral homes and crematories offering cremation in California

Brown Colonial Mortuary

204 W 17th St, Santa Ana, CA 92706

In Santa Ana, this mortuary on West 17th Street traces its service to 1927. Its chapel adjoining the mortuary seats up to 200 people, with viewing rooms on site, and for cremation it offers a rental casket and alternative containers.

Cremation

1-714-542-3949

Huntington Funeral Home

1043 W Civic Center Dr. Suite 100, Santa Ana, CA 92703

In Santa Ana, this Civic Center Drive funeral home arranges burial, direct cremation, viewings, home wakes, memorial services and national and international ship-outs. It conducts burials in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Kern and San Diego counties and works with the Los Angeles and Riverside national cemeteries.

BurialCremationOut-of-state and international transportVeterans services

1-800-565-1799

Cremation Society Of Santa Barbara

1727 State St Ste 20, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

In Santa Barbara, this office arranges simple cremation by phone, fax and e-mail, and also serves Goleta, Carpinteria, Hope Ranch, Summerland, Mission Canyon, Montecito and Isla Vista. It takes pre-planning arrangements and offers scattering of cremated remains by plane or private yacht charter.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-805-258-7700

Beddingfield Funeral Service

800 Scott Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95050

In Santa Clara, this independently owned, family-operated funeral home, established in 2008, serves San Jose, Santa Clara and the Santa Clara Valley. It arranges funerals, burial, cremation and pre-planning, offers worldwide shipping and assists with military benefits.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transportVeterans services

1-408-777-8100

Lima Family Santa Clara Mortuary

466 N Winchester Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95050

In Santa Clara, this mortuary has provided funeral and cremation services to Santa Clara and San Francisco Bay area families since 1974. Associates speak Farsi and Arabic, and the funeral home has a washing facility for families of the Jewish and Muslim faiths.

Jewish funeralsMuslim funeralsPersian spokenArabic spokenCremation

1-408-296-2977

Benito & Azzaro Pacific Gardens Chapel

1050 Cayuga St, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

In Santa Cruz, the chapel offers burial, cremation, funeral and memorial services, green burial, veterans services and pre-need planning. Established in 2000, it occupies a building first built in the 1950s as a greenhouse, with multiple chapels and reception space.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsGreen burialVeterans services

Coast Valley Cremation Services

930 South Broadway #204, Santa Maria, CA 93454

In Santa Maria, this establishment provides direct cremation for Santa Maria, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and surrounding communities. Its one package covers collection and care, the paperwork, a private cremation and the ashes returned in a simple urn.

Cremation

1-805-801-1546

Funeraria Moreno Mortuary

214 N Lincoln St, Santa Maria, CA 93458

A family-owned mortuary in Santa Maria serving Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. It arranges Catholic funerals, memorial services, graveside ceremonies and cremation, and ships remains to Mexico, handling consulate and health department documents.

Catholic funeralsBurialCremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transport

1-805-614-9335

Lori Family Mortuary

915 E Stowell Rd Ste A, Santa Maria, CA 93455

In Santa Maria, this mortuary arranges funerals, cremations and preplanned arrangements. It also offers burial at sea and the option of planning a memorial at sea.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-805-922-5880

Magner-Maloney Crematory

600 E Stowell Rd, Santa Maria, CA 93454

Magner-Maloney's on-site crematory in Santa Maria serves the funeral home's cremation families, with services ranging from casketed services followed by cremation to memorial services after cremation. The funeral home has served the Santa Maria Valley since 1935.

CrematoryBurialCremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transport

1-805-925-2753

Magner-Maloney Funeral Home And Crematory

600 E Stowell Rd, Santa Maria, CA 93454

In Santa Maria, Magner-Maloney Funeral Home and Crematory arranges burial and cremation services at its own on-site crematory, and arranges transportation from other states and forwarding to other countries. It has served the Santa Maria Valley since 1935.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transport

1-805-925-2753

Beacon Mortuary

616 Alta Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90402

In Santa Monica, Beacon Mortuary serves Los Angeles County and all surrounding communities with burial and cremation packages, from direct cremation to a traditional burial service. It answers calls at any hour and offers pre-planning through an online pre-arrangement form.

CremationBurialPre-need arrangements

1-424-324-9474

City Of Santa Monica Woodlawn Cemetery, Mausoleum & Mortuary

1847 14th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404

In Santa Monica, this cemetery, mausoleum and mortuary is owned and operated by the City of Santa Monica and has served the community for over 100 years. It provides burial and cremation, cemetery property and a section of green-natural burial plots.

BurialCremationGreen burialPre-need arrangements

1-310-458-8717

Farrington Mortuary

1505 9th Street #306, Santa Monica, CA 90401

In Santa Monica, Farrington Mortuary keeps an administrative office open by appointment only and offers cremation, burial and ship outs across Southern California. It arranges natural burials, Muslim burials and Buddhist cremation ceremonies, and it arranges human composting with a facility in Seattle.

Muslim funeralsBuddhist funeralsCremationBurialGreen burial+3

1-800-674-3659

Friends

1502 20th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404

In Santa Monica, FRIENDS Funeral Home arranges cremations, burials and ship-outs of remains, domestic and international. It offers Muslim burials with ceremonial washings and has a Spanish-language service line.

Muslim funeralsSpanish spokenCremationBurialOut-of-state and international transport

1-888-939-5959

Gates, Kingsley & Gates Moeller Murphy Funeral Directors

2450 Colorado Ave Ste 100e Unit 113, Santa Monica, CA 90404

In Santa Monica, this Dignity Memorial funeral home first opened more than 75 years ago and arranges funerals, memorials and cremation, including witness cremation, through a private off-site crematorium. Its counselors also meet families at home to make arrangements.

Cremation

1-310-395-9988

Funeraria Del Angel Santa Paula

128 S 8th St, Santa Paula, CA 93060

In Santa Paula, this Funeraria del Angel home was founded in 1956 and serves the Santa Clara River Valley, including Piru and Fillmore. It arranges burials and visitations, performs its cremations on site and accommodates extended and overnight visitations in keeping with Hispanic funeral customs.

CremationBurial

1-805-525-5595

Chapel Of The Chimes Funeral Home

2601 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95407

In Santa Rosa, this Dignity Memorial funeral home provides funeral, cremation and cemetery services for the surrounding Sonoma County community. Located off Highway 101 in Roseland, it is home to a mausoleum, columbarium and chapel.

Cremation

1-707-545-0196

Daniels Chapel Of The Roses

1225 Sonoma Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95405

In Santa Rosa, this on-site crematory belongs to a family-owned funeral home that has served families since 1875. The home offers direct cremation and cremation with a memorial service, and it serves Rohnert Park, Petaluma, Windsor and Healdsburg.

CrematoryCremation

1-707-525-3730

Daniels Chapel Of The Roses

1225 Sonoma Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95405

In Santa Rosa, this family-owned funeral home has served families since 1875, with an on-site chapel and an on-site crematory. It serves Rohnert Park, Petaluma, Windsor and Healdsburg.

CremationVeterans services

1-707-525-3730
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