19 funeral homes and crematories offering pre-need arrangements in New Castle County, Delaware, 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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19 funeral homes and crematories offering pre-need arrangements in New Castle County
Claymont chapel of Gebhart Funeral Homes, a firm the Gebhart family took over in 1919, in a house built in 1915 as a vacation home and converted to a funeral home in the 1950s. The family bought the chapel in 1972, and the firm's preneed plans moved here when its New Castle building closed to services in 2021.
Delaware City funeral home of Spicer-Mullikin, a family-owned firm tracing to 1906 that has kept a Delaware City location for many years. Holds a green burial certification from 2012 and offers green burial plans with formaldehyde-free care and handmade seagrass caskets.
Hockessin home of the Chandler family firm founded in 1892, opened in 1978 as New Castle County's first crematory owned by a family funeral home. A floor-to-ceiling glass window lights its chapel, and certified celebrants on staff lead memorial services for families with no church or clergy.
Middletown funeral home of Spicer-Mullikin with a newly constructed chapel, one of four New Castle County locations of a family-owned firm tracing to 1906. Arranges aerial scattering of ashes over the ocean or coastline through Cremation Air and has a professional grief specialist on staff.
New Castle home of a family-owned firm founded in 1917 and now led by the fourth generation of the family, which bought its first New Castle property in 1928. It raises funds for non-profit children's organizations through the Matthews Children's Foundation and runs a second home in Wilmington.
New Castle funeral home of Spicer-Mullikin, a family-owned firm tracing to 1906 with four locations in the county. Keeps a horse-drawn hearse built in the 1840s and restored in 1987, and arranges out-of-state services as a TSA-registered known shipper licensed in Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland.
Newark funeral home in a Victorian-era building that carries a Delaware historic marker, in the historic downtown with ample parking. Its firm, serving families since 1903, runs three more homes in Cecil County, Maryland, its own crematory, a reception center in Rising Sun and a monument company.
Newark funeral home of Spicer-Mullikin, a family-owned firm tracing to 1906 with four locations in New Castle County. Has a professional grief specialist on staff and runs aftercare support groups, and streams services online through a local video partner.
Newport funeral home in an early-1900s house that became a funeral home in 1934, with a chapel whose seating is arranged for small services or large gatherings. Its own staff answer the phone day or night, never an answering service or call center.
Wilmington funeral home of Bennie Smith Funeral Home's five Delaware locations, serving families throughout the city, New Castle County and northern Delaware. Its staff includes licensed funeral directors, embalmers and certified crematory operators, with a designated pre-need team.
Wilmington funeral home built around simplified funeral and cremation packages, with an on-site crematory and the on-site Beeson Chapel for services. Serves families in Wilmington and in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Wilmington funeral home founded in 1892 and run by four generations of the Chandler family, with a spacious chapel and foyer. Certified celebrants on staff lead memorial services for families with no church or clergy, and the firm runs its own crematory.
Pike Creek home of Doherty Funeral Homes, a Wilmington family firm founded in 1896, opened in 1974 and laid out to serve one family at a time. It has a private family room, an upstairs lounge, and an on-site cremation center opened in 2025.
The original Wilmington home of Doherty Funeral Homes, a family firm founded in 1896, open on this site since 1954 near the city's churches and cemeteries. The firm arranges scattering at sea in the Atlantic Ocean or the Indian River Bay, with a certificate of the coordinates, date and time.
Wilmington home of a family-owned firm that two brothers founded in 1917 as Krienen Brothers Funeral Home, now led by the fourth generation of the family. It took its present name after buying Griffith Mortuary in Elsmere in 1970, offers licensed preplanning consultants, and runs a second home in New Castle.
Wilmington funeral home, one of two run by a firm founded in 1911 that has its own crematory, where funeral directors who are certified crematory technicians supervise each cremation. Works with celebrants on non-religious services and includes three grief counseling sessions in its service package.
Talleyville funeral home built on a former apple orchard and twice expanded, one of two run by a Wilmington firm founded in 1911 that has its own crematory. Its funeral directors are certified crematory technicians; it works with celebrants on non-religious services and includes three grief counseling sessions in its service package.
Wilmington home of the family-owned Mealey Funeral Homes, founded in 1912 and now in its fifth generation of family leadership, with a second home in Pike Creek. The family has run its own crematory, Family Cremation Services, since 2003.
Pike Creek home of the family-owned Mealey Funeral Homes, opened in 1972 for families who had moved out of Wilmington. Each year it invites the families it served to a memorial service where each life is marked with a Christmas ornament, and the family has run its own crematory since 2003.
