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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

Magner-Maloney Crematory

600 E Stowell Rd, Santa Maria, CA 93454

Magner-Maloney's on-site crematory in Santa Maria serves the funeral home's cremation families, with services ranging from casketed services followed by cremation to memorial services after cremation. The funeral home has served the Santa Maria Valley since 1935.

CrematoryBurialCremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transport

1-805-925-2753

Magner-Maloney Funeral Home And Crematory

600 E Stowell Rd, Santa Maria, CA 93454

In Santa Maria, Magner-Maloney Funeral Home and Crematory arranges burial and cremation services at its own on-site crematory, and arranges transportation from other states and forwarding to other countries. It has served the Santa Maria Valley since 1935.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transport

1-805-925-2753

Beacon Mortuary

616 Alta Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90402

In Santa Monica, Beacon Mortuary serves Los Angeles County and all surrounding communities with burial and cremation packages, from direct cremation to a traditional burial service. It answers calls at any hour and offers pre-planning through an online pre-arrangement form.

CremationBurialPre-need arrangements

1-424-324-9474

City Of Santa Monica Woodlawn Cemetery, Mausoleum & Mortuary

1847 14th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404

In Santa Monica, this cemetery, mausoleum and mortuary is owned and operated by the City of Santa Monica and has served the community for over 100 years. It provides burial and cremation, cemetery property and a section of green-natural burial plots.

BurialCremationGreen burialPre-need arrangements

1-310-458-8717

Farrington Mortuary

1505 9th Street #306, Santa Monica, CA 90401

In Santa Monica, Farrington Mortuary keeps an administrative office open by appointment only and offers cremation, burial and ship outs across Southern California. It arranges natural burials, Muslim burials and Buddhist cremation ceremonies, and it arranges human composting with a facility in Seattle.

Muslim funeralsBuddhist funeralsCremationBurialGreen burial+3

1-800-674-3659

Farewell - Page Funeral Chapel

2014 Arrants Street, Selma, CA 93662

This Selma chapel was started in 1888 and states it is still at the same address; since 2015 it has been in the care of Farewell Funeral Service, which offers cremation through its own crematory and one green burial package. Staff can be reached 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

BurialCremationGreen burialPre-need arrangements

1-559-896-1240

Mcfarlane Mortuary

887 Emerald Bay Road, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

This mortuary on Emerald Bay Road in South Lake Tahoe serves El Dorado County with funeral and memorial services, viewings, receptions and cremation. It can livestream and record funeral services, and families can record arrangements ahead of time through an online advance planning form.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-530-541-3095

Bay Area Cremation Society

2449 Station Drive, Stockton, CA 95215

In Stockton, this Bay Area Cremation Society location provides cremation services and pre-need planning to families throughout San Joaquin County. Spanish-language funeral advisors are available. The Stockton location opened in 2009.

Spanish spokenCremationPre-need arrangements

Cano Funeral Home

2164 E Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, Stockton, CA 95205

In Stockton, this funeral home ships remains to other states and countries and offers funeral pre-planning and funeral insurance plans. It also provides merchandise, including caskets and cremation urns.

Out-of-state and international transportPre-need arrangements

1-209-467-1177

Evans Brown Sun City Mortuary

27010 Encanto Dr, Sun City, CA 92585

This Evans-Brown Mortuary location in Sun City works with families from Menifee, Homeland, Romoland, Nuevo, Winchester, Hemet and San Jacinto.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-951-679-1114

Fink Funeral Home

115 S Lassen St, Susanville, CA 96130

In Susanville, this family-owned funeral home states that its services run from cremation to full burial arrangements. It also provides pre-planning services and burial plans for families in Lassen County.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-530-257-4414

Earth Funeral Group

41877 Enterprise Cir N Ste 200-212, Temecula, CA 92590

In Temecula, Earth Funeral holds this California licence and offers human composting, also called soil transformation, to families in the state. It serves California residents through its facilities in Auburn, WA and Las Vegas, NV, whether the need is immediate or planned ahead, and families choose how much soil is returned.

Human compostingPre-need arrangements

1-877-327-4109

England Family Mortuary, Inc.

27135 Madison Ave, Temecula, CA 92590

In Temecula, this family-owned mortuary has operated since 2007, arranging simple cremations, complete funeral services and pre-planning. It runs its own crematory. Families come from Temecula, Murrieta, Menifee, Wildomar, Lake Elsinore, Winchester, French Valley, Hemet and Fallbrook.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-951-695-8555

Parting Destiny Funeral Home

41877 Enterprise Circle North #200-229, Temecula, CA 92590

In Temecula, Parting Destiny offers burial services, cremation options and pre-planning that can include pre-funded arrangements. The family owned home names backyard send-offs, live streamed ceremonies and eco-conscious burials among what it arranges, and it lists availability 24/7.

BurialCremationGreen burialPre-need arrangements

1-951-760-6859

Aabbey Memorial

3390 Auto Mall Dr Ste 25, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360

This family owned funeral home in Thousand Oaks is available 24 hours a day and serves Ventura, Oxnard, Camarillo, Simi Valley and nearby communities. It takes pre-arrangements, and its stated mission is that no one is turned away for lack of funds.

Pre-need arrangements

1-805-487-4200

Argos Funeral Services

22750 Hawthorne Blvd #230, Torrance, CA 90505

In Torrance, Argos Funeral Services arranges direct cremation through secure e-signed documents and full-body burial at sea in federal waters off the California coast. Spanish is spoken.

Spanish spokenCremationPre-need arrangements

1-424-383-1990

Eversole Mortuary

141 Low Gap Rd, Ukiah, CA 95482

In Ukiah, Eversole Mortuary states it has served the community since 1893 and also serves Willits and Boonville. It offers traditional services in two chapels, has an onsite crematory, and helps families with Veterans Affairs paperwork and pre-planning.

CremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-707-462-2206

Inland Memorial Funeral Care Inc.

219 N. Euclid Avenue, Upland, CA 91786

Family-owned funeral home in Upland arranging funeral, burial, cremation and memorial services, with ship-out and forwarding when a loved one goes to another state or country. The family also owns a crematory that offers witness cremation.

BurialCremationOut-of-state and international transportVeterans servicesPre-need arrangements

1-909-608-7799

Legacy Of Memories Funeral Home

4 N. Central Avenue, Upland, CA 91786

Legacy of Memories is a family owned funeral home at 4 North Central Avenue in Upland. It arranges traditional and direct burials, direct cremation and cremation with a vigil, and coordinates repatriation of remains nationally or internationally, with pre-arrangement planning available.

BurialCremationOut-of-state and international transportPre-need arrangements

1-909-373-5713

Fidelity Cremations Inc

530 Elmira Road, Vacaville, CA 95687

In Vacaville, Fidelity Cremations specializes in direct cremation and serves the Bay Area, listing Solano, Napa, Sonoma, Yolo, Sacramento, Alameda, Contra Costa and San Francisco. The Elmira Road office is open by appointment only.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-844-343-2736
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