15 funeral homes and crematories offering cremation in Des Moines, Iowa. 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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15 funeral homes and crematories offering cremation in Des Moines
Des Moines cremation provider with its own crematory, operated by its licensed staff. It keeps no rooms for visitations or services; families make arrangements online or at its arrangement office, and it takes deaths in Polk, Dallas, Warren, Story and Boone counties.
Des Moines crematory of family-owned Iles Funeral Homes, housed at its Dunn's Chapel and operated only by licensed funeral directors. A second staff member reviews every cremation's documentation before it begins, and the body stays in Iles' custody until the cremated remains are returned.
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.
Crematory of the family-owned Hamilton's, inside its Des Moines funeral home near Highland Memory Gardens, where the first crematory was built in 1987 and two more were installed in 2013. Families may be present for all or part of a cremation, and each person is cremated individually.
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.
Des Moines funeral home built in 1987 by the family-owned Hamilton's, with the firm's crematory in the building, where families may be present for all or part of a cremation. A Family Services Center on the lower level hosts gatherings and meals before or after a service.
Family-owned Des Moines funeral home providing cremation across all 99 Iowa counties. Ceremonies are held in its chapel or a place of worship, Monday through Saturday, with visitation the same day or the evening before, and arrangements can be started online.
East Des Moines funeral home opened in 1970 and family owned and operated again since 1988 as part of Iles Funeral Homes. The chapel seats up to 200, a lower-level reception room for about 65 guests has a full kitchen, and services can be live streamed and recorded with video tributes. Collects worn American flags for a formal retirement ceremony.
Locally owned Des Moines funeral home with its own crematory and mausoleum, beside the Chapel Hill Gardens cemetery. Its chapel seats 175 and hosts luncheons after services and farewell receptions with wine, beer and hors d'oeuvres.
On-site crematory of a locally owned Des Moines funeral home whose on-site services also include a mausoleum and cremation niches, beside the Chapel Hill Gardens cemetery.
Des Moines cremation and funeral provider with its own crematories, a multi-step tracking system through cremation, and witness cremation; arrangements can be made online or at the facility, for families in Polk, Dallas, Warren and twenty more central Iowa counties.
South side Des Moines funeral home of the family-owned Hamilton's, which bought it in 1979 and remodeled and enlarged it in 2022, with a community reception room and space for visitations, funerals and memorial services.
Des Moines funeral home with a chapel built in 2021 at the forty-acre Sunset Memorial Gardens cemetery, locally owned since 2020, so visitations, services, luncheons and graveside burials can be held on one site. The cemetery offers ground burial, niches, mausoleum space and memorial trees.
Des Moines cremation society serving the area for over 30 years, with cremation at its own licensed crematory and an hour of private family viewing before cremation. Arrangements can be made in person or electronically and by phone, within 60 miles of Des Moines.
Des Moines chapel of the family-owned Iles Funeral Homes, its first, established in 1960, with two chapels (the main one seats 180 to 200), a reception room for sit-down meals of up to 60, private family rooms and a children's play area. Services can be live streamed and recorded.
