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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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All of Essex County43Belleville2Bloomfield5Caldwell3Cedar Grove3East Orange2Fairfield1Irvington1Livingston3Maplewood1Montclair3Newark9Nutley3Orange2Roseland2South Orange1Verona1West Orange1
All servicesBurial6Cremation6Green burial4Pre-need arrangements8Veterans services5Out-of-state and international transport4Human composting2
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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

THE JACOB A HOLLE FUNERAL HOME

2122 Millburn Ave, Maplewood, NJ 07040

Maplewood funeral home in a building erected in 1937, run by a family in funeral service in Essex County since 1851 and now in its fifth generation. The family also runs Preston Funeral Home in South Orange, acquired in 2003.

1-973-762-2200

CAGGIANO MEMORIAL HOME FOR FUNERALS

62 Grove St, Montclair, NJ 07042

1-973-744-6667

HUGH M MORIARTY FUNERAL HOME INC

76 Park St, Montclair, NJ 07042

Montclair funeral home opened by the family that still operates it, partnering with the Arbor Day Foundation to plant memorial trees in honor of those it serves.

1-973-744-4346

MARTIN'S HOME FOR SERVICE INC

48 Elm Street, Montclair, NJ 07042

Montclair funeral home serving families since 1950 under its motto, Quality With Dignity.

1-973-746-2158

ALVAREZ FUNERAL HOME, INC

240 Mount Prospect Avenue, Newark, NJ 07104

Newark funeral home serving the city since 2001, with staff available around the clock. Its second location is Alvarez Memorial Home in Kearny, the former Condon Funeral Home.

Spanish spokenPortuguese spoken

1-973-483-7000

BRENT SMALLWOOD FUNERAL SERVICE LLC

736 Clinton Avenue, Newark, NJ 07108

Newark funeral service that also serves Hackensack and Bergen County, with arrangements made in the family's home or at a convenient local location.

BurialCremation

1-201-207-9029

BUYUS FUNERAL HOME INC

426 Lafayette St, Newark, NJ 07105

Newark funeral home in the Ironbound section, acquired in 1963 by the family that runs it today; under its earlier owners it served mainly the Lithuanian community. Rucki-Bernauer Funeral Home operates from the same building, its sister home is Shaw-Buyus Home for Services in Kearny, and its facilities are handicap accessible.

Portuguese spokenSpanish spoken

1-973-344-5172

COTTON FUNERAL SERVICE, INC.

1025 Bergen Street, Newark, NJ 07112

Newark funeral home of Cotton Funeral Service, with sister homes in the City of Orange and Jersey City.

1-973-926-6400

EVANS-GORDON FUNERAL HOME, LLC

736 Clinton Avenue, Newark, NJ 07108

Newark funeral home, one of the newer funeral homes in the city, in Newark since 2012.

1-973-399-3900

ISLAMIC BURIAL SERVICES, LLC

279 Roseville Avenue, Newark, NJ 07107

Newark Muslim funeral home specializing in Janazah, with same-day burial when possible and no cremation; its staff of Muslim men and women perform the ritual wash and shroud. A funeral director will come to the family's home to make arrangements, and the home has held workshops on Islamic burial rites since 1994.

Muslim funeralsBurialPre-need arrangements

1-973-484-1494

PERRY FUNERAL HOME INC

34 Mercer St, Newark, NJ 07103

Newark funeral home serving the Greater Newark community since 1958. Its building is set among rock gardens and birch trees, with a paved parking lot.

Muslim funerals

1-973-824-9201

VILLA AMERICAS FUNERAL HOME

279 Roseville Avenue, Newark, NJ 07107

Newark funeral home, also known as Funeraria Las Americas, with chapels, a hospitality room and a garden. It helps families file for Social Security, life insurance and Human Resources Administration death benefits, and will make arrangements at the family's home on request.

Pre-need arrangementsVeterans servicesOut-of-state and international transport

1-973-483-4255

WHIGHAM FUNERAL HOME

580 Martin Luther King Blvd, Newark, NJ 07102

Newark funeral home serving Essex County, established in 1946 and in its present building since 1967.

1-973-622-6872

BIONDI FUNERAL HOME

540 Franklin Ave., Nutley, NJ 07110

Nutley funeral home, fourth generation and family owned, founded in the Ironbound section of Newark in 1941 and at its Nutley home since 1968.

1-973-661-2800

HACKENSACK MERIDAN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, A NJ NONPROFIT CORPORATION

123 Metro Boulevard, Nutley, NJ 07110

Nutley medical school's anatomical (body) donation program, which uses donations to teach medical and other healthcare students and for research. A licensed funeral director it employs arranges each transfer, and after study the remains are cremated and returned to the family or scattered.

1-551-497-1375

S W BROWN & SON FUNERAL HOME INC

267 Centre St, Nutley, NJ 07110

Nutley funeral home opened in 1950 and passed down through three generations of one family. It is not affiliated with any corporation that operates a large number of funeral homes.

1-973-667-0875

COTTON FUNERAL SERVICE INC

130 Main St, Orange, NJ 07050

Orange funeral home that is the corporate office of Cotton Funeral Service, with sister funeral homes in Newark and Jersey City.

1-973-675-6400

WOODY HOME FOR SERVICES

163 Oakwood Ave, Orange, NJ 07050

Orange funeral home founded in 1913 by the first woman funeral director licensed in New Jersey. A 1972 addition gave it a chapel and lounge, and it offers a rental casket so a family can hold a viewing before cremation.

CremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-973-674-0814

FARMER FUNERAL HOME LLC

45 Roseland Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068

1-973-226-1111

GARRETT JONES MEMORIAL HOMES, LLC

45 Roseland Avenue, Roseland, NJ 07068

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

1-973-228-7925
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