Funeral Homes in Rensselaer County, New York

24 funeral homes and crematories in Rensselaer County, New York, 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 NYS Department of Health, Bureau of Funeral Directing; 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.

24 funeral homes and crematories in Rensselaer County

SIMMONS FUNERAL HOME LLC

649 WASHINGTON AVE, Albany, NY 12206

Rensselaer County funeral home in Troy, opened in 2018 by a father and son who are both licensed funeral directors. Its staff files and applies for the benefits a veteran is entitled to on the family's behalf, burial in a VA cemetery such as Saratoga National among them.

Veterans servicesPre-need arrangements

1-518-326-3887

PERRY-KOMDAT FUNERAL CHAPEL INC

2691 NY 43, Averill Park, NY 12018

Averill Park funeral chapel in a former Methodist church, where the original tin ceilings, plaster walls, stained glass windows and pews remain. It serves the towns of Sand Lake and Poestenkill, has served the community for over 70 years, and has carried services by Skype to family overseas.

BurialCremation

1-518-674-3100

CASTLETON FUNERAL HOME LLC

59 SEAMEN AVE, Castleton-on-Hudson, NY 12033

Castleton-on-Hudson funeral home that was the Ray Funeral Service until two of its licensed funeral directors bought it in 2021.

1-518-732-7663

MAHAR FUNERAL HOME

43 MAIN ST, Hoosick Falls, NY 12090

Hoosick Falls funeral home serving the nearby communities of Buskirk, Eagle Bridge, Petersburgh, Berlin, Cambridge and White Creek.

1-518-686-5123

THOMAS P MOONEY FUNERAL HOME LLC

11 ELM ST, Nassau, NY 12123

Nassau funeral home, formerly the LeClair Chapel, run by one family since 1976 in a building that had long been a funeral home. For a natural burial it offers environmentally safe embalming, burial shrouds and biodegradable wicker caskets, and it holds a wake and funeral on a single day.

Green burial

1-518-766-3828

THOMAS M BARBER FUNERAL HOME

ARMSBY RD PO BOX 361, Petersburg, NY 12138

Petersburg funeral home acquired in 1995 by Parker Bros. Memorial Funeral Home of Watervliet, one of the five homes that firm lists and one of its two in Rensselaer County.

1-518-658-3751

W J LYONS JR FUNERAL HOME INC

1700 WASHINGTON AVE, Rensselaer, NY 12144

Rensselaer funeral home founded in 1950 and in its present handicap-accessible building since 1967, with two large chapels and ample parking. It serves East and North Greenbush and much of the Capital District.

Cremation

1-518-286-3400

WM J ROCKEFELLER FUNERAL HOME INC

165 COLUMBIA TPKE, Rensselaer, NY 12144

Rensselaer funeral home founded in 1867 as the Griffin Undertakers in Greenbush and now in Clinton Heights, run by its owner and his two sons, both licensed funeral directors. It customizes memorial DVDs, plaques and cards, engraves and embroiders merchandise, and conducts religious and non-religious services.

1-518-449-7047

CHASE-SMITH FAMILY FUNERAL HOMES

173 MAIN ST PO BOX 37, Schaghticoke, NY 12154

Schaghticoke funeral home, one of the three Chase-Smith Family Funeral Homes, with the other two in Mechanicville and Stillwater.

1-518-753-4511

HALL & HIGGINS FUNERAL HOME

457 NY 43, Stephentown, NY 12168

Stephentown funeral home acquired in 1995 by Parker Bros. Memorial Funeral Home, a Watervliet firm founded in 1881 whose family of five funeral homes includes two in Rensselaer County.

1-518-733-5362

BOCKETTI FUNERAL HOME

336 THIRD ST, Troy, NY 12180

Troy funeral home that shares its address with the William Leahy Funeral Home, which lists the Bocketti line at the head of its pages.

1-518-274-4710

BRYCE FUNERAL HOME INC

276 PAWLING AVE, Troy, NY 12180

Troy funeral home founded in 1917 and run by the third and fourth generations of its founding family, in an Austrian-styled manor house with oak woodwork, stained glass windows and fireplaces. It accepts pre-arrangements made with other funeral homes, and its sister home is DeGraaf-Bryce in West Sand Lake.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-518-272-7281

FRANK P MCDONALD AND SON FUNERAL HOME

870 SECOND AVE, Troy, NY 12182

Troy funeral home whose staff of licensed funeral directors can be reached at any time, day or night.

1-518-235-4741

HOWARD B TATE & SON FUNERAL HOME INC

2237 NY 7, Troy, NY 12180

Troy funeral home in business since 1917 and in its present building since 1921, a family business now in its third generation of ownership. It is a member of the National Funeral Directors Association and the New York State and Capital District funeral directors associations.

1-518-663-8210

JOHN J SANVIDGE FUNERAL HOME INC

565 4TH AVE, Troy, NY 12182

Troy funeral home, one of the Sanvidge Funeral Home Family's four locations. Families of a nurse, active or retired, can request a Capital Region Nurses Honor Guard tribute through the home.

1-518-235-0952

MCLOUGHLIN & MASON FUNERAL HOME

8 109TH ST, Troy, NY 12182

Troy funeral home formed in 1997 when two of the city's oldest family firms, founded in 1861 and 1907, merged, in a Lansingburgh building raised in 1953. It provides bereavement counseling and aftercare to the families it serves.

1-518-235-1722

MORRIS-STEBBINS-MINER & SANVIDGE FUNERAL HOME

312 HOOSICK ST, Troy, NY 12180

Troy funeral home, one of the four locations of the Sanvidge Funeral Home Family. Families of a nurse, active or retired, can request a Capital Region Nurses Honor Guard tribute through the home.

1-518-272-3930

RIVERVIEW FUNERAL HOME INC

218 SECOND AVE, Troy, NY 12180

Troy funeral home in a colonial house on the banks of the Hudson River in North Troy, established there in 1963, with roots in a Troy undertaking firm founded in 1897. Its founder was one of the first women funeral directors in the state.

1-518-235-5610

SIMPLE CHOICES INC

218 SECOND AVE, Troy, NY 12180

Troy cremation service started by a funeral director licensed since 1975, with a resident comfort cat that greets families and restful gardens on its grounds. It helps families plan a water cremation in advance.

CremationWater cremation (aquamation)

1-518-435-8030

WHITE-SANVIDGE FUNERAL HOME

58 LEVERSEE RD, Troy, NY 12182

Troy funeral home, one of the four funeral homes of the Sanvidge Funeral Home Family.

1-518-235-8997

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Death Certificates and the Medical Examiner in Rensselaer County

Vital Records Office Record

New York State Department of Health - Vital Records Section

Rensselaer County · State vital records office

Phone

1-855-322-1022

vr@health.ny.gov

Website

Vital records page →

Certified copies

From the Registrar of Vital Statistics of the town or city where the death occurred, or from New York State Department of Health - Vital Records Section

Certified copy fee

$30 per copy

Full death certificate details →

Verified October 15, 2026 · Source

Coroner or Medical Examiner Record