23 funeral homes and crematories offering veterans services in Cook County, Illinois, 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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23 funeral homes and crematories offering veterans services in Cook County
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.
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.
Hoffman Estates funeral home, family owned and serving families since 1938, led by second- and third-generation funeral directors. Has its own cemetery memorial and monument department and a spacious foyer with an adjoining café; arrangements can be made at the funeral home or in the family's home.
Morton Grove funeral home founded in 1939 and run by the third generation of its family, in a former mansion moved to its present site in 1946. Three chapels surround its lobby, with a coffee room downstairs, a cafe area on the main level and a private room for choosing urns.
Norridge funeral home founded in August 1985 that has since added chapels and an on-site crematory. Open seven days a week, it can return cremated remains as solidified stones made by Parting Stone.
Family-owned North Riverside funeral home that holds one service or visitation at a time, so a family has the whole building. Has a remodeled chapel and a coffee lounge, serves Riverside, Berwyn, Cicero, Forest Park, La Grange, Oak Park and nearby towns, and has a sister home, Johnson-Nosek, in Brookfield.
Palatine funeral home opened in 1987, one of three run by a family firm dating to 1912 and now in its fourth generation. Has three chapels, two arrangement rooms and a lounge; the firm has its own crematory and serves Greek Orthodox families together with Adinamis Funeral Directors.
Posen funeral home serving families since 1938 and a recipient of the 2021 Illinois Award for Funeral Service. Makes arrangements seven days a week, including at the family's home, and keeps the deceased in its own care rather than sending them to a regional holding facility.
Schaumburg funeral home opened in 1971 by a family whose undertaking business began in Chicago in 1892, also serving Hoffman Estates, Inverness and Streamwood. Its chapels seat over 100, each family has its own lounge, and tribute slideshows play on 60-inch screens in the chapels.
Schaumburg funeral home serving the Chicagoland suburbs since 1976, with two visitation salons seating 75 and 120 guests, each with its own coffee lounge, renovated in 2013 and updated in 2020. Its staff trained in the Donate Life America Champion Funeral Home Program for families of organ, eye and tissue donors.
Schiller Park cremation service with its own crematory, arrangement office, private family viewing room and temperature-controlled repository under one roof, serving Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties. Families may witness the cremation, partner funeral homes host wakes and memorial services, and arrangements can be made online or in person around the clock.
Schiller Park crematory of Chicagoland Cremation Options, run under one roof with its arrangement office, a private family viewing room and a temperature-controlled repository. Families may witness the cremation, every cremation follows a ten-step identification process, and arrangements can be made online or in person around the clock for Cook, DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will counties.
South Holland water cremation (alkaline hydrolysis) provider, open by appointment, and the first flameless cremation facility in Illinois. Sells direct flameless cremation to families and works with any funeral home whose family wants a wake and service first; on-site refrigeration means no embalming is needed.
South Holland chapel of Smits Funeral Homes, a firm founded in 1984 that also has homes in Steger and in Dyer, Indiana. Carries on the DeYoung Funeral Home of the early 1900s, owned by the Vroegh family from 1957 and by Smits since 1988; has a chapel and a lounge, and the firm arranges military burials at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.
