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Pre-Need Funeral Arrangements in California

260 funeral homes and crematories offering pre-need arrangements in California, listed by city and county. 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.

All States1593Alabama119Alaska7Arizona23Arkansas114California260Colorado105Connecticut77District of Columbia5Florida365Georgia147Hawaii8Indiana172Iowa151Nevada40
All of California260Alameda County9Amador County1Butte County5Calaveras County1Contra Costa County9El Dorado County4Fresno6Glenn County1Humboldt County3Imperial County3Kern County7Lake County1Lassen County1Los Angeles50Marin County1Mendocino County1Merced1Monterey County4Nevada County1Orange County12Placer County4Plumas County4Riverside17Sacramento13San Benito County2San Bernardino15San Diego16San Francisco2San Joaquin County7San Luis Obispo6San Mateo County10Santa Barbara5Santa Clara County7Santa Cruz4Shasta County3Solano County3Sonoma County2Stanislaus County2Tehama County2Tulare County4Ventura County9Yuba County2
All servicesBurial295Cremation459Green burial26Pre-need arrangements260Veterans services113Out-of-state and international transport126Human composting3Water cremation (aquamation)12
Any faithJewish15Catholic15Christian5Muslim11Buddhist9Hindu6Sikh4Jain1Latter-day Saints2
Any languageSpanish77Vietnamese4Chinese5Korean4Tagalog3Russian1Armenian1Arabic2Persian2German3

Licence rows come from the California Cemetery and Funeral Bureau (Department 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.

260 funeral homes and crematories offering pre-need arrangements in California

Clairemont Mortuary

4266 Mt Abernathy Ave, San Diego, CA 92117

In San Diego, the mortuary has served the community since 1963. It provides funeral, cremation and cemetery arrangements, with live streaming of services and planning ahead.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-858-609-8713

Cortez Cremations & Funeral Services

2169 First Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101

This family-owned establishment in San Diego performs cremations on-site, with its own crematorium in National City where a family may witness the cremation. It also arranges traditional funerals with burial and discusses pre-planning by phone, and Spanish is spoken. It has been family owned since 2015.

Spanish spokenCremationBurialPre-need arrangements

1-619-240-7620

Funerals Your Way

7930 And 7932 Convoy Ct., San Diego, CA 92111

In San Diego, this family-owned funeral home arranges cremation, burial and veteran funerals, and ships remains to Mexico and other countries. It offers funeral services in English and Spanish, arranges pre-need plans, and coordinates natural organic reduction through outside facilities.

Spanish spokenCremationBurialVeterans servicesPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transport

1-619-550-7807

Heirloom Cremation

7709 Convoy Ct Ste E, San Diego, CA 92111

In San Diego, Heirloom Cremation arranges direct cremation without a funeral home visit, with transportation into its care, paperwork and permits filed, and return by local pickup or unattended sea scattering. It serves families in Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Diego, Sacramento, Yolo and Placer Counties and in Arizona, and arrangements can be made online or by phone.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-866-698-6975

Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks & Mortuaries

140 Via Verde Ste 260, San Dimas, CA 91773

In San Dimas, this Forest Lawn location on Via Verde is an Advance Planning Center serving the San Gabriel Valley. Visitors meet a Planning Advisor to plan ahead and learn about memorial property and services.

Pre-need arrangements

1-888-204-3131

Guerra & Gutierrez J.T. Oswald Mortuary

1001 N Maclay Ave, San Fernando, CA 91340

In San Fernando, this family owned mortuary on Maclay Avenue near the 210 arranges burial and cremation, preplanning with prepayment, veterans' benefits and transfers to Mexico. Its facilities include a chapel with visitation and reception areas, one of five family locations in the greater Los Angeles region.

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

1-818-361-6283

Duggans Funeral Service-Duggan Welch Family

3434 17th St, San Francisco, CA 94110

In San Francisco, this family-owned funeral service has served families since 1918 and arranges burial and cremation, in its chapel or off site. It owns its local crematory, assists with VA burial paperwork and handles domestic and international shipping.

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

1-415-431-4900

Earth Funeral

576 Sacramento Street, Floor 3, San Francisco, CA 94111

In San Francisco, this establishment offers human composting, carried out at the operator's Las Vegas facility, for families now or planning for the future. Arrangements can be managed entirely online. Families choose how much soil is returned, and the remainder is donated to conservation projects.

Human compostingPre-need arrangements

1-877-327-4109

Bay Area Cremation Society

2845 Moorpark Ave #111, San Jose, CA 95128

In San Jose, this Bay Area Cremation Society location provides cremation services and pre-need planning to families throughout Santa Clara County. Spanish-language funeral advisors are available. The San Jose location opened in 2004.

Spanish spokenCremationPre-need arrangements

Bay Area Mortuary Services

1701 Little Orchard Street, San Jose, CA 95125

Bay Area Mortuary Services is a family owned and operated funeral home and mortuary on Little Orchard Street in San Jose. It arranges burial and cremation, Buddhist services in its own Buddhist chapel, and mortuary shipping across the United States and abroad, with staff bilingual in English and Spanish.

Buddhist funeralsSpanish spokenBurialCremationOut-of-state and international transportPre-need arrangements

1-408-998-2202

Darling & Fischer Garden Chapel

471 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95112

In San Jose, this funeral home was founded in 1931 and arranges funeral, burial and cremation services, with pre-planning specialists on staff. Vietnamese-speaking staff advise families on funeral arrangements, and staff can come to a family's home to make arrangements.

Vietnamese spokenBurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-408-998-2226

Honor Cremations

586 N 1st Street Ste 101, San Jose, CA 95112

In San Jose, this Honor Cremations office arranges cremation, water cremation and graveside or church burial services for families across Santa Clara County. Arrangements can be made online or by phone, and the team is available 24 hours a day.

CremationBurialPre-need arrangements

1-408-645-5140

Martinez Family Funeral Home

1680 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose, CA 95116

A family-owned and operated funeral home on Alum Rock Avenue in East San Jose, next to the Mexican Heritage Plaza. It arranges cremation, burial and shipping to another state or country; its own chapel holds up to 30 people, with a sister chapel for 300.

CremationBurialOut-of-state and international transportPre-need arrangements

1-408-347-8674

Allen Brothers Mortuary - San Marcos Chapel

435 N Twin Oaks Valley Rd, San Marcos, CA 92069

In San Marcos, this San Diego County chapel arranges burial and cremation, processes the paperwork for burial in any national cemetery, and honors pre-need policies arranged earlier. The site states the San Marcos location is temporarily closed for renovations and that the chapel joined the Alhiser-Comer Mortuary family effective March 3, 2026.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-760-744-4522

Mc Nerneys Mortuary

570 W 5th St, San Pedro, CA 90731

A mortuary on West 5th Street in San Pedro that has served the Harbor area and South Bay communities since 1927. Families can start arrangements or preplan online, and the home states its purpose includes support for all religions, traditions and cultures.

Pre-need arrangements

1-310-832-8351

Cremation Society Of Santa Barbara

1727 State St Ste 20, Santa Barbara, CA 93101

In Santa Barbara, this office arranges simple cremation by phone, fax and e-mail, and also serves Goleta, Carpinteria, Hope Ranch, Summerland, Mission Canyon, Montecito and Isla Vista. It takes pre-planning arrangements and offers scattering of cremated remains by plane or private yacht charter.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-805-258-7700

Beddingfield Funeral Service

800 Scott Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95050

In Santa Clara, this independently owned, family-operated funeral home, established in 2008, serves San Jose, Santa Clara and the Santa Clara Valley. It arranges funerals, burial, cremation and pre-planning, offers worldwide shipping and assists with military benefits.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transportVeterans services

1-408-777-8100

Benito & Azzaro Pacific Gardens Chapel

1050 Cayuga St, Santa Cruz, CA 95062

In Santa Cruz, the chapel offers burial, cremation, funeral and memorial services, green burial, veterans services and pre-need planning. Established in 2000, it occupies a building first built in the 1950s as a greenhouse, with multiple chapels and reception space.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsGreen burialVeterans services

Funeraria Moreno Mortuary

214 N Lincoln St, Santa Maria, CA 93458

A family-owned mortuary in Santa Maria serving Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties. It arranges Catholic funerals, memorial services, graveside ceremonies and cremation, and ships remains to Mexico, handling consulate and health department documents.

Catholic funeralsBurialCremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transport

1-805-614-9335

Lori Family Mortuary

915 E Stowell Rd Ste A, Santa Maria, CA 93455

In Santa Maria, this mortuary arranges funerals, cremations and preplanned arrangements. It also offers burial at sea and the option of planning a memorial at sea.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-805-922-5880
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