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Pre-Need Funeral Arrangements in Iowa

151 funeral homes and crematories offering pre-need arrangements in Iowa, 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 Iowa151Black Hawk County7Boone1Bremer County3Butler County1Calhoun County1Cass County1Cedar County2Cerro Gordo County2Cherokee3Chickasaw County3Clarke County1Clayton County4Clinton8Dallas County5Davis County1Delaware County2Des Moines County1Dickinson County3Dubuque5Fayette County1Floyd County2Fremont County2Guthrie County1Harrison County1Henry County2Howard County3Ida County2Jackson County2Jasper County1Johnson County1Jones County1Keokuk County1Kossuth County5Linn County3Lucas County1Madison County2Mahaska County2Marion County2Mills County2Mitchell County1Monroe County2Muscatine1Page County1Polk County22Pottawattamie County2Poweshiek County2Sac County5Scott County3Sioux County3Story County2Tama County2Warren County4Webster County1Winnebago County1Winneshiek County1Woodbury County6Wright County1
All servicesBurial74Cremation183Green burial5Pre-need arrangements151Veterans services50Out-of-state and international transport30Home funeral support2
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Licence rows come from the Iowa Board of Mortuary Science, Department of Inspections, Appeals, & Licensing (DIAL); 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.

151 funeral homes and crematories offering pre-need arrangements in Iowa

Rieken Vieth Funeral Home

219 Oakland Ave., Oakland, IA 51560

Oakland funeral home first organized in 1887 and in its present building since 1934, renamed Rieken Vieth Funeral Home in 2005, with a sister home in Griswold. Offers bronze markers and monuments.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-712-482-6243

Christensen-Van Houten Funeral Homes, Odebolt

213 West Fifth Street, Odebolt, IA 51458

Odebolt funeral home, one of the firm's three homes with Ida Grove and Battle Creek, continuing a funeral service tradition begun in 1908. Designs markers and monuments with a computer-generated rendering to check before ordering, and makes tribute videos from family photos for the visitation.

CremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-712-668-2303

Farber and Otteman Funeral Home

400 S. Locust St., Odebolt, IA 51458

Odebolt funeral home opened in 1965 by a Sac County firm established in 1943, with sister homes in Sac City, Lake View and Wall Lake. The firm's Family Resource Center displays caskets and other products for families making arrangements.

Out-of-state and international transportPre-need arrangements

1-712-668-2213

Oolman Funeral Homes

216 Albany Avenue Northeast, Orange City, IA 51041

Orange City funeral home of Oolman Funeral Homes, run by the Oolman family since 1977, in a building opened in 1973 and rebuilt in 1997-98 in the Dutch architectural style of the town. It has a chapel for 125 with overflow seating, a reception room, a children's lounge, an elevator, and parking for more than 100 vehicles within a block.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transport

1-712-737-2213

Kale Funeral Home

301 S. Main St., Osceola, IA 50213

Osceola funeral home, formerly the Webster Funeral Home, serving Clarke County from its present site since 1929 and run under the Kale Funeral Home name since 1970 with a sister home in Truro. The firm has three licensed funeral directors and a pre-arrangement counselor.

Pre-need arrangements

1-641-342-2146

Langkamp Funeral Chapel & Crematory, Inc.

2116 N 3rd St, Oskaloosa, IA 52577

Oskaloosa funeral chapel whose firm grew from an undertaking business founded in 1866, with its own crematory, Central Iowa Cremation Services, on the chapel grounds since 2011. Writes insurance-funded prearrangements, keeps a resource library open to anyone, and posts a monthly Bandstand Flag Notice honoring a veteran.

Pre-need arrangements

1-641-672-2181

Law-Jones Funeral Homes, Inc

111 South Main Street, Preston, IA 52069

Preston location of Law Jones Cremation and Funeral Care, a firm with roots dating back to 1865 that serves families in Iowa and Illinois. The firm runs its own printing department for funeral programs, prayer cards and videos, and a family history preservation program.

Pre-need arrangements

1-563-689-5326

Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home -Protivin

123 North Main St., Protivin, IA 52163

Protivin funeral home, one of three Hindt-Hudek homes in northeast Iowa with Cresco and Riceville, formerly the Conway Funeral Homes and run since 2011 alongside the Hindt funeral homes of southeast Minnesota. A prearrangement specialist on staff helps families plan funerals in advance.

BurialPre-need arrangements

1-563-569-8363

Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home Inc

205 Highland Avenue, Readlyn, IA 50668

Readlyn chapel of a four-home firm founded in 1901, with sister homes in Waverly, Shell Rock and Denver, set up for visitations and small funeral services. Pre-arranged and pre-financed funerals since the 1940s.

BurialCremationOut-of-state and international transportPre-need arrangements

1-319-279-3551

Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home -Riceville

407 Woodland Ave., Riceville, IA 50466

Riceville funeral home, one of three Hindt-Hudek homes in northeast Iowa with Cresco and Protivin, formerly the Conway Funeral Homes and run since 2011 alongside the Hindt funeral homes of southeast Minnesota. A prearrangement specialist on staff helps families plan funerals in advance.

BurialPre-need arrangements

1-641-985-2797

Shull-Gude Funeral Home

907 Alice Avenue, Riverton, IA 51650

Riverton funeral home of Gude Funeral Homes, a family business whose Nebraska City mortuary opened in 1955 and which later bought homes in Hamburg and Riverton. Offers advance planning that includes travel and child or grandchild protection plans.

Pre-need arrangements

1-712-382-1024

Fullerton-Schumburg Funeral Home

302 W Main, Rockford, IA 50468

Rockford funeral home with a chapel seating over 60, added in 1998 to a family owned and operated group of four North Iowa funeral homes and extensively remodeled since.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-641-756-3311

Fullerton Funeral Home

120 S 3rd St, Rockwell, IA 50469

Rockwell funeral home with a chapel seating over 60, in a family owned and operated group of four North Iowa funeral homes since 1986. The group offers pre-planning and pre-funding through two licensed life insurance agents.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-641-822-3191

Farber and Otteman Funeral Home

1120 W. Main St., Sac City, IA 50583

Sac City funeral home established in 1943, the original home of a Sac County firm with sister homes in Lake View, Odebolt and Wall Lake. The firm's Family Resource Center displays caskets and other products for families making arrangements.

Out-of-state and international transportPre-need arrangements

1-712-662-7135

Waterbury Funeral Service,Inc.

400 4th Street, Sergeant Bluff, IA 51054

Locally owned Sergeant Bluff funeral home operated since 2004, with a second Waterbury Funeral Service location in Sioux City. A bilingual pre-need counselor helps families preplan and prepay funeral arrangements.

Spanish spokenPre-need arrangements

1-712-943-7100

Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home Inc

104 E. Prospect Street, Shell Rock, IA 50670

Shell Rock funeral home of a four-home firm founded in 1901, with sister homes in Waverly, Denver and Readlyn. Recently remodeled, with a chapel seating up to 100, a lobby with two seating areas, and a fireplace room and kitchen for family and friends during visitation.

BurialCremationOut-of-state and international transportPre-need arrangements

1-319-885-4321

Nishna Valley Funeral & Cremation Service

405 W. Thomas Ave., Shenandoah, IA 51601

Shenandoah funeral home with an on-site crematory, locally owned by the family that bought it in 2020, also serving Sidney and Tabor. Runs its own monument company and sets every monument it sells.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-712-246-2526

Christy-Smith Funeral Homes

1801 Morningside Ave, Sioux City, IA 51106

Sioux City funeral home founded in 1921, with its own crematory since 2002. A family resource center next door holds urns, keepsakes and a lending library on grief, and its community room hosts funeral luncheons.

Pre-need arrangements

1-712-276-7319

Christy-Smith Funeral Homes - Larkin Chapel

2320 Outer Dr N, Sioux City, IA 51104

Sioux City funeral chapel that joined Christy-Smith Funeral Homes in 2006, when the firm acquired Larkin Northside Funeral Home; the firm has run its own crematory since 2002. Its community room hosts funeral luncheons and is open for graduations, wedding receptions and family reunions.

Pre-need arrangements

1-712-276-7319

Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel

3220 Stone Park Boulevard, Sioux City, IA 51104

Sioux City funeral chapel of Meyer Brothers Funeral Homes, a family-operated firm serving Siouxland since 1960. The chapel was built in 1973 when the Manning-O'Toole Funeral Home relocated; the firm also has a Morningside chapel in Sioux City and homes in South Sioux City and Ponca, Nebraska.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-712-255-0131
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