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Pre-Need Funeral Arrangements in the District of Columbia

5 funeral homes and crematories offering pre-need arrangements in the District of Columbia. 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 servicesBurial5Cremation11Pre-need arrangements5Veterans services3Out-of-state and international transport4
Any faithCatholic1Christian1Muslim1

Licence rows come from the DC Board of Funeral Directors, Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP); 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.

5 funeral homes and crematories offering pre-need arrangements in the District of Columbia

DeVol Funeral Home

2222 WISCONSIN AVE NW, Washington, DC 20007

DeVol Funeral Home is on Wisconsin Avenue NW in Washington, in the Georgetown area. Its site states funeral and cremation services, services rooted in the Catholic tradition, and coordinating veterans benefits near Arlington National Cemetery.

Catholic funeralsPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-202-333-6680

HORTON'S FUNERAL HOME

600 KENNEDY ST NW, Washington, DC 20011

R.N. Horton Company Morticians is on Kennedy Street NW in Washington. Its site states domestic and international shipping and pre-need arrangements, and describes a family owned and operated firm.

Pre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transport

1-202-829-9000

JOSEPH GAWLER'S SONS, LLC.

5130 WISCONSIN AVE NW, Washington, DC 20016

Joseph Gawler's Sons is on Wisconsin Avenue NW in the Friendship Heights neighborhood of Washington. Its site states it was founded in 1850 and provides funeral and cremation services, pre-planning and veterans' memorial services.

CremationPre-need arrangementsVeterans services

1-202-966-6400

Paradise Mortuary LLC.

908 KENNEDY ST NW, Washington, DC 20011

Paradise Mortuary is on Kennedy Street NW in Washington. Its site states it stores a pre-plan in its files as a record of final wishes and decisions.

Pre-need arrangements

1-202-636-3612

UNIVERSAL II MORTUARY SERVICE INC.

411 KENNEDY ST NW, Washington, DC 20011

Universal II Mortuary is on Kennedy Street NW in Washington. Its site states it specializes in Islamic funeral services, including the traditional washing of the body, and traditional Christian services, with national and international shipping and cremation options.

Muslim funeralsChristian funeralsBurialCremationPre-need arrangementsOut-of-state and international transport

1-202-723-1075
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