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Funeral Homes in Iowa

407 funeral homes and crematories in Iowa, listed by city and county. 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.

All States4383Alabama407Alaska23Arizona57Arkansas339California651Colorado176Connecticut246District of Columbia19Florida710Georgia599Hawaii23Indiana639Iowa407Nevada87
All of Iowa407Adair County3Adams County1Allamakee County2Appanoose County2Audubon2Benton County6Black Hawk County9Boone4Bremer County5Buchanan County7Butler County7Calhoun County3Carroll4Cass County5Cedar County4Cerro Gordo County9Cherokee4Chickasaw County3Clarke County1Clay County4Clayton County5Clinton9Crawford County1Dallas County7Davis County1Decatur County1Delaware County4Des Moines County1Dickinson County5Dubuque13Fayette County8Floyd County4Franklin County3Fremont County4Greene County2Grundy County5Guthrie County3Hamilton County5Hancock County1Hardin County6Harrison County4Henry County5Howard County3Humboldt County4Ida County3Iowa County4Jackson County3Jasper County5Jefferson County3Johnson County5Jones County1Keokuk County4Kossuth County7Linn County15Lucas County2Lyon County1Madison County3Mahaska County4Marion County6Marshall County4Mills County2Mitchell County1Monona County3Monroe County4Montgomery County2Muscatine3O'Brien County2Osceola County1Page County5Palo Alto County4Plymouth County5Polk County27Pottawattamie County8Poweshiek County4Sac County5Scott County6Shelby County1Sioux County8Story County8Tama County4Union County1Van Buren County2Wapello County4Warren County6Washington4Wayne County1Webster County5Winnebago County3Winneshiek County2Woodbury County9Worth County2Wright County2
All of IowaFort Madison2Keokuk1West Point1
All servicesBurial74Cremation183Green burial5Pre-need arrangements151Veterans services50Out-of-state and international transport30Home funeral support2
Any faithJewish1
Any languageSpanish4

Licence rows come from the Iowa Board of Mortuary Science, Department of Inspections, Appeals, & Licensing (DIAL); 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.

407 funeral homes and crematories in Iowa

Helms Funeral Home

306 East Water Street, Decorah, IA 52101

Independently owned Decorah funeral home with sister locations in Spillville, Calmar and Fort Atkinson. The Decorah building is handicap accessible, with a parking lot and a basement for lunches and a children's play area during visitation. Pre-planning consultations, including Title 19 (Medicaid) planning, are held at any of its chapels or at home.

Pre-need arrangements

1-563-382-8651

Pauley Jones and Pfannebecker Funeral Home

1425 Broadway, Denison, IA 51442

Denison funeral home, one of three locations of one firm with its other homes in Avoca and Harlan.

1-712-263-4151

Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home Inc

110 S. State Street, Denver, IA 50622

Denver funeral home of a four-home firm founded in 1901, with sister homes in Waverly, Shell Rock and Readlyn. Its chapel seats up to 80 for a service, and its north end serves as a second visitation room or joins the south end for a large visitation. Pre-arranged and pre-financed funerals since the 1940s.

BurialCremationOut-of-state and international transportPre-need arrangements

1-319-984-5379

Des Moines Cremation

2121 Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50312

Des Moines cremation provider with its own crematory, operated by its licensed staff. It keeps no rooms for visitations or services; families make arrangements online or at its arrangement office, and it takes deaths in Polk, Dallas, Warren, Story and Boone counties.

CremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-515-331-6538

Dunn's Crematory

2121 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50312

Des Moines crematory of family-owned Iles Funeral Homes, housed at its Dunn's Chapel and operated only by licensed funeral directors. A second staff member reviews every cremation's documentation before it begins, and the body stays in Iles' custody until the cremated remains are returned.

CrematoryCremation

Dunn's Funeral Home

2121 Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50312

Des Moines funeral home established in 1913, now the Dunn's Chapel of family-owned Iles Funeral Homes, with the Iles crematory in the same building. Its chapel and two-story atrium hold 200+ people, with private family rooms, light refreshments in the atrium, and live streaming and recording of services.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-515-244-2121

Hamiltons Crematory

121 NW 60th Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50313

Crematory of the family-owned Hamilton's, inside its Des Moines funeral home near Highland Memory Gardens, where the first crematory was built in 1987 and two more were installed in 2013. Families may be present for all or part of a cremation, and each person is cremated individually.

CrematoryCremation

1-515-289-2442

Hamiltons Funeral Home

605 Lyon Street, Des Moines, IA 50309

Des Moines funeral home where the family-owned Hamilton's began in 1913, newly remodeled inside. Its upper-level community room, reached by elevator, hosts memorial receptions and luncheons, and the building also holds Hamilton's administrative and advanced planning offices.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transport

1-515-243-5221

Hamiltons Near Highland Memory Gardens

121 NW 60th Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50313

Des Moines funeral home built in 1987 by the family-owned Hamilton's, with the firm's crematory in the building, where families may be present for all or part of a cremation. A Family Services Center on the lower level hosts gatherings and meals before or after a service.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transport

1-515-289-2442

Henderson's Funeral & Cremation Care

3500 Sixth Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50313

Family-owned Des Moines funeral home providing cremation across all 99 Iowa counties. Ceremonies are held in its chapel or a place of worship, Monday through Saturday, with visitation the same day or the evening before, and arrangements can be started online.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-515-309-6550

Iles Grandview Park Funeral Home

3211 Hubbell Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50317

East Des Moines funeral home opened in 1970 and family owned and operated again since 1988 as part of Iles Funeral Homes. The chapel seats up to 200, a lower-level reception room for about 65 guests has a full kitchen, and services can be live streamed and recorded with video tributes. Collects worn American flags for a formal retirement ceremony.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-515-265-1652

Merle Hay Funeral Home

4400 Merle Hay Rd, Des Moines, IA 50310

Locally owned Des Moines funeral home with its own crematory and mausoleum, beside the Chapel Hill Gardens cemetery. Its chapel seats 175 and hosts luncheons after services and farewell receptions with wine, beer and hors d'oeuvres.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-515-278-4633

Merle Hay Funeral Home Crematory

4400 Merle Hay Rd, Des Moines, IA 50310

On-site crematory of a locally owned Des Moines funeral home whose on-site services also include a mausoleum and cremation niches, beside the Chapel Hill Gardens cemetery.

CrematoryCremation

1-515-278-4633

Ouellette Funeral & Cremation Care

2011 SE 6th St., Des Moines, IA 50315

Des Moines funeral and cremation home serving families in Ankeny, Alleman, Bondurant, Elkhart and Polk City.

1-515-249-6867

Simplify Iowa, LLC

4821 SW 9th Street, Des Moines, IA 50315

Des Moines cremation and funeral provider with its own crematories, a multi-step tracking system through cremation, and witness cremation; arrangements can be made online or at the facility, for families in Polk, Dallas, Warren and twenty more central Iowa counties.

CremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-515-207-3244

Southtown Funeral Home

5400 SW 9th Street, Des Moines, IA 50315

South side Des Moines funeral home of the family-owned Hamilton's, which bought it in 1979 and remodeled and enlarged it in 2022, with a community reception room and space for visitations, funerals and memorial services.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transport

1-515-285-3911

Sunset Memorial Chapel

7601 Fleur Dr, Des Moines, IA 50321

Des Moines funeral home with a chapel built in 2021 at the forty-acre Sunset Memorial Gardens cemetery, locally owned since 2020, so visitations, services, luncheons and graveside burials can be held on one site. The cemetery offers ground burial, niches, mausoleum space and memorial trees.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-515-285-4600

The Cremation Society Of Iowa

2135 SW 9th St, Des Moines, IA 50315

Des Moines cremation society serving the area for over 30 years, with cremation at its own licensed crematory and an hour of private family viewing before cremation. Arrangements can be made in person or electronically and by phone, within 60 miles of Des Moines.

Spanish spokenCremationPre-need arrangements

1-515-277-8700

Westover Funeral Home

6337 Hickman Road, Des Moines, IA 50322

Des Moines chapel of the family-owned Iles Funeral Homes, its first, established in 1960, with two chapels (the main one seats 180 to 200), a reception room for sit-down meals of up to 60, private family rooms and a children's play area. Services can be live streamed and recorded.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-515-276-4567

Ackerman Funeral Directors & Cremation Service

212 10th Circle, DeWitt, IA 52742

De Witt funeral home and cremation service that posts obituaries with email updates when new ones go up and offers families a year of weekly grief support messages.

1-563-659-8574
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