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202 funeral homes and crematories in Cook 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.
Licence rows come from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), Funeral Directors and Embalmers Unit; 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.
202 funeral homes and crematories in Cook County
Fourth-generation family-owned Midlothian funeral home, in the former White family residence since 1955. The Hickey family has been in funeral service since 1928 and has chapels in New Lenox and Blue Island.
Morton Grove funeral home founded in 1939 and run by the third generation of its family, in a former mansion moved to its present site in 1946. Three chapels surround its lobby, with a coffee room downstairs, a cafe area on the main level and a private room for choosing urns.
Mt. Prospect funeral home opened in 1958 by a family in funeral service for five generations, since a 1908 founding in Chicago's McKinley Park. Family owned and operated; renovated in 2000 with a large addition that expanded its chapels and hospitality area.
Mt. Prospect funeral chapel, one of three locations with Hankook Funeral Service in Northbrook and River Woods Funeral Chapels in Des Plaines.
Family-owned Niles funeral home, opened in 1992 as the suburban location of a Chicago funeral business in service since 1905. Korean, Jewish and Greek families are served through associate funeral directors.
Niles funeral home the Skaja family built in 1965, part of a family funeral business founded in 1926, with its third generation of funeral directors on staff. Staff speak Polish and Hungarian, and the family also runs Skaja Bachmann Funeral Home in Crystal Lake.
Norridge funeral home founded in August 1985 that has since added chapels and an on-site crematory. Open seven days a week, it can return cremated remains as solidified stones made by Parting Stone.
Norridge Jewish funeral home started in 2006, formerly Lakeshore Jewish Funerals, owned by Westlawn Cemetery and part of the Temple Sholom family. It holds services at Temple Sholom, another synagogue, the chapel in Westlawn's mausoleum or graveside at any cemetery, and its line answers 24 hours a day.
Family-owned North Riverside funeral home that holds one service or visitation at a time, so a family has the whole building. Has a remodeled chapel and a coffee lounge, serves Riverside, Berwyn, Cicero, Forest Park, La Grange, Oak Park and nearby towns, and has a sister home, Johnson-Nosek, in Brookfield.
Northbrook funeral service with three locations, together with Matz Funeral Home in Mount Prospect and River Woods Funeral Chapels in Des Plaines. Available 24 hours.
Northbrook Jewish funeral business that operates no chapels, holding services at graveside, in a synagogue or in the cemetery chapels at Westlawn, New Light and Sunset Memorial Lawns. Its own mortuary lets chevra kadishas perform taharas where no embalming takes place and gives shomers their own room. Opened in 2010; funerals are livestreamed.
Northbrook Jewish funeral service that holds funerals in the family's synagogue, a synagogue in its network or another venue, and makes a donation to the synagogue in memory of the deceased. It can call on a network of professionals for estate planning and grief counseling.
Northlake crematory of Morgan Cremation Services, a cremation provider family owned since 2009 whose own crematorium keeps a body in its care throughout. Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Oak Lawn funeral home opened in 1961, carrying on a Blake-Lamb tradition that began in Chicago in 1880. It has several chapels, the largest seating up to 250, an interfaith chapel, a coffee lounge and a reception space with catering from its own menu.
Oak Lawn cemetery founded in 1927 as Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, with in-ground burial, above-ground entombment, family estates and a veterans section. Its sister funeral home, opened in 1996, has an interfaith chapel and caterers who cook local favorites or family recipes.
Oak Lawn funeral home in operation since 1917 and family-owned and operated, with its own florist, the Country Daisy Flower Shop, which makes casket sprays and other funeral arrangements.
Private crematory of Orland Park's Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, opened in 2011 inside the funeral home and used only for the families the home serves. It cremates for one family at a time, families may inspect it, and cremated remains are most often ready in five days or less.
Family-owned Orland Park funeral home, one of three Lawn Funeral Home locations with Burbank and Tinley Park; the firm was founded in Burbank in 1962 and has served families for three generations. Its Simple Thank You service records guests and prints personalized acknowledgement cards and addressed envelopes.