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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

Loving Care Funeral Services

1303 Glenwood Street, Delano, CA 93215

A family-owned funeral home in Delano that has walked alongside more than 4,000 families in the San Joaquin Valley. It offers burial, cremation, memorial planning and pre-arrangement services for families of all backgrounds.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-661-772-7752

Casillas Funeral Home

66272 Pierson Blvd, Desert Hot Springs, CA 92240

In Desert Hot Springs, this funeral home provides customized funeral and cremation ceremonies, operates its own crematory and has been in business for more than 25 years.

Cremation

Dopkins Funeral Chapel

189 S J St, Dinuba, CA 93618

In Dinuba, this chapel occupies a red brick building built in 1921 at the corner of South J and East Kern streets, with two chapel spaces for visitations and memorial services. It arranges funerals and cremation and works with families on final arrangements in advance. Its group has served families since 1895.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-559-591-1919

Best Choice Cremation.Com

9040 Telegraph Road Suite 213, Downey, CA 90240

This Downey provider arranges cremation through its cremation facility, along with direct and traditional burial. Its service area is Downey and throughout Los Angeles County, extending to Orange County.

CremationBurial

1-800-701-8505

Deer Creek Funeral Service

7440 San Ramon Road, Dublin, CA 94568

In Dublin, Deer Creek Funeral Service offers funeral and cremation services by appointment, for families there and in Pleasanton, San Ramon and Livermore. Prepaid plans let a person arrange services ahead of time. Churches and chapels are available for a memorial with no membership or religious service required.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-925-803-7733

East County Mortuary & Cremation Service

374 N Magnolia Ave, El Cajon, CA 92020

In El Cajon, this family-owned home states expertise in burial, cremation, funeral and memorial ceremonies and veterans' services, and it completes applications for veterans' benefits. It offers water cremation performed in San Diego County, says it owns one of the county's crematories, and has a chapel seating over 150 guests.

BurialCremationVeterans servicesWater cremation (aquamation)Pre-need arrangements

1-619-440-9900

El Cajon Mortuary And Cremation Service

684 S Mollison Ave, El Cajon, CA 92020

In El Cajon, this mortuary has provided funeral and cremation services since 1953, with a large, light-filled funeral chapel and intimate viewing rooms off the I-8 Freeway. Staff members speak English, Spanish and Chaldean, and the team states experience in the traditions and customs of Native American funeral services.

Spanish spokenCremation

1-619-440-8033

Beach Cities Cremation Society

500 East Imperial Avenue Ste B, El Segundo, CA 90245

In El Segundo, the society arranges cremation and direct burial and serves Southern California and all surrounding areas. Its staff inspects the licensed crematory it uses several times a year.

CremationBurial

1-310-640-9475

Douglass Mortuary

500 E Imperial Ave, El Segundo, CA 90245

In El Segundo, this family owned and operated funeral home has three generations of service to its community and the surrounding areas. It arranges funerals, memorial services and individual cremations, and its building has a chapel, a lobby and an arrangement room.

Cremation

1-310-640-9325

East Lawn Cemeteries Funeral Homes Cremation Preplanning

9189 East Stockton Boulevard, Elk Grove, CA 95624

In Elk Grove, this East Lawn mortuary sits on a memorial park of more than 100 acres founded in 1963, with a chapel, indoor mausoleums and outdoor urn niches. It arranges funerals, memorials, burial and pre-planning, with cremation at the East Lawn crematory in East Sacramento.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans servicesOut-of-state and international transport

1-916-732-2031

Alhiser Comer Mortuary

225 S Broadway, Escondido, CA 92025

In Escondido, this mortuary on South Broadway has been part of the community since 1897 and describes itself as family-owned. Licensed mortuary personnel perform all its cremations at a crematory in Lake Elsinore that the family opened in 2001.

Cremation

1-760-745-2162

California Funeral Alternatives Inc

1020 E Pennsylvania Ave, Escondido, CA 92025

In Escondido, this family and veteran owned office arranges cremation and burial services for all of San Diego County. Its Escondido office has a small viewing and chapel area for up to 45 people, and arrangements may be made online, in the office or by telephone.

CremationVeterans servicesOut-of-state and international transport

1-760-737-2890

Lakepointe Cremation And Burial

160 South Escondido Blvd, Escondido, CA 92025

In Escondido, this office arranges direct cremation for San Diego County families, with the cremations performed by its licensed staff at the firm's own crematory. The Escondido office opened in 2014, and arrangements can be made online or by phone.

Cremation

1-760-737-6884

Mcleod Mortuary

1919 E. Valley Parkway, Escondido, CA 92027

In Escondido, this mortuary has provided funeral services since 1928, and more recently cremation services, to families across the surrounding San Diego community. Its historic adobe building on East Valley Parkway has a chapel that seats up to 120 guests.

Cremation

1-760-745-2100

Ayres Family Cremation

2620 Jacobs Avenue, Eureka, CA 95501

In Eureka, this family-owned business has arranged direct cremation and direct burial since 2011, online or at its office, for families across Humboldt County. It owns and operates its own crematory and never outsources its work.

CrematoryCremationBurialPre-need arrangements

1-707-269-7160

Ayres Family Cremation

2620 Jacobs Avenue, Eureka, CA 95503

In Eureka, this family-owned business has arranged direct cremation and direct burial since 2011, online or at its office, for families across Humboldt County. It owns and operates its own crematory and never outsources its work.

CremationBurialPre-need arrangements

1-707-269-7160

Humboldt Cremation And Funeral Service, Inc.

3975 Broadway Street, Eureka, CA 95503

In Eureka, this family owned provider specializes in simple cremation, carried out at its own crematory in the city, and states it has served Humboldt County families since 2008. Arrangements can be started online.

Cremation

1-707-443-1104

Evans Miller Guinn Exeter Chapel

425 N Kaweah Ave, Exeter, CA 93221

This Exeter mortuary on North Kaweah Avenue offers complete funeral and memorial services, cremation services and a prearranged funeral program. Its chapel seats 200, with off street parking. The home states it is not part of a chain and that its tradition of family service runs over 50 years.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-559-592-5161

Fairmont Cremation Services

1901 Union Ave, Fairfield, CA 94533

Fairmont Cremation Services is in Fairfield and has been part of the Fairfield community since 2007, with a 25-seat chapel at its Union Ave address. It offers witness cremation in a private setting for those wishing to be present, and it can be reached by phone at any hour.

Cremation

1-707-425-0208

Berry-Bell & Hall Fallbrook Mortuary

333 N Vine St, Fallbrook, CA 92028

Berry-Bell and Hall Fallbrook Mortuary has served Fallbrook since 1948 and operates its own crematory. It became a family-owned business again in 2001.

Cremation

1-760-728-1689
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