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Pre-Need Funeral Arrangements Near You

1593 funeral homes and crematories offering pre-need arrangements in 14 states, listed by state, 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 servicesBurial1284Cremation2388Green burial148Pre-need arrangements1593Veterans services737Out-of-state and international transport419Human composting39Water cremation (aquamation)51Home funeral support3
Any faithJewish89Catholic44Christian13Orthodox Christian9Muslim22Buddhist18Hindu15Sikh5Jain1Latter-day Saints10Jehovah's Witness9
Any languageSpanish277Vietnamese6Chinese6Korean4Tagalog3Russian6Armenian1Arabic2Persian2Portuguese3French3German8Bulgarian1Haitian Creole2Polish2Italian3

Licence rows come from each state funeral board; 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.

1593 funeral homes and crematories offering pre-need arrangements

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

Meyer Brothers Morningside Chapel

6200 Morningside Avenue, Sioux City, IA 51106

Sioux City funeral chapel of Meyer Brothers Funeral Homes, a family-operated firm serving Siouxland since 1960. Formerly a Nelson-Berger chapel bought in 2001, it moved to its present building in 2007; every cremation the firm arranges is completed here, and the chapel has a luncheon hall.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-712-276-1921

Waterbury Funeral Service Of Sioux City

4125 Orleans Avenue, Sioux City, IA 51106

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

Spanish spokenPre-need arrangements

1-712-276-7100

Turner Jenness Funeral Home

1302 Hill Avenue, Spirit Lake, IA 51360

Spirit Lake funeral home, one of three Turner Jenness homes with Milford and Lake Park, under the Turner Jenness name since a 2010 change of ownership. Sells and installs custom cemetery monuments and headstones through its Lakes Monuments division.

Pre-need arrangements

1-712-336-2575

Leonard-Muller Funeral Home, Strawberry Point

628 Commercial St., Strawberry Point, IA 52076

Strawberry Point funeral home of Leonard-Muller, which also has homes in Manchester and Edgewood and handles cremations at its own crematory in Manchester. The chapel seats large crowds, a family lounge offers coffee, cold drinks and snacks, and the building is handicap accessible inside and out.

CremationPre-need arrangements

1-563-933-2500

Johnson Family Funeral Homes and Cremation Services

123 NE 2nd Street, Stuart, IA 50250

Family-owned Stuart funeral home with its own crematory and tribute center, opened in 2014 beside its chapel; families may watch the cremation through a viewing window. Run with a sister chapel in Earlham, it arranges air and overseas transfers and home funerals.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transportHome funeral support

1-515-523-1200

Fry Funeral Home, Inc.

220 E. 6th Street, Tipton, IA 52772

Tipton funeral home of a family whose funeral work began in Mediapolis in 1869; the family took over the Tipton home in 1991. A licensed staff member sets up insurance-based funeral trust accounts for families who arrange ahead.

Pre-need arrangements

1-563-886-6336

Oakcrest Funeral Services-Titonka

58 N.E. 1st Ave., Titonka, IA 50480

Titonka funeral home of the family-owned Oakcrest Funeral Services, one of the homes brought together as Oakcrest in 1985; the firm has served north central Iowa families since 1923. It designs cemetery monuments and holds services at any of its six funeral homes.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-515-295-3731

Overtone Funeral Home Traer

714 1st St., Traer, IA 50675

Traer funeral home of Overton Funeral Homes, which also serves Dysart; its facilities are equipped for gatherings of all sizes, and three funeral directors serve both homes.

Pre-need arrangements

1-319-478-2775

Kale Funeral Home

445 N West St, Truro, IA 50257

Truro funeral home in the family home that became the Kale Funeral Home, still at the same location, where the family's funeral service began in 1906 with an undertaking store, run with a sister home in Osceola. The firm has three licensed funeral directors and a pre-arrangement counselor.

Pre-need arrangements

1-641-765-4747

Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory

8201 Hickman Rd, Urbandale, IA 50322

Family-owned Urbandale funeral home with roots in 1929, the main location of four Caldwell Parrish chapels with Adel, Winterset and Perry. Its chapel seats up to 175, families may witness the cremation, and the home holds an annual Remembrance event.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangements

1-515-276-0551

Farber and Otteman Funeral Homes

208 W. First St., Wall Lake, IA 51466

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

Out-of-state and international transportPre-need arrangements

1-712-664-2515

Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service

300 West Ridgeway, Waterloo, IA 50701

Waterloo funeral service with two funeral homes in the city, each open to an online virtual walkthrough, and pre-need counselors on staff who help families arrange funerals in advance.

Pre-need arrangements

1-319-233-3393

Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service

400 South Street, Waterloo, IA 50701

Waterloo funeral service with two funeral homes in the city, each open to an online virtual walkthrough, and pre-need counselors on staff who help families arrange funerals in advance.

Pre-need arrangements

1-319-234-6274

Locke At Tower Park

4140 Kimball Avenue, Waterloo, IA 50701

Waterloo funeral home of a fourth-generation family-owned firm, with an on-site crematory and Care Center, rooms for services, visitations and shared meals, a catering kitchen with bar service on request, and weekly grief support groups.

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

1-319-233-3146

Locke Garden View Chapel

3655 Logan Avenue, Waterloo, IA 50703

Waterloo funeral chapel beside the Garden of Memories Cemetery, with ground and mausoleum burial and a cremation garden on the grounds; part of a fourth-generation family-owned firm since 2013.

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

1-319-232-2222

Locke On 4th

1519 West Fourth Street, Waterloo, IA 50702

Central Waterloo funeral home of a family-owned firm with a four-generation commitment, with a chapel, dedicated visitation rooms and a lounge area where the staff help coordinate refreshments for guests.

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

1-319-233-6138

Hugeback - Johnson Funeral Home & Crematory

215 3rd Avenue, Waucoma, IA 52171

Family-owned Waucoma funeral home, one of five locations of a Northeast Iowa firm established in 1923, with cremation at the firm's own crematory in New Hampton. Serves Fayette County, including West Union and Hawkeye, with a funeral director available 24 hours a day.

BurialCremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-641-394-4334

Ernst Funeral Homes, LLC

80 NE Dartmoor Drive, Waukee, IA 50263

Family-owned Waukee funeral and cremation home with a chapel seating up to 160, reception facilities and private viewing rooms on one accessible level. Handles the interment application at Iowa Veterans Cemetery, offers cremation in five tiers, provides life celebrants and serves families anywhere in Iowa.

CremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-515-987-6881
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