Auburn funeral home with a second location in Waterloo, where families can set up an Irrevocable Funeral Trust or transfer a plan made at another funeral home. Its advance planning advisor meets families at either location or in their own home.

Pre-need arrangements

Family-owned Auburn funeral home tracing its roots to a funeral business opened in 1904, at its present location since 1924, with a chapel that seats 250 people.

Locally owned Garrett funeral home, opened on October 1, 1998, after families in the area asked for local ownership back in town. Its one-level, handicap-accessible building has two viewing areas, a children's room and a family lounge.

Spencerville funeral home in DeKalb County, begun in 1920 as Walter Funeral Home by two licensed funeral directors and embalmers, and under its present owners since 1988.