Family-owned Aurora mortuary founded in 1902 by a Luxembourg immigrant, with five generations of the founding family in its history. Has bilingual staff for Spanish-speaking families, makes arrangements by phone or email for families in another state, and serves North Aurora, Montgomery, Batavia and Oswego.

Catholic funeralsSpanish spokenBurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

Fifth-generation family-owned Aurora funeral home whose roots date to 1891, in a Prairie School chapel completed in 1928 as one of the first buildings in the United States designed as a funeral home; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Visitations and services can be livestreamed, including those at a church or graveside.

Spanish spoken

Elburn funeral home serving families for four generations, in a former family residence with a children's center, kitchen and family room on its lower level. A child bereavement specialist and a full-time therapist are on staff, and the Conley family founded Conley Outreach, a nonprofit grief counseling service, in 1983.

BurialCremationOut-of-state and international transportPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

Locally family-owned Elgin funeral home founded in 1980, one of four Laird family locations with a West Dundee home and the two Wait Ross Allanson homes in Elgin and Algonquin. Serves families across the Fox Valley and forwards remains to, and receives them from, funeral homes in other states or abroad.

CremationOut-of-state and international transport

Elgin funeral home in an 1880s Chateauesque and Romanesque mansion, a funeral home since 1938, that holds one service at a time for gatherings of a handful to over 200. Its funeral director is also an attorney who assists with estate matters such as probate and wills.

Burial

Elgin funeral home founded downtown in 1921 as Marsh & Conn Funeral Home and carried on by its current owners since 2013. Families may witness the cremation, and the home ships remains abroad, including to Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala. It runs Operation LOVE, which holds community funerals for unclaimed veterans.

BurialCremationGreen burialOut-of-state and international transportVeterans servicesPre-need arrangements