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Pre-Need Funeral Arrangements in Erie County, New York

39 funeral homes and crematories offering pre-need arrangements in Erie County, New York, 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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All of Erie County39Alden1Amherst3Angola1Buffalo6Cheektowaga6Depew1East Amherst1Elma1Getzville2Grand Island1Hamburg3Kenmore1Lackawanna1Lancaster1Orchard Park2Snyder1South Wales1Tonawanda1West Seneca4Williamsville1
All servicesBurial32Cremation42Green burial4Pre-need arrangements39Veterans services23Out-of-state and international transport5Human composting2
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Licence rows come from the NYS Department of Health, Bureau of Funeral Directing; 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.

39 funeral homes and crematories offering pre-need arrangements in Erie County

AMHERST MEMORIAL CHAPEL LLC

281 DODGE RD, Getzville, NY 14068

Getzville Jewish funeral home opened in 1995 and built for the Jewish faith, with a mikvah where its Chevra Kadisha performs tahara. Its one-floor, handicap-accessible chapel seats up to 250 people, a trained grief counselor is available to families, and kosher catering can be arranged.

Jewish funeralsBurialCremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transport

1-716-636-4174

AUDUBON FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES

281 DODGE RD, Getzville, NY 14068

Erie County funeral home whose family-oriented facility accommodates all types of funerals and memorials, with a phone line answered 24 hours a day. A cremation can include a final viewing or a memorial service.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-716-204-1287

KAISER FUNERAL HOME INC

1950 WHITE HAVEN RD, Grand Island, NY 14072

Grand Island funeral home that has served Grand Island and Western New York for over 60 years, operated by one family through three generations. It works with families and Medicaid to set up a trust for the spend-down and offers refundable, transferable pre-arranged contracts.

Pre-need arrangements

1-716-773-3433

DONALD M DEMMERLEY FUNERAL HOME INC

21 PIERCE AVE, Hamburg, NY 14075

Hamburg funeral home established in 1945, serving Boston, Orchard Park, Eden, North Collins, Lackawanna and Buffalo as well as Hamburg. It has a spacious visitation room and sitting areas.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-716-649-1366

LAKESIDE MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME INC

4199 LAKESHORE RD, Hamburg, NY 14075

Hamburg funeral home, one of Lakeside Memorial's two homes with West Seneca, and the first in Erie County certified by the Green Burial Council to offer natural funeral options. Lakeside was the first Western New York funeral home to stream services online, its funeral directors are certified celebrants, and it offers a Harley-Davidson motorcycle hearse.

BurialCremationGreen burialPre-need arrangementsVeterans servicesHuman composting

1-716-627-2919

LOOMIS, OFFERS & LOOMIS INC

207 MAIN ST, Hamburg, NY 14075

Hamburg chapel of a five-generation Western New York funeral firm founded in 1918, with a second chapel in Buffalo. Its funeral directors answer their own phone around the clock and do their own preparation work, and it works with Lakeside Cemetery in Hamburg for green burials.

BurialCremationGreen burialVeterans servicesPre-need arrangements

1-716-649-5050

LESTER H WEDEKINDT INC

3290 DELAWARE AVE, Kenmore, NY 14217

Kenmore funeral home serving the Buffalo area since 1887, one of the oldest funeral homes there. It coordinates with airlines and destination funeral homes to ship remains within the United States and abroad, and can assist with ash scattering at sea.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transport

1-716-877-7979

O'CONNELL-MURPHY FUNERAL HOME

1075 RIDGE RD, Lackawanna, NY 14218

Lackawanna funeral home that sells only American-made merchandise and keeps a licensed funeral director available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Its directors complete the VA, Social Security and insurance paperwork, assist families with Surrogate's Court, and are versed in Medicaid irrevocable trust accounts for pre-planning.

Pre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-716-823-0124

ZURBRICK-AMIGONE FUNERAL HOME

5615 BROADWAY, Lancaster, NY 14086

Lancaster funeral home of the Amigone family firm, founded in 1926 and now 13 locations in Greater Buffalo, with the Lancaster Chapel for funeral services. Its staff coordinate cemetery arrangements, graveside services and committal ceremonies, and connect families with grief support resources.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-716-683-4499

AMIGONE FUNERAL HOME INC

6170 W QUAKER RD, Orchard Park, NY 14127

Orchard Park funeral home in a homestead whose history begins in 1813, operating as a funeral home since 1947 and part of the Amigone family firm since 2006. A 2009 renovation added large visitation chapels, handicap accessibility and an expanded parking lot.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-716-662-7848

JAMES W CANNAN FUNERAL HOME INC

3155 ORCHARD PARK RD, Orchard Park, NY 14127

Orchard Park funeral home opened in 1997 as the second location of a firm founded in South Buffalo in 1947. It sets up the irrevocable funeral trusts Medicaid requires and arranges the flight home when a death occurs away from home.

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

1-716-675-9027

LOMBARDO FUNERAL HOME

4614 MAIN ST, Snyder, NY 14226

Snyder funeral home, one of three Lombardo Funeral Home locations with Orchard Park and Amherst, offering grief support to Snyder residents. The firm was founded in Buffalo in 1907 and is led by the founder's grandson.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-716-839-7100

COMFORT FUNERAL HOME, INC.

6469 OLEAN RD, South Wales, NY 14139

South Wales funeral home that opened in 2008 in a converted family homestead and serves towns across Erie and Wyoming counties, from Colden and Elma to Arcade and Java. Its services can include a photo slideshow, displays of the person's own collections, and memory cards that guests fill out for the family to keep.

Pre-need arrangements

1-716-652-8716

AMIGONE FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICE

2600 SHERIDAN DR, Tonawanda, NY 14150

Tonawanda funeral home, one of 13 Amigone locations in Greater Buffalo, owned and operated by the third and fourth generations of the family firm founded in 1926. Its staff is available 24 hours a day, and the home holds funeral services on location.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-716-836-6500

BUFFALO NIAGARA CREMATION SERVICE

250 ORCHARD PARK RD, West Seneca, NY 14224

West Seneca cremation service opened in 2002 by the owner of Sieck, Mast & Leslie Funeral Home, serving Erie and Niagara counties. It holds pre-arrangement consultations at home, offers rental caskets for a viewing before cremation, and is available 24 hours a day.

CremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-716-855-1411

LAKESIDE MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME INC

1340 UNION RD, West Seneca, NY 14224

West Seneca funeral home, one of Lakeside Memorial's two homes with Hamburg, and the first in Erie County certified by the Green Burial Council to offer natural funeral options. Lakeside was the first Western New York funeral home to stream services online, its funeral directors are certified celebrants, and it offers a Harley-Davidson motorcycle hearse.

BurialCremationGreen burialPre-need arrangementsVeterans servicesHuman composting

1-716-674-5776

NIGHTENGALE FUNERAL HOME

250 ORCHARD PARK RD, West Seneca, NY 14224

Third-generation West Seneca funeral home serving South Buffalo and nearby towns from Hamburg to Cheektowaga, Amherst and Lackawanna. Its owner, his wife and his daughter answer the phones, complete the paperwork and meet with families themselves.

Pre-need arrangements

1-716-822-4371

REDDINGTON FUNERAL HOME

3855 SENECA ST, West Seneca, NY 14224

West Seneca funeral home founded in South Buffalo in 1922 and run by the founding family's third generation, which moved it to West Seneca in 2021. Catering may be arranged through the funeral director.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-716-822-1260

AMIGONE FUNERAL HOME INC

8440 MAIN ST, Williamsville, NY 14221

Williamsville funeral home in a former farmhouse whose recorded history begins in 1828, owned by the Amigone family since 1969. Its reconstruction added a casket selection room, clergy-family consultation rooms and a vestibule that holds a large honor guard.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-716-634-9090
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