Lakeville location of the locally owned and operated Palmer Funeral Homes, whose own employees perform every cremation at the firm's facility at Southlawn Cemetery. The firm helps families with veteran, Social Security, insurance and Medicaid filings.

CremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

Mishawaka chapel, one of nine Palmer Funeral Homes locations, bought by Palmer in 2020. Palmer runs its own cremation facility at Southlawn Cemetery, where its employees perform each cremation individually, and helps families with veteran, Social Security, insurance and Medicaid filings.

CremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

Family-owned Mishawaka funeral home in St. Joseph County, the former De Vos Funeral Home opened in 1937 and under its present owners since 1976. Its pre-planning options include a joint plan for a husband and wife.

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Mishawaka funeral home founded in 1926 as the Thallemer Funeral Home, serving Mishawaka, South Bend, Granger, Osceola and the Michiana area. Remodeled in 2002 so the building has no steps at the entrance, it has a banquet room seating over 50 people.

New Carlisle funeral home in a historic house built in the 1800s, twenty minutes from South Bend. The family-owned firm, in its fifth generation, also has a South Bend home, secures the government benefits veterans are entitled to, and through its Kara Program donates all services to parents who lose a pre-term or stillborn child.

Veterans services

North Liberty chapel of Palmer Funeral Homes, which acquired the Manuel Funeral Home in North Liberty in 2012; Palmer employees perform every cremation at the firm's own facility at Southlawn Cemetery. The firm helps families with veteran, Social Security, insurance and Medicaid filings.

CremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services