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Pre-Need Funeral Arrangements in Illinois

196 funeral homes and crematories offering pre-need arrangements in Illinois, 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 States2684Alabama119Alaska7Arizona23Arkansas114California260Colorado105Connecticut77Delaware33District of Columbia5Florida365Georgia147Hawaii8Idaho44Illinois196Indiana172Iowa151Kansas101Kentucky95Nevada40New Jersey168New York454
All of Illinois196Adams County1Boone County1Brown County1Bureau County2Carroll County1Champaign County3Clay County1Coles County2Cook County45Crawford County1DuPage County10Effingham1Fayette County1Ford County1Franklin County1Fulton County1Henry County1Jackson County1Jo Daviess County2Kane County8Kankakee4Kendall County2Lake County12LaSalle County4Lee County1Logan County2Macon County2Macoupin County1Madison County3Marion County2McDonough County1McHenry County8McLean County12Mercer County1Moultrie County1Ogle County1Perry County3Pulaski County1Randolph County1Richland County1Rock Island6Saline County1Sangamon County1Schuyler County1St. Clair County6Stephenson County3Tazewell County2Vermilion County4Wabash County1White County1Whiteside County2Will County8Williamson County2Winnebago County8Woodford County2
All servicesBurial158Cremation320Green burial26Pre-need arrangements196Veterans services70Out-of-state and international transport30Human composting1Water cremation (aquamation)16Home funeral support1
Any faithJewish12Catholic6Orthodox Christian8Muslim2Hindu4
Any languageSpanish36Vietnamese1Korean1Russian4Polish9

Licence rows come from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR), Funeral Directors and Embalmers Unit; 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.

196 funeral homes and crematories offering pre-need arrangements in Illinois

Clancy-Gernon Funeral Homes

295 Main Street Northwest, Bourbonnais, IL 60914

Bourbonnais funeral home opened in 1986, one of four Clancy-Gernon Funeral Homes in Kankakee County alongside Kankakee, Manteno and St. Anne. The business traces to a Kankakee funeral business begun in 1915.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-815-932-1214

Hitzeman Funeral Home, Ltd.

9445 West 31st Street, Brookfield, IL 60513

Brookfield funeral home run by the Hitzeman family for five generations since its founding in Chicago in 1904; its Brookfield building opened in 1963 and was renovated in 2009 with a new chapel and a full selection room. Its chapels sit on one ADA-compliant floor with parking for 100 cars in procession, and it guides families planning a green burial.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsGreen burial

1-708-485-2000

Chicago Jewish Funerals, Ltd.

195 North Buffalo Grove Road, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089

Buffalo Grove chapel of an independent Jewish funeral firm founded in 1997, with two chapels seating 250 and 80, each with a private family room, and a video feed that screens a service from one chapel to the other and to the lobby. Families may hold shiva at the chapel, and the firm keeps a database of unused graves for sale at Chicagoland cemeteries.

Jewish funeralsGreen burialPre-need arrangements

1-847-229-8822

Walker Funeral Homes

112 S. Poplar St, Carbondale, IL 62901

Carbondale funeral home, the oldest in the city continuously family owned and operated, with further locations in Hurst and Alto Pass. Its owner is licensed by the state as a cremator operator and runs the family's cremation business, Walker Cremation Services.

Pre-need arrangements

1-618-529-3100

Campbell Funeral Home & Stendeback Funeral Home

609 W. Main St., Carmi, IL 62821

Carmi funeral home, locally owned, one of four Jordan Funeral Group homes: Campbell in Carmi and Norris City, Stendeback in Carmi and Enfield. Grave sites at Melrose Cemetery, a 16-acre Carmi cemetery opened in 2004, are sold through the home. Holds a Gift of Memory holiday drive for the less fortunate, begun in 2001.

Pre-need arrangements

1-618-382-5222

Riggin-Pillatsch & Burke Funeral Home

322 North Division Street, Carterville, IL 62918

Carterville funeral home established in 1930 and at its present site since 1935, owned by its current family since 2003. A member of the staff is on hand to answer calls 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Pre-need arrangements

1-618-985-2131

Windridge Memorial Park & Nature Sanctuary

7014 South Rawson Bridge Road, Cary, IL 60013

Cary cemetery within the Hickory Grove Highlands nature preserve, with a waterfall, tree-lined hills and abundant wildlife, serving families since 1965. It has mausoleum spaces and a walk-in family estate mausoleum, and the new Whispering Pines Mausoleum is coming.

BurialGreen burialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-847-462-4490

Irvin Macz Funeral Homes

234 S. Elm, Centralia, IL 62801

Centralia home of Macz Funeral Homes, which bought Irvin Funeral Homes in Centralia and Odin in 2015 and also has locations in Sandoval and Patoka.

Pre-need arrangements

1-618-247-3711

Maxton-Rosado Funeral Home

134 S. Elm Street, Centralia, IL 62801

Centralia funeral home, the Queen-Boggs Chapel of Maxton-Rosado, which also runs the Maxton Chapel in Du Quoin and Johnson-Hughes Funeral Home in Herrin. Has a 70-seat chapel, and offers every family a therapy comfort dog at its services.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-618-532-7321

Heath & Vaughn Funeral Home, Inc.

201 N. Elm Street, Champaign, IL 61820

Independently owned Champaign funeral home in the Mattis Mansion, an 1883 Queen Anne house designated a Champaign County Historical Landmark, with a Lincoln Room under a painted ceiling. Its own crematory serves only its own families, who may witness the cremation by appointment.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-217-239-1212

Sunset Funeral Home

710 N. Neil Street, Champaign, IL 61820

Champaign chapel of Sunset Funeral Home & Cremation Center, opened in 2012, with over 12,000 square feet, a main chapel, a smaller room for small viewings and a café that also hosts a children's program on funerals. Slideshows and memorial videos play on its audio and visual system; cremations are performed at Sunset's own crematory in Danville, which serves only Sunset families.

BurialCremationGreen burialPre-need arrangements

1-217-239-2874

Harper-Swickard Funeral Home

720 Monroe, Charleston, IL 61920

Charleston funeral home serving families since 1912, run together with its sister home in Charleston, Caudill-King Funeral Home.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-217-345-3155

A.A. Rayner & Sons Funeral Home

318 East 71st Street, Chicago, IL 60619

South Side Chicago funeral home founded in 1947 and run by the founding family's third and fourth generations, with a second home on the West Side. Stays open late for visitations and has an award-winning cosmetics team.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-773-846-6133

Cage Memorial Chapel Funeral & Cremation

7651 S. Jeffery Blvd., Chicago, IL 60649

Chicago funeral home and chapel that has offered funeral, memorial and cremation services since 1977, owned since 2019 by the owners of Coston Funeral Homes, a Pittsburgh firm founded in 1963. Cremations can be arranged online, and it also serves South Holland and Dolton.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-773-721-8900

Caring Cremations, Inc.

3517 N. Pulaski Road, Chicago, IL 60641

Chicago funeral home and cremation provider in Irving Park, owned and run by its family since 2018 and independent of any national company. Its building has a chapel, a private visitation room, a gathering room and an urn selection room. Families can arrange online and track each step, and it handles the consulate paperwork, translations and flight to send remains to Mexico.

Catholic funeralsSpanish spokenBurialCremationWater cremation (aquamation)+2

1-773-866-2273

Demeros Funeral and Cremation Services

7566 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60631

Independently owned Chicago funeral home with Greek Orthodox funeral care, supplying the icons, the Orthodox cross for the casket, the burial shroud and Greek prayer cards. Holds wakes and services at funeral chapels, churches and private venues across the Chicago area, and comes to the family when they cannot reach its office.

Orthodox Christian funeralsBurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-847-302-7176

Elmwood Chapel, Ltd.

11200 South Ewing Avenue, Chicago, IL 60617

Funeral chapel on Chicago's East Side opened in 1989, one of three Elmwood Chapel homes with St. John and Cedar Lake, Indiana. Its cremations are performed at the family's own crematory in Cedar Lake under a Certified Crematory Operator, families may view the start of a cremation, and visitation and funeral can be held the same day.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-773-731-2749

Gatling's Chapel, Inc.

10133 S. Halsted, Chicago, IL 60628

Chicago funeral chapel established in 1985, one of two Gatling's Chapel locations with a second chapel in South Holland. Has pre-need counselors and takes death calls 24 hours a day.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-773-881-4111

Inclusive Funeral Care

4880 N. Clark St #C4778, Chicago, IL 60640

Queer-owned Chicago funeral and cremation firm led by two licensed funeral directors; a caller reaches a funeral director directly at any hour, with no answering service. It arranges flame or water cremation the family may witness, home funerals, celebrant-led ceremonies, repatriation abroad and private Lake Michigan scatterings.

BurialCremationWater cremation (aquamation)Green burialPre-need arrangements+3

1-773-318-1305

Lakeview Funeral Home

1458 West Belmont Avenue, Chicago, IL 60657

Family-owned Chicago funeral home that has served Lakeview for generations, now in its second century, and reserves its facility for one family's service at a time. An addition made the building fully wheelchair accessible and added lower-level family rooms with game tables and a library; it has parking for 25 cars.

Spanish spokenPre-need arrangements

1-773-472-6300
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