Oskaloosa funeral home founded in 1950 as the Newman Funeral Home in a converted colonial-style residence, renamed Bates Funeral Chapel in 1990 and joined by the former Powers Funeral Home in 1998. Locally owned and operated.

Veterans services

Oskaloosa crematory opened in 2011 on the grounds of the funeral chapel that operates it, a firm that began as a furniture and undertaking business in 1866.

Crematory

Oskaloosa funeral chapel whose firm grew from an undertaking business founded in 1866, with its own crematory, Central Iowa Cremation Services, on the chapel grounds since 2011. Writes insurance-funded prearrangements, keeps a resource library open to anyone, and posts a monthly Bandstand Flag Notice honoring a veteran.

Pre-need arrangements