Funeral Homes in Kent County, Delaware

15 funeral homes and crematories in Kent County, Delaware, 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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15 funeral homes and crematories in Kent County

BENNIE SMITH FUNERAL HOME

717 W Division Street, Dover, DE 19904

Dover funeral home, the main location of Bennie Smith Funeral Home's five Delaware locations, serving Kent County and central Delaware. Its staff includes licensed funeral directors, embalmers and certified crematory operators, with a designated pre-need team.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-302-678-8747

Michael J Ambruso Funeral Director

1175 South State Street, Dover, DE 19901

Dover funeral home opened in 1969, a civilian contract funeral service for the Dover Air Force Base Mortuary since 1971 that has cared for more than 3,000 deceased military personnel and dependents. Its clients include the Department of Defense and clergy of the Wilmington Diocese.

1-302-734-2281

Torbert Funeral Chapel, Inc

61 S. Bradford St., Dover, DE 19904

Downtown Dover funeral home of the Torbert family, serving from this site since 1919, with a chapel added in 1955 that seats about 120. Four generations of the family have run the firm, which founded its own Capitol Crematory Service in 1989.

Cremation

1-302-734-3341

Torbert Funeral Chapel, Inc

1145 E. Lebanon Rd., Dover, DE 19901

South Dover branch chapel of the Torbert family firm, opened in November 1999, seating 250 with a large on-site parking lot. The family has served Dover since 1918 and founded its own Capitol Crematory Service in 1989.

Cremation

1-302-734-3341

Trader Funeral Home Inc

12 Lotus St, Dover, DE 19901

Dover funeral home founded in 1953 by the Trader family and run by the founders' two sons, in its present building since 1955. Its chapel seats over 120, and it has a casket showroom.

1-302-734-4620

Berry-Short Funeral Home - Felton

217 E. Main Street, Felton, DE 19943

Felton funeral home in operation since the early 1900s and renovated throughout after its 1998 purchase, serving Felton, Harrington, Viola and Frederica. One of four chapels of Berry-Short Funeral Homes and Short Funeral Services.

1-302-284-4548

McKnatt, Carpenter & Baker Funeral Home

50 Commerce Street, Harrington, DE 19952

Harrington funeral home founded in 1887 and on its present site since 1930, with a main chapel, an arrangements room that serves as a second chapel, and a dining room for added seating. It shares its owners with Lofland Funeral Home in Milford.

1-302-398-3228

Thomas E Melvin & Son Funeral Home

15522 S Dupont Hwy, Harrington, DE 19952

Harrington funeral home with a certified funeral celebrant on staff to lead services where no clergy is chosen. It places a brass plate on its In Memory Board for each person it serves, makes tribute DVDs, and designs custom granite monuments with laser etching.

Bennie Smith Funeral Home - Milford

274 N Rehoboth Boulevard, Milford, DE 19963

Milford funeral home of Bennie Smith Funeral Home's five Delaware locations, near the Kent and Sussex county line and serving families from both counties and across central and southern Delaware. Its staff includes licensed funeral directors, embalmers and certified crematory operators, with a designated pre-need team.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-302-422-5955

Berry-Short Funeral Home - Milford

119 N.W. Front Street, Milford, DE 19963

Milford funeral home built in 1952 with plenty of room and ample parking, serving Milford, Harrington, Bowers, Frederica, Slaughter Neck, Lincoln and Ellendale. One of four chapels of Berry-Short Funeral Homes and Short Funeral Services.

1-302-422-8091

McPherson Funeral & Cremation Services, Inc.

309 North Street, Milford, DE

Milford funeral home of a firm operating as McPherson Funeral Service since 2010 with a second home in Laurel, serving families in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and the District of Columbia.

1-302-422-9441

Faries Funeral Home

29 S. Main St., Smyrna, DE 19977

Smyrna funeral home established in 1831, with a renovated chapel seating more than 250 and two large stained glass windows. A 2,100-square-foot reception hall on site seats up to 100, the firm runs its own crematorium, and it offers human composting through an affiliate program with Recompose.

CremationPre-need arrangementsHuman composting

1-302-653-8816

Faries Funeral Home

29 S. Main St., Smyrna, DE 19977

Smyrna crematorium owned by Faries Funeral Home, a firm established in 1831, so its cremations need no outside crematory and its own staff oversee each one. A cremation can follow a traditional viewing and funeral, come before a visitation and memorial service, or be direct.

CrematoryCremation

1-302-653-8816

Matthews-Bryson Funeral Home and Cremation Services

123 West Commerce Street, Smyrna, DE 19977

Smyrna funeral home founded in 1922, in the Benson-Hoffecker House, an 1829 late Federal style house on the National Historic Register, with a 1996 addition seating over 200 and a chapel lit by a restored stained-glass window from an area church. It offers valet parking and serves families from Clayton, Dover, Middletown, Townsend and Delaware City.

Veterans services

1-302-653-2900

Pippin Funeral Home, Inc.

119 W Camden Wyoming Ave, Wyoming, DE 19934

Wyoming, Delaware funeral home founded in 1975 in the former Emerson Home, furnished with period pieces and antiques, with its own crematorium since 2004. Its chapel suits a small private gathering or a group of several hundred, and it offers monuments and memorials.

Cremation

1-302-697-7002