83 funeral homes and crematories offering cremation 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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83 funeral homes and crematories offering cremation in Cook County
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.
Private crematory of Orland Park's Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, opened in 2011 inside the funeral home and used only for the families the home serves. It cremates for one family at a time, families may inspect it, and cremated remains are most often ready in five days or less.
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 built in 1964 by a firm that began as Ahlgrim Undertakers in Chicago in 1892, with a sister home in Lake Zurich. Its basement community room holds a haunted-theme nine-hole miniature golf course, never used during funerals, and cremations take place at the firm's own onsite crematory.
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.
Palos Hills funeral home founded in 1997 by a family with two generations in funeral service in Chicago's Back of the Yards and Brighton Park. Its cremation packages include a morning or evening memorial gathering at the funeral home without the body present.
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.
Posen funeral home serving families since 1938 and a recipient of the 2021 Illinois Award for Funeral Service. Makes arrangements seven days a week, including at the family's home, and keeps the deceased in its own care rather than sending them to a regional holding facility.
Family-owned Riverside funeral home, also known as Ivins/Moravecek, whose owning family has served the area for well over a century.
Schaumburg funeral home opened in 1971 by a family whose undertaking business began in Chicago in 1892, also serving Hoffman Estates, Inverness and Streamwood. Its chapels seat over 100, each family has its own lounge, and tribute slideshows play on 60-inch screens in the chapels.
Schiller Park cremation service with its own crematory, arrangement office, private family viewing room and temperature-controlled repository under one roof, serving Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties. Families may witness the cremation, partner funeral homes host wakes and memorial services, and arrangements can be made online or in person around the clock.
Schiller Park crematory of Chicagoland Cremation Options, run under one roof with its arrangement office, a private family viewing room and a temperature-controlled repository. Families may witness the cremation, every cremation follows a ten-step identification process, and arrangements can be made online or in person around the clock for Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties.
Family-owned Skokie funeral home with four individually appointed chapels, run by its founding family since 1913, when it opened in South Chicago. Served as the Army's and Navy's funeral directors for Chicago during World War II.
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 crematory of Haben Funeral Home & Crematory, a funeral home serving families since 1923, which cremates on site so a body never leaves its care for a third-party crematory.
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.
Tinley Park funeral and cremation firm whose roots go back to a Chicago undertaking business founded in 1906; it built its Tinley Park home in 1989. A former casket display room is now its reception center, it partners with St. George Catholic Church on funeral Masses, and an online estimator lets families work out funeral or cremation expenses.
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.
