Family-owned Bangor funeral home, the oldest of its kind in the area, and the main chapel and administrative offices of Brookings-Smith. Its chapel has cherry pews and an organ and seats up to 400, and the firm owns Pine Grove Crematorium, which has a viewing room for families who wish to witness a cremation.

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Bangor arrangement space of the family-owned Brookings-Smith funeral home, 3,400 square feet where families plan a service at the time of need or in advance, with a merchandise showroom. It was designed to be accessible throughout.

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Bangor direct cremation provider for families who want no public or private viewing, rites or ceremonies before cremation, serving four Maine counties, Penobscot and Hancock among them. Arrangements can be completed electronically, and a Maine mortuary trust is available for arranging a cremation in advance.

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Family-owned Bangor funeral and cremation service in a Civil War-era Italianate home whose function rooms have 12- to 14-foot ceilings and marble fireplaces. The Kiley family firm, founded in 1963 and with a second location in Brewer, assists families with veterans' benefits and with burial in the Maine Veterans Memorial Cemetery or Arlington National Cemetery.

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Crematory of Mount Hope Cemetery, a Bangor garden cemetery established in 1834 whose grounds also hold columbaria, a mausoleum and an urn garden. It ships cremated remains by Priority Mail Express.

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Bangor crematory beside Pine Grove Cemetery, operated since 2007 by Brookings-Smith. Its Remembrance Center holds a committal or memorial service for up to 40 people and has a small kitchen, and a viewing room lets a family witness the cremation. Each cremation follows a ten-step identification and tracking process, and the crematory is recorded around the clock on closed-circuit video.

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