12 funeral homes and crematories offering cremation in Lake 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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12 funeral homes and crematories offering cremation in Lake County
Fox Lake funeral home trading as Hamsher Funerals & Cremations, founded in 1953 as KK Hamsher Funeral Home, with Illinois Natural Burial as its natural burial brand. It holds services at partner locations in McHenry and Lake Villa or at a family's place of worship, and offers embalming with Green Burial Council-approved products.
Gurnee funeral home in an 1897 colonial house, family owned and operated since 1971 by a family who live on the premises. Has intimate sitting areas instead of one large chapel, a lower-level lounge for refreshments, a viewing for identification before cremation, and a funeral ark that carries cremated remains to the church and cemetery.
Gurnee funeral home on 2.5 green acres that has served Lake County since 1938, with a large chapel with flexible seating, a coffee lounge and a piano or organ. Its team is fluent in Spanish and English, and arrangements can be completed by phone or email.
Lake Zurich funeral home built in 1987 by a firm that began as Ahlgrim Undertakers in Chicago in 1892, with a sister home in Palatine. Has an outdoor patio for services, and cremations take place at the firm's own onsite crematory.
Lake Zurich funeral home opened in 2017, with its own crematory on site. Its three chapels hold services large or small, and its two lounges have kitchen facilities.
Lake Zurich crematory of Journey Cremations, a direct cremation business that has served the Chicago area since 2012 and cremates at its own crematory. Serves Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane, McHenry and Will counties, with arrangements completed remotely through DocuSign.
Libertyville cemetery on a 35-acre park among mature trees, with a memorial to Illinois K-9 police dogs. Has served Northern Illinois since 1965 with community and private mausoleums and lawn crypts; part of the Memorial Planning network.
Family-owned Mundelein funeral home with more than 180 years of service. Has two chapels, a private lounge with a space designed for children, and three levels reached by elevator; services can be streamed live.
Round Lake funeral home of the Justen firm, whose roots in McHenry County go back to 1882; the family bought it in 1989 and extensively remodeled it. The firm's second-largest location, with a selection room and gathering spaces for groups of many sizes.
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.
Waukegan crematory in the historic landmark Peterson & Patch Funeral Home, a building from 1875, that also performs cremations for many local funeral homes.
Crematorium of Mt. Olivet Memorial Park, a Zion cemetery opened in 1902; the crematorium was added in 1989 and a second cremation unit in 2008. The cemetery has a mausoleum complex with niches, crypts and an indoor chapel, and an underground ossuary.
