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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

Ahlgrim Family Funeral Services, Ltd.

201 North Northwest Highway, Palatine, IL 60067

Palatine funeral home built in 1964 by a firm that began as Ahlgrim Undertakers in Chicago in 1892, with a sister home in Lake Zurich. Its basement community room holds a haunted-theme nine-hole miniature golf course, never used during funerals, and cremations take place at the firm's own onsite crematory.

CremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transport

1-847-358-7411

Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home

185 East Northwest Highway, Palatine, IL 60067

Palatine funeral home opened in 1987, one of three run by a family firm dating to 1912 and now in its fourth generation. Has three chapels, two arrangement rooms and a lounge; the firm has its own crematory and serves Greek Orthodox families together with Adinamis Funeral Directors.

Orthodox Christian funeralsCremationBurialGreen burialPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-847-359-8020

McCracken-Dean Funeral Home

308 E. Second St., Pana, IL 62557

Pana funeral home in the Calvert Funeral Homes group, whose other homes include locations in Bloomington, Decatur, Pontiac, Lincoln and Taylorville.

Pre-need arrangements

1-217-562-2116

Torman Funeral Home

510 N. Flagg Street, Paw Paw, IL 61353

Paw Paw funeral home run by four generations of one family since 1924, today owned and operated by the founder's great-grandson, a licensed funeral director and embalmer. Calls are answered day or night.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-815-627-3811

Baier Family Funeral Services, LLC

406 East Pells Street, Paxton, IL 60957

Paxton funeral home whose firm traces its roots to 1870, at its current site since 1933 and in the Baier family since 1949. Has further locations in Buckley and Flatville; the Flatville home also serves Gifford, Thomasboro and Royal, and the firm accepts preneed funerals from other funeral homes.

Pre-need arrangements

1-217-379-3200

Mueller Funeral Home and Crematory

909 Pike Street, Peru, IL 61354

Peru funeral home, one of five Mueller funeral homes with sister locations in Ottawa, Lostant, LaSalle and Oglesby. Accepts pre-need funeral arrangements written at other funeral homes, and a pre-planning counselor serves all five locations.

Pre-need arrangements

1-815-223-0184

Pyatt Funeral Home

309 South Main Street, Pinckneyville, IL 62274

Pinckneyville funeral home founded in 1935, with sister homes in Du Quoin, Coulterville and Oakdale, and part of HG Caring Partners since October 2024. The school bell at its south entrance came from the Marion County school where the founder's mother taught in the 1890s.

Pre-need arrangements

1-618-357-2136

Overman-Jones Funeral Home

15219 South Joliet Road, Plainfield, IL 60544

Plainfield funeral home serving Plainfield and south Naperville since 1955, the sister home of Friedrich-Jones in Naperville. Its one-level French country building has two chapels, two conference rooms, a children's area and two lounges, and the staff answer the phone around the clock with no answering service.

CremationVeterans servicesOut-of-state and international transportPre-need arrangements

1-815-436-9221

Polo Family Funeral Home

610 South Division Avenue, Polo, IL 61064

Polo funeral home that also designs granite cemetery monuments with each family and offers burial vault covers printed with a collage of the family's own photographs. Owned by its lead funeral director since 2004.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-815-946-2402

Calvert & Martin Funeral Homes

413 North Main Street, Pontiac, IL 61764

Pontiac funeral home in the Calvert Funeral Homes group, one of three Calvert-Martin homes with Chatsworth and Cullom. The group also runs Duffy-Baier-Snedecor in Pontiac.

Pre-need arrangements

1-815-844-5151

Grant-Johnson Funeral Homes and Crematory, LLC

30 W. Mechanic Street, Princeton, IL 61356

Princeton funeral home, one of two Grant-Johnson homes with Bradford, with its own crematory run by licensed and certified staff. A veteran-owned business, it offers live-streamed services and tribute videos.

BurialCremationGreen burialVeterans servicesPre-need arrangements

1-815-872-1427

Duker & Haugh Funeral Homes, Inc.

823 Broadway St., Quincy, IL 62301

Quincy funeral home whose roots go back to an undertaking business opened in 1848, in its present building since 1937 and owned by the same family since 1983. Rebuilt as a replica after a 1988 fire, its interior is designed for many types of services.

Pre-need arrangements

1-217-222-1011

Pulliam Funeral Homes, P.C.

1005 W. Main Street, Robinson, IL 62454

Robinson funeral home, built in 1984, of a family firm founded in 1948 with sister homes in Oblong and Hutsonville. The firm has run its own crematory since 2006.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-618-544-3141

Wilson Park Funeral Home

200 East Main Street, Rochester, IL 62563

Rochester funeral home, one of three Park Funeral Homes with Illiopolis and Mechanicsburg, whose undertaking business began in 1904; the present funeral home opened in 1945 in a remodeled house built before 1835. It offers pre-need counseling and help with Social Security and insurance claims.

Pre-need arrangements

1-217-498-7161

McDonald Funeral Homes

1002 12th Avenue, Rock Falls, IL 61071

Rock Falls home of McDonald Funeral Homes, a five-home firm with Sterling, Prophetstown, Milledgeville and Fulton that runs the only on-premise crematory in Whiteside County. Families may use one of its restored classic Eureka funeral coaches, and its aftercare coordinator holds Care Group meetings each Monday at the Sterling Chapel.

BurialCremationGreen burialPre-need arrangements

1-815-626-6311

Advantage Funeral Home & Cremation Services

7000 West State Street, Rockford, IL 61102

Rockford funeral home on the grounds of Willwood Burial Park, an 80-acre cemetery founded in 1921, planning services together with the cemetery's team. Uses a private crematory and holds community events each year in honor of veterans.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-815-968-5313

Arlington Memorial Park-Funeral Homes

6202 Charles Street, Rockford, IL 61108

Rockford nonprofit cemetery, founded in 1927, for full burials and cremation burials, with a cremation garden, a columbarium and Monument Garden for upright above-ground cremation niche monuments. Has a Babyland section for children under two and a Muslim section whose burial rights belong to the Muslim Association of Greater Rockford.

BurialPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-815-399-5011

Olson Funeral & Cremation Services

1100 N. Lyford Road, Rockford, IL 61107

Rockford chapel and reception center of Olson Funeral & Cremation Services, family owned since 1888: Three Oaks Chapel, with a piano, and the Legacy Life Celebration Center, a reception room with a coffee bar and a full bar, on grounds with a butterfly garden and a walking path. Services can be streamed online, and the firm has its own crematory in Winnebago.

CremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-815-963-6521

SUNDBERG FUNERAL HOME

215 N. 6th Street, Rockford, IL 61107

Rockford funeral home in a restored Queen Anne house built in 1895, with cut and crystal glass, a quarter-sawn oak staircase and fireplaces of cherry, oak and birdseye maple. Its practice dates to 1918 and has occupied the house since 1952.

Pre-need arrangements

1-815-962-7743

Anderson Memorial Homes

606 Townhall Drive, Romeoville, IL 60446

Romeoville funeral chapel with the Heartland Cremation crematory on site, among the larger chapels in Will County. The first of the Anderson Memorial Homes, opened in 1991, with sister homes in Plainfield (Crest Hill) and Lockport. Authorized to repatriate remains to Mexico and the Philippines, with staff available 24 hours a day.

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

1-815-886-2323
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