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Cremation Services in Iowa

183 funeral homes and crematories offering cremation in Iowa, 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 Iowa183Adams County1Benton County1Black Hawk County6Boone1Bremer County3Buchanan County3Butler County1Calhoun County1Cass County1Cedar County1Cerro Gordo County2Chickasaw County3Clay County3Clayton County4Clinton5Dallas County7Davis County1Delaware County4Des Moines County1Dickinson County2Dubuque8Fayette County2Floyd County2Guthrie County3Hamilton County3Hardin County2Henry County4Howard County1Ida County2Jackson County2Jasper County2Jefferson County2Johnson County5Jones County1Keokuk County1Kossuth County5Linn County13Lucas County1Madison County2Marion County2Marshall County2Mills County2Monroe County2Muscatine2O'Brien County1Osceola County1Page County3Palo Alto County2Polk County24Pottawattamie County2Poweshiek County1Sac County1Scott County3Sioux County4Story County4Union County1Wapello County2Warren County3Washington2Webster County2Winnebago County1Woodbury County2Wright County1
All of IowaFort Madison1
All servicesBurial74Cremation183Green burial5Pre-need arrangements151Veterans services50Out-of-state and international transport30Home funeral support2
Any faithJewish1
Any languageSpanish4

Licence rows come from the Iowa Board of Mortuary Science, Department of Inspections, Appeals, & Licensing (DIAL); 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.

183 funeral homes and crematories offering cremation in Iowa

Boeke Funeral Home

201 E. Minnie St., Radcliffe, IA 50230

Radcliffe funeral home, the former Bergeson Funeral Home bought in 1968, run with a sister home in Hubbard by a family owned business of over 100 years now in its fifth generation of funeral directors. Each funeral and memorial service carries a candle made for the person's heritage and interests.

CremationVeterans services

1-515-899-2161

Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home Inc

205 Highland Avenue, Readlyn, IA 50668

Readlyn chapel of a four-home firm founded in 1901, with sister homes in Waverly, Shell Rock and Denver, set up for visitations and small funeral services. Pre-arranged and pre-financed funerals since the 1940s.

BurialCremationOut-of-state and international transportPre-need arrangements

1-319-279-3551

Fullerton-Schumburg Funeral Home

302 W Main, Rockford, IA 50468

Rockford funeral home with a chapel seating over 60, added in 1998 to a family owned and operated group of four North Iowa funeral homes and extensively remodeled since.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-641-756-3311

Fullerton Funeral Home

120 S 3rd St, Rockwell, IA 50469

Rockwell funeral home with a chapel seating over 60, in a family owned and operated group of four North Iowa funeral homes since 1986. The group offers pre-planning and pre-funding through two licensed life insurance agents.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-641-822-3191

Martin-Mattice Funeral Home

1010 Merrill Street, Ruthven, IA 51358

Ruthven funeral home in a building put up in 1995, carrying on a Ruthven funeral home begun in the 1930s; its sister home is in Emmetsburg. Families choosing cremation can hold a viewing in a rental casket before the cremation.

Cremation

1-712-837-4612

Vander Ploeg Funeral Home

724 6th Ave., Sheldon, IA 51201

Sheldon funeral home, one of two Vander Ploeg homes with Boyden, in the Eldridge Family Funeral Homes group with Paullina, Primghar, Sutherland and Andringa Funeral Home of Sheldon. Arranges direct cremation without a service, supplies cremation urns and urn vaults, and helps with forms and notary services.

Cremation

1-712-324-3331

Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home Inc

104 E. Prospect Street, Shell Rock, IA 50670

Shell Rock funeral home of a four-home firm founded in 1901, with sister homes in Waverly, Denver and Readlyn. Recently remodeled, with a chapel seating up to 100, a lobby with two seating areas, and a fireplace room and kitchen for family and friends during visitation.

BurialCremationOut-of-state and international transportPre-need arrangements

1-319-885-4321

Hackett-Livingston Funeral Home

208 W. Clarinda Ave., Shenandoah, IA 51601

Shenandoah funeral home serving families since 1951, family owned and operated, known as Hackett-Livingston Funeral Home until it took the name Wabash Memorial Chapel on January 1, 2023. Its building has barrier-free access and landscaped grounds, with an interior arranged for small family gatherings or large services.

Cremation

1-712-246-2912

Nishna Valley Funeral & Cremation Service

405 W. Thomas Ave., Shenandoah, IA 51601

Shenandoah funeral home with an on-site crematory, locally owned by the family that bought it in 2020, also serving Sidney and Tabor. Runs its own monument company and sets every monument it sells.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-712-246-2526

SWI Cremation LLC

405 W. Thomas Avenue, Shenandoah, IA 51601

Shenandoah crematory run with Nishna Valley Funeral and Cremation Service, providing cremation for Southwest Iowa, Northwest Missouri, Southeast Nebraska and Northeast Kansas. Its owners also run a monument company.

CrematoryCremation

1-712-246-2526

Holm Funeral Home

320 N. Shuffleton St., Sigourney, IA 52591

Sigourney funeral home founded in 1959 and run by the same family into its third generation of funeral directors, serving Sigourney and Keokuk County.

Cremation

1-641-622-2307

Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel

3220 Stone Park Boulevard, Sioux City, IA 51104

Sioux City funeral chapel of Meyer Brothers Funeral Homes, a family-operated firm serving Siouxland since 1960. The chapel was built in 1973 when the Manning-O'Toole Funeral Home relocated; the firm also has a Morningside chapel in Sioux City and homes in South Sioux City and Ponca, Nebraska.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-712-255-0131

Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel

6200 Morningside Avenue, Sioux City, IA 51106

Sioux City funeral chapel of Meyer Brothers Funeral Homes, a family-operated firm serving Siouxland since 1960. Formerly a Nelson-Berger chapel bought in 2001, it moved to its present building in 2007; every cremation the firm arranges is completed here, and the chapel has a luncheon hall.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-712-276-1921

Warner Funeral Homes and Crematory

225 W 3rd St, Spencer, IA 51301

Spencer funeral home opened in 1957 as the flagship of Warner Funeral Homes & Crematory, which added homes in Everly and Peterson, runs its own crematory at a Milford cremation center and operates Warner Monuments.

Cremation

1-712-262-3640

Robinson Funeral Home

2317 32nd St., Spirit Lake, IA 51360

Spirit Lake funeral home with its own on-site crematory, so a loved one stays in its care through cremation, and a 100-seat chapel. It has served the Lakes area since 1999 and took its present name in 2022; a second home is under construction in Spencer.

Cremation

1-712-336-8471

Mitchell Family Funeral Home

104 West Main Street, State Center, IA 50247

State Center chapel of the family-owned Mitchell Family Funeral Home, the well-equipped West Marshall Chapel. The firm's Marshalltown home, founded in 2004, has its own crematory on site.

Cremation

1-641-483-2900

Leonard-Muller Funeral Home, Strawberry Point

628 Commercial St., Strawberry Point, IA 52076

Strawberry Point funeral home of Leonard-Muller, which also has homes in Manchester and Edgewood and handles cremations at its own crematory in Manchester. The chapel seats large crowds, a family lounge offers coffee, cold drinks and snacks, and the building is handicap accessible inside and out.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-563-933-2500

Johnson Family Funeral Homes and Cremation Services

123 NE 2nd Street, Stuart, IA 50250

Family-owned Stuart funeral home with its own crematory and tribute center, opened in 2014 beside its chapel; families may watch the cremation through a viewing window. Run with a sister chapel in Earlham, it arranges air and overseas transfers and home funerals.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transportHome funeral support

1-515-523-1200

Oakcrest Funeral Services-Titonka

58 N.E. 1st Ave., Titonka, IA 50480

Titonka funeral home of the family-owned Oakcrest Funeral Services, one of the homes brought together as Oakcrest in 1985; the firm has served north central Iowa families since 1923. It designs cemetery monuments and holds services at any of its six funeral homes.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-515-295-3731

Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory

8201 Hickman Rd, Urbandale, IA 50322

Family-owned Urbandale funeral home with roots in 1929, the main location of four Caldwell Parrish chapels with Adel, Winterset and Perry. Its chapel seats up to 175, families may witness the cremation, and the home holds an annual Remembrance event.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-515-276-0551
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