Funeral Homes in Polk County, Iowa

27 funeral homes and crematories in Polk County, Iowa, 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.

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27 funeral homes and crematories in Polk County

Altoona Funeral Home

105 Fourth Street SW, Altoona, IA 50009

Altoona funeral home of the family-owned Hamilton's, whose history began in 1913; part of Hamilton's since 1976 and fully remodeled in 2012. Families may be present for cremation at Hamilton's own crematory, and staff arrange body donation to Des Moines University or the University of Iowa and transport to or from another state or country.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transport

1-515-967-4272

Ankeny Cremation & Funeral Care

722 S. Ankeny Blvd., Ankeny, IA 50023

Polk County cremation and funeral home run together with Ames Monument & Cremation Center, which operates its own crematory and keeps an indoor selection of cemetery monuments and markers. Green burial services are offered.

Green burial

1-515-964-4433

Ankeny Funeral Home

1510 West First Street, Ankeny, IA 50023

Ankeny funeral home and crematory in a tradition dating back to 1973, with an interfaith chapel and a reception space where catering is served. It serves families from Alleman, Bondurant, Des Moines, Elkhart and Polk City.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-515-964-4674

Ankeny Funeral Home and Crematory

1510 West First Street, Ankeny, IA 50023

Crematory of an Ankeny funeral home whose tradition dates back to 1973. Cremation runs from direct cremation without a memorial service or a witness cremation to a full funeral service before or after.

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1-515-964-4674

Dyamond Memorial

121 SW 3rd Street, Ankeny, IA 50023

Ankeny funeral and cremation home opened in 2012, family-owned and run by its funeral director, with local staff available 24 hours a day, every day of the year. It helps families pre-plan and takes transfers of pre-arrangements made elsewhere.

Pre-need arrangements

1-515-964-7543

Memorial Services Of Iowa, Inc.

4208 N Ankeny Blvd, Ankeny, IA 50021

Locally owned Ankeny funeral home and cemetery serving central Iowa families since 1967, in a facility opened in 2010 on the grounds of Ankeny Memorial Gardens with a waterfall chapel that seats up to 150. The firm also has Story Memorial Gardens cemetery in Ames.

CremationBurialPre-need arrangements

1-515-964-0592

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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