70 funeral homes and crematories offering veterans services 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.
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70 funeral homes and crematories offering veterans services in Illinois
Aledo funeral home and cremation service in a historic building that began as a cigar factory, with a formal chapel added in 1939 and a second office in Muscatine, Iowa. Serves Mercer County and Muscatine County, Iowa, livestreams services and runs an aftercare program that helps families with estate notifications, closing accounts and securing benefits.
Family-owned Aurora mortuary founded in 1902 by a Luxembourg immigrant, with five generations of the founding family in its history. Has bilingual staff for Spanish-speaking families, makes arrangements by phone or email for families in another state, and serves North Aurora, Montgomery, Batavia and Oswego.
Batavia funeral home in a limestone building that has been a funeral home since 1965 and family owned since 2001, with a sister home in St. Charles and its own crematory, built in 2013. Has over 9,000 square feet with chapels, a covered porch and on-site parking, and funeral directors available around the clock.
Bensenville funeral home, family owned and operated since 1898 through five generations of the Geils family, with a second home in Wood Dale. Its Bensenville building opened in 1930. Serves the Chicagoland Muslim, Polish and Spanish communities.
Benton funeral home owned and operated by a Benton family, with a lineage running back to the Freeman Funeral Home of 1921, known as Leffler-Poulson until it took the Leffler name. The chapel was enlarged in 2013 for large services, and the home has a family lounge with refreshments, a children's area and an outdoor garden.
Chicago funeral home certified by the Green Burial Council, with three chapels seating 135, 75 and 20, each with a monitor and sound system, a coffee lounge and valet parking. Arranges repatriation abroad, has death doulas families can contact, and takes pre-arrangements online.
Nondenominational Chicago cemetery founded in 1859, 350 acres with an 1864 Gothic gatehouse, a Civil War section and sections dedicated to the Jewish and Muslim faiths. The May Chapel overlooking the lake seats 120 and the Hennig Chapel in the mausoleum about 65; staff speak Spanish, Romanian, Ukrainian and Russian.
Chicago funeral home of a family firm dating to 1912 and now in its fourth generation, with three chapels and a lounge where guests can have food and drinks before or after a service. The firm has its own crematory and serves Greek Orthodox families together with Adinamis Funeral Directors.
Chicago funeral home founded in 1913 and now in its fourth generation, in a single-floor building with no stairs, a handicapped-accessible washroom and a 100-year-old glass gallery. Services can be livestreamed on Zoom or Facebook Live, outside catering is accepted, and cremation can end in a disposition on Lake Michigan.
Chicago funeral home run by the same family since 1915, now its fourth generation of funeral directors, with three visitation rooms on one level and a sister home in Willow Springs. It ships and receives remains to and from Poland, the Slovak Republic and Mexico, and its staff answers the telephone at all hours.
Des Plaines funeral directors specializing in Greek Orthodox funeral traditions, tracing to a Chicago funeral home founded in 1899. Holds services in partnering funeral homes, chapels and churches across the Chicago area, and makes arrangements at its Des Plaines office or in the family's home.
Des Plaines cemetery of 168 acres with two lakes, serving Chicago-area families since 1920. Its Swan Lake Mausoleum holds a circular chapel seating 200, an ornate Greek Chapel serves the Greek Orthodox faith, and the grounds keep a reserved military section; team members speak Greek and Korean.
Durand funeral home established in 1857 and in the McCorkle family since 1957, with chapels also in Rockton and Pecatonica. Its staff is licensed in Illinois and Wisconsin, and every ceremony can be streamed live and recorded.
East St. Louis funeral home founded in 1918 and run by the founding family into its third generation. Its building, first designed and built as a funeral home in 1929, was rebuilt on the same site in 1988 after a fire.
Elburn funeral home serving families for four generations, in a former family residence with a children's center, kitchen and family room on its lower level. A child bereavement specialist and a full-time therapist are on staff, and the Conley family founded Conley Outreach, a nonprofit grief counseling service, in 1983.
Elgin funeral home founded downtown in 1921 as Marsh & Conn Funeral Home and carried on by its current owners since 2013. Families may witness the cremation, and the home ships remains abroad, including to Mexico, El Salvador and Guatemala. It runs Operation LOVE, which holds community funerals for unclaimed veterans.
Evergreen Park cemetery founded in 1910 on 110 acres, with community mausoleums whose indoor chapel hosts committal services, private family estates, cremation niches and a Field of Honor veterans section. Its Gatekeepers Garden, created in 2012, honors seven African-American religious and civic leaders of Chicago.
Fairview Heights cemetery opened in 1952 on 80 acres with three lakes, two mausoleums, cremation gardens, a veterans section, a Masonic garden and a section for those of the Muslim faith. Lake View Funeral Home, built on its grounds in 1995, has two chapels and an on-site crematorium.
Flora funeral home and cremation service whose history begins with Branson Funeral Home, opened in 1929. It keeps a media room with a lending library of grief and funeral-planning books and videos, and hands out Five Wishes booklets.
Forsyth cremation center serving 55 central Illinois counties since 2021, with its own crematory and a stainless-steel ID tag that stays with each person through cremation. It also arranges direct burial, a licensed funeral director staying at the graveside until the burial is complete, and takes calls around the clock.
