Funeral Homes in Essex County, New Jersey

43 funeral homes and crematories in Essex County, New Jersey, 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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Licence rows come from the State Board of Mortuary Science of New Jersey, Division of Consumer Affairs; 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.

43 funeral homes and crematories in Essex County

MEGARO MEMORIAL HOME INC

503 Union Avenue, Belleville, NJ 07109

Belleville funeral home founded in 1900 in Newark's Old First Ward. It has operated from its Belleville home since 1976, and its Newark home closed in 1985.

1-973-759-7600

ZUASOLA FUNERAL HOME OF NEW JERSEY LLC

101 Union Avenue, Belleville, NJ 07109

Filipino family-owned and operated Belleville funeral home, the New Jersey home of Zuasola Funeral Homes, first established in San Pablo City, Laguna, Philippines, in 2001. Two generations of the family work at the Belleville home.

1-973-743-8500

HALPIN-BITECOLA BROOKDALE FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICE, LLC

1284 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ 07003

Bloomfield funeral and cremation service that arranges natural organic reduction (human composting) through partner facilities. A member of the Selected Independent Funeral Homes association since 2022, with onsite parking at the funeral home.

Veterans servicesHuman composting

1-973-338-5900

IZABELA FUNERAL SERVICE, LLC

337 Belleville Avenue, Bloomfield, NJ 07003

Bloomfield funeral service that holds funerals in Polish and ships remains and ashes to Poland and other countries, working with the consulates on transport abroad. Also assists with exhumations and with bringing remains to the United States.

Polish spokenCremationOut-of-state and international transport

1-201-290-2173

LEVANDOSKI-GRILLO FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICE

44 Bay Avenue, Bloomfield, NJ 07003

Bloomfield funeral home founded in 1939, in a building that dates to 1791. Part of Grillo Funeral Services, which also runs Union Funeral Home - Lytwyn & Grillo in Union and arranges services at a partner location in Jersey City.

1-973-743-6969

O'BOYLE FUNERAL HOME

309 Broad St, Bloomfield, NJ 07003

1-973-748-1246

VAN TASSEL FUNERAL HOME

337 Belleville Avenue, Bloomfield, NJ 07003

Bloomfield funeral home established in 1883, the oldest in the town. Serves families in Montclair, Glen Ridge, Newark, Nutley and the Oranges.

1-973-743-1234

CODEY FUNERAL HOME

54 Roseland Avenue, Caldwell, NJ 07006

Caldwell funeral home in a home-like building with parking at the rear, tracing its Essex County roots to the family's first funeral home in Orange in 1911. Its sister home is Codey & Mackey in Boonton.

1-973-226-6696

DANCY FUNERAL HOME, LLC

9 Smull Avenue, Caldwell, NJ 07006

Caldwell funeral home in a colonial building, at its present site since 1950, with a large main viewing room, a smaller room for quieter services and a private parking lot. A certified grief therapy dog attends visitations and services.

BurialCremationGreen burialVeterans servicesOut-of-state and international transportPre-need arrangements

1-973-226-1166

GALANTE FUNERAL HOME

54 Roseland Ave, Caldwell, NJ 07006

Caldwell funeral home of a family firm in funeral service since 1934, with a second home in Union. Every funeral director is a member of the family, both buildings are wheelchair accessible, and terramation is arranged through Return Home in Washington State.

BurialCremationOut-of-state and international transportPre-need arrangementsGreen burialHuman composting

1-973-226-1801

GARRETT JONES MEMORIAL HOMES, LLC

486 Pompton Avenue, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009

Cedar Grove funeral home of Garrett Jones Memorial Homes, which also has a home in Roseland.

J. L. APTER MEMORIAL CHAPELS, INC.

486 Pompton Avenue, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009

Cedar Grove non-profit Jewish chapel with a large chapel seating 200, a small chapel seating 60 and a family room with a working fireplace. Holds one service at a time, serves Reform, Conservative and Orthodox families and streams services on Zoom.

Jewish funeralsPre-need arrangementsGreen burial

1-973-239-4200

SHOOK'S CEDAR GROVE FUNERAL HOME, INC.

486 Pompton Ave, Cedar Grove, NJ 07009

Cedar Grove funeral home filled with original antiques along with fine period paintings and engravings.

1-973-239-1489

ISLAND MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, LLC

49 South Munn Avenue, East Orange, NJ 07018

East Orange funeral home founded to serve West Indian, Caribbean and Hispanic families with simple services that respect their cultural traditions. Services are held in its own gathering chapels, the family's place of worship or another place the family chooses.

1-973-678-5555

JOHN B. HOUSTON FUNERAL HOME

102 Sanford St., East Orange, NJ 07018

East Orange funeral home of a firm serving New York and New Jersey since 1958, with sister homes in Paterson and New York. It keeps its own pallbearers, florist and caterer, and a fleet of hearses and limousines that includes a replica Rolls Royce hearse.

1-973-678-1790

IPPOLITO-STELLATO FUNERAL HOMES INC

7 Two Bridges Road, Fairfield, NJ 07004

Fairfield funeral home opened in 1988 in a remodeled colonial residence that keeps its home-like character as a modern one-level funeral home; a sister firm to the family's Lyndhurst home.

1-973-882-5588

FIRDOUS FUNERAL CHAPEL

579 Grove Street, Irvington, NJ 07111

Irvington funeral home that is Muslim owned and operated and versed in Muslim burial rites, with a sister home in Trenton.

Muslim funeralsBurial

1-973-399-8400

BERNHEIM-APTER-KREITZMAN SUBURBAN FUNERAL CHAPEL

68 Old Short Hills Road, Livingston, NJ 07039

Livingston Jewish funeral chapel whose history runs back to a Newark firm founded in 1880, in a building erected in 2001. Has a tahara room and a shomer available, a large-capacity chapel and a large reception area, black car service, and arranges services at its chapel, a synagogue or a cemetery.

Jewish funerals

1-973-422-0600

LA MONICA MEMORIAL HOME

145 E. Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039

Livingston funeral home founded in Bloomfield in 1959 that opened its Livingston location in 2005, sharing facilities with the Quinn-Hopping Funeral Home as a separate business. Has a recently renovated chapel, offers monument and inscription services and scattering assistance, produces tribute videos, hosts catered events and completes funeral planning by phone or email with electronic signature.

1-973-992-5581

QUINN HOPPING FUNERAL HOME

145 East Mount Pleasant Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039

Livingston funeral home whose origins go back to the Hopping Funeral Home, opened in 1945. Has a chapel that can host religious events, offers monument and inscription services and scattering assistance, produces tribute videos, hosts catered events, and completes funeral planning by phone or email with electronic signature, without a visit.

1-973-992-1414

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Death Certificates and the Medical Examiner in Essex County

Vital Records Office Record

New Jersey Department of Health - Office of Vital Statistics and Registry

Essex County · State vital records office

Phone

1-877-622-7549

Hours

Monday-Friday 8:30 AM-4:00 PM (except state holidays)

Office

140 East Front Street, Trenton, NJ 08608

Website

Vital records page →

Certified copies

From the Local Registrar of the town or city where the death occurred, or from New Jersey Department of Health - Office of Vital Statistics and Registry

Certified copy fee

$25 first copy, $2 each additional

Full death certificate details →

Verified October 15, 2026 · Source

Coroner or Medical Examiner Record