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.
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196 funeral homes and crematories offering pre-need arrangements in Illinois
Chicago funeral home opened in 1999 by the third generation of a funeral family that dates to 1923. Embalming and preparation are done on its own premises, it serves one family at a time, and its chapel is open to any denominational service, with a room for video tributes.
Chicago funeral home certified by the Green Burial Council, with three chapels seating 135, 75 and 20, each with a monitor and sound system, a coffee lounge and valet parking. Arranges repatriation abroad, has death doulas families can contact, and takes pre-arrangements online.
Chicago funeral home run by the third, fourth and fifth generations of its founding family, which began the business over 100 years ago. This Northwest location shares a block with two cemeteries, and the family also runs the Acacia Park cemetery and crematory and a second home near the Loop.
Chicago funeral home that opened in 1957 and has been owned by one family since 1981, with spacious chapels and a large coffee lounge.
Chicago funeral home of a family firm dating to 1912 and now in its fourth generation, with three chapels and a lounge where guests can have food and drinks before or after a service. The firm has its own crematory and serves Greek Orthodox families together with Adinamis Funeral Directors.
Chicago Christian Orthodox funeral home consecrated in 2000, holding funerals by Orthodox tradition. Handles funerals from anywhere in the United States to cemeteries in the former Yugoslavia and Eastern Europe, with its own staff in Serbia, and is certified by the TSA as a Known Shipper.
Chicago funeral home founded in the Mayfair neighborhood during the Depression and in its present building since 1955. Has a chapel seating up to one hundred, a viewing room and a coffee lounge, with adjacent parking, an elevator and disability access; staff are available 24 hours a day.
Chicago funeral home run by the same family since 1915, now its fourth generation of funeral directors, with three visitation rooms on one level and a sister home in Willow Springs. It ships and receives remains to and from Poland, the Slovak Republic and Mexico, and its staff answers the telephone at all hours.
Fourth-generation family-owned Chicago Ridge funeral home that has served communities across the Chicago area since 1897.
Claremont memorial park cemetery founded in the mid-1950s, with flush bronze markers, the Hope Mausoleum, a columbarium and a cremation garden. Committal services are held indoors in the Hope Chapel, which seats about 150; the cemetery runs its own flower shop, sells burial vaults to the public and guides families holding a cremation committal without a funeral director.
Clinton funeral home in the Calvert Funeral Homes group, one of four Calvert Memorial homes with Argenta, Deland and Maroa.
Countryside funeral home founded in 1923 and family owned into its third generation, with a second home in Downers Grove. The Countryside building, opened in 1964, was built with larger chapels and parking, and families may choose water cremation (alkaline hydrolysis) as well as flame cremation.
Crestwood funeral home of the Becvar family, whose funeral business began in Chicago in 1907 and is in its fourth generation. The Crestwood home opened in 1999, and the family lives above it to answer calls around the clock.
Crystal Lake funeral home opened in 2008, with its own crematory on site. Its three chapels hold large visitations or small gatherings, and its lounges have kitchen facilities.
Danville funeral home with an in-house crematory and a cremation garden on its grounds, carrying on a Pape family funeral business that has served Vermilion County for over 100 years. A longtime employee bought it in 2018.
Independently owned Danville funeral home founded in 1956 and now led by the founder's son, with a second chapel in Urbana for Champaign-Urbana. The Danville home is a two-story building with a chapel that seats 130, an accessible ramp and its own parking lot.
Danville funeral home opened in 1984 as one of Illinois’ first combined funeral home and cemetery businesses, across from Sunset Memorial Park, where its crematory stands. The 14,000-square-foot building, renovated in 2022, has rooms for visitations and services, a private family lounge and a café that hosts a program for children.
Darien funeral home in business since 1955 and at this site since 1983, owned and run by the founders' son and granddaughter. It owns Passages Cremation Center, a private crematory 15 minutes away with a witnessing room where families can be present for the start of the cremation, and has a spacious chapel and a large dining and reception area.
Decatur funeral home founded in 1883, one of two Brintlinger and Earl homes with Cerro Gordo. It arranged Macon County's first all-automobile funeral procession in 1913 and introduced the county's first one-level funeral home and first grief recovery program.
Decatur funeral home founded in 1996 by the senior pastor of Main Street Church of the Living God, with branches opened in Springfield in 2005 and Champaign in 2013. A second Decatur location, opened in 2024, added seating and a room for luncheons after services.
