Areas We Serve

Areas We Serve

  • Orland Park, IL

    Colonial Chapel Funeral Home & Crematory is proud to offer the families of Orland Park, IL the use of its private onsite crematorium. In fact, it is the only funeral home in Orland Park, IL with this feature. This ensures that those choosing cremation for dealing with the physical remains of a loved one will get truly personal and prompt care. The deceased is never handed over to strangers working in some distant crematory. We only cremate one body at a time, so families are certain to receive the correct ashes and in a timely fashion.


    At our funeral home, we provide families with the option of a complete cremation service. This includes identical visitation and funeral services as would be present prior to a traditional burial, except the your loved one will be placed in a rental or cremation casket. After commemorative ceremonies are concluded, your deceased will be cremated in the crematorium located on our premises. Following the cremation process, you may keep the ashes inurned in your home, place them in a columbarium niche, inter them in a cemetery plot or scatter the cremains within legal guidelines, among many other options.


    In addition, we also offer direct cremation services to the families of our community. As is strongly recommended by grief experts, direct cremations are often followed up with a memorial gathering in honor of the deceased. The casketed remains are not there, as would be the case with a funeral service. Instead, the urn is typically displayed. For those choosing direct cremation, we urge them to schedule a brief private family viewing prior to the process. This helps the family to digest the fact that their loved one has passed.


    We also make arrangements for burial services. Many families choose to have a traditional visitation and funeral service before their deceased is interred in a cemetery. We have a wide array of beautiful caskets for you to select from, coming in many colors, designs and materials. We will further assist you as you seek a burial vault, which is frequently required by cemeteries to prevent the dirt from settling, thereby preserving the beauty of their grounds and making maintenance much easier.  

  • Tinley Park, IL

    The funeral professionals at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home & Crematory are available to provide you with the information, guidance, assistance and support that you need during this difficult time. We arrange for funerals, memorial services, celebrations-of-life, burials and cremations in the Tinley Park, IL area. Providing highly personalized tributes and featuring a privately-owned crematory located on the premises, we handle all aspects of making final arrangements with compassion and meticulous care.


    Funerals are important events because they help people to accept the finality of death and begin the healing process. Funerals also give the opportunity to show respect for the departed and find comfort from others who are also grieving the loss of the loved one. There, mourners can share their memories of the deceased and reflect on the accomplishments that he or she made during life.


    We offer traditional funeral services that include a visitation, funeral and burial. After the interment of the casketed remains, the family and their guests often gather at a restaurant or reception hall for a meal referred to as a repast. During the visitation, guests visit with the family and offer their condolences while viewing the casketed remains of the deceased. Usually held at the funeral home, a place of religious worship or at graveside, the funeral is an event that can include music, prayer, the reading of passages such as scripture and singing hymns. At the burial, there is typically a committal service when laying the departed to rest.


    Unlike a funeral service, a memorial ceremony does not have the casketed remains present. After a cremation, we can arrange a memorial gathering in honor of your loved one at our funeral home, a church, a community hall, restaurant, park or other location of your choice. Generally, the urn is displayed, perhaps accompanied by a recent picture of the loved one and an arrangement of flowers.  


    A celebration-of-life is an even more individualized version of a memorial service. You can include elements that illustrate the uniqueness of the deceased by using live music and theming the event. We specialize in helping families to hold a celebration-of-life for a loved one that is fitting and that captures his or her personality and spirit.


    Our burial services include our help with choosing a particular cemetery, a specific plot, a headstone or marker and its inscription. Those choosing cremation will gain access to our on-site crematorium, and their loved ones never leave our care to go to a distant crematory.

  • Oak Forest, IL

    Serving the area of Oak Forest, IL, Colonial Chapel Funeral Home & Crematory is the only funeral home in Orland Park, IL that has a private on-site crematory used exclusively for the families it serves. We offer traditional cremation services, cremations with a memorial ceremony and direct cremations. We also have a range of affordable interment options such as a simple burial or a graveside service. We are here to answer any questions that you have and to provide our assistance during this challenging time. In addition to addressing the needs of urgent situations, we also offer pre-planning services to the community.


    Due to our growing concerns about using off-site crematories, we at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home & Crematory opened our own modern crematorium in 2011. Since our crematory is located within our facility, your loved one will never be released into the care of people you have never met. We can assure you that your departed will be cremated promptly and with the utmost respect. Also, we only serve one family at a time and there are no other remains awaiting cremation while we are caring for your deceased. Because we only serve one family at a time, we are able to return your loved one’s cremated remains to you quickly, usually in less than a week.


    Similar to the traditional services that we provide prior to a burial, our traditional cremation services include a visitation and a funeral. Your loved one is placed in a cremation casket or a rental casket. Following the funeral, your departed is cremated on the premises. After this, you may choose to bury the cremains, place them in a columbarium niche, keep the urn in your home or scatter the ashes.


    Many choose to have a memorial service or a celebration-of-life subsequent to the cremation of a loved one. For this gathering, the family may choose the setting and the date. Memorial gatherings allow you greater flexibility when planning and in accommodating the various schedules of your guests.


    When assisting families that desire the burial of a loved one, we help with the selection of the cemetery, plot and the headstone or grave marker. We offer simple burials, where a member of our staff oversees the interment. We also offer basic graveside services at which a minister or celebrant officiates.


    You can choose any of these services for yourself through the process of funeral pre-planning. By making these deeply personal decisions for yourself, you avoid that responsibility from falling on your loved ones. Pre-planning prevents disagreements among your family members over how to memorialize you and deal with your final disposition because your wishes are made clear. Pre-funding your funeral protects your family from having to pay for your final arrangements and also avoids the rising costs that result from inflation.

  • Palos Heights, IL

    Colonial Chapel Funeral Home & Crematory provides Palos Heights, IL with compassionate cremation services and conscientious attention to every detail. We guarantee the families we assist the most caring and dignified service performed in a manner that will avoid any delays in the cremation of their loved one. Your deceased will be tended to by fully trained and certified crematory operators who are committed to ongoing education. We will safeguard your loved one’s cremated remains and give them to you as soon as they are ready for pick up.


    Grief experts all conclude that having a service or ceremony in honor of your departed is essential to the healing process. You may feel overwhelmed and confused as to how best to do this. Therefore, we offer several tribute options to accompany the cremation of your loved one and we help guide you as you make your selections. You may choose to have traditional cremation services with an open or closed casket visitation and subsequent funeral. You may also decide to hold a memorial gathering to commemorate your deceased after he or she has been cremated. Another choice is to arrange for a highly personalized celebration-of-life after your loved one has been cremated that highlights his or her unique life path and accomplishments.


    We also feature a selection room containing a full range of quality funeral, burial and cremation merchandise. We have an extensive collection of caskets available in bronze, copper, stainless steel, steel and various woods. We also have numerous burial vaults to choose from. Most modern cemeteries require their use to preserve the beauty of the burial grounds by preventing the ground from settling. They also protect the casket from the weight of the earth and the maintenance equipment that will pass over the gravesite. In addition to these burial products, we have many different cremation vessels or urns crafted from wood, marble, ceramic, bronze and other new materials.

  • Palos Hills, IL

    At Colonial Chapel Funeral Home & Crematory, we understand that making final arrangements for a deceased loved one can be painful, confusing and overwhelming. That is why we are available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide information, support, guidance and assistance during this difficult time. Whether you would like to have a funeral, memorial service or a celebration-of-life in honor of your departed, we will help you to choose the service options that are most meaningful to you and your family. We provide professional, high-quality end-of-life services at affordable prices to the communities of Palos Hills, IL.


    Colonial Chapel Funeral Home & Crematory is the only funeral home in Orland Park, IL that has its own private crematory located on its grounds. This crematory is used solely for the cremation needs of the families that we serve and we only work with one family at a time. There are no other bodies waiting to be cremated, so you can be assured that you are receiving the correct cremains. Your loved one will never be transferred to some distant crematory and put into the care of people you have never met. Your departed will receive truly personal and prompt care. Since we will be working with only you and your family, we are usually able to give you your loved one’s ashes in 5 days or less.


    Our crematory operators are also fully licensed funeral directors, so they are able to give you an extremely high level of care. Additionally, they are all dedicated to the pursuit of ongoing education provided through a recognized agency.


    We invite you to be as involved in the cremation of your loved one as you would like. Our crematorium is located in our funeral home, so you can easily have a private family viewing before the cremation or choose to witness the first stages of the process. If you wish to wait for the conclusion of the cremation, you can stay in our spacious and comfortable coffee lounge for refreshments, reflection and quiet conversation.

  • Homer Glen, IL

    Colonial Chapel Funeral Home & Crematory is proud to offer affordable and dignified burial services to the area of Homer Glen, IL. Many families choose to have a burial that follows a visitation and a funeral service. Others choose to arrange for a graveside service officiated by a minister or celebrant following a visitation period at our funeral home. We also design simple burials overseen by a well-trained member of our staff. All of these options are flexible in order to meet the needs of each family.


    In addition to our interment services, we also make many cremation options available to the community. We offer traditional cremation services which are much like our traditional funeral services. With this package, you receive a visitation and a funeral at which your love one is presented in a rental casket or a cremation casket. After the funeral service, your departed is cremated in our private crematorium located at our funeral home.


    Another choice for families is to have a memorial ceremony that takes place post-cremation. The family is able to choose when and where the memorial gathering occurs. It can be a themed event that reflects an interest, hobby or lifestyle choice of the deceased.


    Lastly, we offer direct cremations. This service lacks any viewing, funeral or memorial ceremony. It includes the completion and filing of all necessary paperwork and the direct transfer from the place of death to our crematory.


    We have the expertise required to properly manage the commemoration and final disposition of a loved one. We also have many years of experience helping people to pre-plan their funeral. Please speak with one of our compassionate and professional funeral directors today to learn of the numerous emotional and financial benefits of making pre-arrangements. They include peace of mind, avoiding inflation, being in control of a deeply personal event and preventing disagreements after your passing over how to pay tribute to you and how to deal with your physical remains.

  • Worth, IL

    If you have recently lost a loved one, we at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home & Crematory offer our deepest condolences. We respectfully invite those living in the Worth, IL area to visit our beautiful facilities, including our state of the art private crematorium. We are proud of the look, comfort and level of cleanliness of our funeral home and we work hard to keep it modern and up to the highest professional standards. Our chapels, coffee room, lobby and parking lot were all designed to accommodate many different types of services. Your comfort and satisfaction are our top priorities, and we are always available to provide you with guidance, support and advice. We will be with you at every stage of this difficult process. We are dedicated to assisting you in making the best decisions and we achieve this by providing honest information about all options available to you.


    Please allow our compassionate funeral directors to help you plan the interment of your loved one. We have profound respect for the ancient practice of human burial and offer affordable interment options such as graveside services and simple burials. Often following a period of visitation, the casketed remains are transferred to the cemetery where a graveside ceremony officiated by a minister or celebrant is conducted. Family and friends gather at the burial site to take part in the service and to witness the interment of the remains. A simple burial is a respectful and dignified event with one of our staff members supervising. You may also choose to have traditional funeral services with a viewing in one of our chapels, a funeral at a local church and a committal service at the grave site. After the burial, many families invite their guests to a nearby restaurant or reception hall for a repast.


    We also provide multiple cremation options. You may choose to have traditional cremation services similar to the traditional funeral services described above. You may also enlist our services in planning a memorial gathering or a celebration-of-life following the cremation process. We also offer direct cremation services that exclude any wake or ceremony.

  • Crestwood, IL

    Colonial Chapel Funeral Home & Crematory offers its quality, affordable services the residents of Crestwood, IL. Whether you have decided to bury or cremate a loved one, or if you want to pre-plan your own funeral, we have many options available. We make suggestions for tribute ideas that you can add to your own. We always assist you in making the best decisions for your circumstances by providing transparent and accurate information and details about the options available to you.


    We design funeral services, memorial ceremonies and celebrations-of-life that are personalized and truly honor your loved one. Traditional funeral services of a visitation and funeral can be obtained by families choosing interment or cremation. If your loved one is to be cremated after the funeral service, he or she will be placed on a rental casket or a cremation casket. The major difference between a funeral and a memorial service or celebration-of-life is that the casketed remains are present at a funeral. At a memorial gathering or a celebration-of-life, the urn is oftentimes displayed. Also, these two events take place after the cremation has been conducted, allowing for more time to plan them and greater flexibility in the accommodation of guests’ schedules. While we customize all three options to create a fitting commemoration of your loved one, a celebration-of-life is the best format to showcase the individuality of your deceased. You can do this by incorporating live music that they loved, serving their favorite dishes or theming the event on a favorite hobby or sport.


    We offer several reasonably priced burial options. You can have the comfort of traditional services with a visitation and funeral before the burial, and a committal service just prior to the interment. We also provide a graveside service that usually follows a visitation period held at our funeral home. A graveside service is a dignified ceremony officiated by a minister or celebrant at the burial site with family and friends in attendance, taking place immediately before the burial of your loved one. We have a variety of caskets and burial vaults to accommodate your every need.  

  • Alsip, IL

    Colonial Chapel Funeral Home & Crematory is honored to serve the area of Alsip, IL. We provide the community with high-quality and affordable final arrangements such funerals, memorial ceremonies, celebrations-of-life and memorialization services. We are available to you around the clock, so please always feel free to call or visit us. We encourage you to inspect our clean, beautiful facilities and cutting-edge on-site crematorium. You will not be disappointed by what you see, and our courteous and compassionate staff members are here to answer any questions you may have.


     We find that many families find comfort in having traditional funeral services of a visitation, funeral, committal service, burial and repast. We are here to assist you with these plans. Our chapels were designed to accommodate many different types of services, from private family affairs to large public gatherings. We will work closely with you and your family to ensure that your requirements and desires are fulfilled.


    Those choosing cremation also have many options available to them. They may have the more traditional services of a viewing with an open or closed casket and a funeral service. They can even arrange for the burial of the cremated remains in the family plot. Other options, such as a celebration-of-life, are more contemporary and can feature your loved one’s favorite live music, the foods that they enjoyed and paraphernalia representing their devotion to a sport, hobby or lifestyle.


    We have a private crematory located in our funeral home. It is used exclusively for the families we serve, and we only work with one family at a time. There are never any other remains waiting for cremation when we handle your departed. This allows us to give you truly personal and prompt care and to release your loved one’s ashes into your possession as quickly as possible.


    We provide you with the finest online memorial that we call the Book of Memories. It is a permanent place for your family to pay tribute to your loved one. It is a fully interactive repository of cherished photographs and stories about your deceased and the relationships they shared. We also offer an elegant selection of theme-based memorial folders, bookmarks and prayer cards.

  • Hickory Hills, IL

    At Colonial Chapel Funeral Home & Crematory, we provide the best in memorial merchandise for your loved one. Our products include elegant and personalized memorial stationary items such as memorial and service folders, prayer cards, bookmarks and registry books. We ask that those who have recently lost a loved one in Hickory Hills, IL call us or visit us at any time to learn more about the funeral goods, services and facilities that we offer. We are proud of our selection room, staff of professionals and our pristine, spacious and comfortable visitation chapels.


    Our display room features many options to accommodate all of your needs in regard to final arrangements. We offer a variety of burial and cremation products that come in a wide range of styles and prices. We strive to provide items that are attainable to those of any budget. In our stock, you will find numerous caskets available in different materials, colors and designs. We also offer an impressive collection of burial vaults, the use of which is required by many modern cemeteries. Our selection of cremation vessels and urns is extensive, and we will assist you in choosing the one that is best suited to your deceased.


    Our staff consists of funeral experts having years of experience caring for families and their loved ones. We provide the best in preparation services so that your departed will have the best possible presentation for any type of viewing, be it public or private. In addition, we offer crematory operators who are also fully licensed funeral directors, so you will always receive the highest level of compassionate service. Because of the use of our private crematorium located on our grounds, you can expect truly personal and prompt care for your loved one.


    We have three beautiful visitation rooms, each having serene décor. Designed to accommodate different types of gatherings, they are the ideal locations for traditional wakes, memorial ceremonies, private family services and more.

  • Oak Lawn, IL

    Colonial Chapel Funeral Home & Crematory has a skilled and experienced staff of funeral directors and supporting personnel. We are available to provide the people of Oak Lawn, IL with assistance, guidance, support and vital information as they go through the process of making final arrangements for a loved one in urgent need circumstances or for themselves via funeral pre planning. We have numerous tribute formats for you to choose from, such as traditional funerals, memorial services and celebrations-of-life. We provide conscientious attention to every detail in designing and executing commemorative services for the deceased.


    Funerals hold tremendous significance because they lay the foundation for healing after loss. Funerals assist people with accepting that death is final and a natural part of life. They are an official recognition of a passing, showing love and respect for the departed. They also provide comfort to the bereaved in the form of social support. At a funeral service, mourners begin to process their grief, celebrating the relationships that they had with the loved one, sharing fond stories and memories and expressing their emotions about the deceased and about death. The achievements and intrinsic value of the loved one receive the honor that they deserve.


    A memorial service lacks the presence of the casketed remains, yet it performs the same functions as a funeral. Often occurring after the direct burial or direct cremation of the deceased, a memorial gathering many times has the inurned cremains of the departed displayed alongside beautiful florals and a recent photograph of him or her. This event can be themed to represent a favorite hobby, sport, lifestyle or other aspect of the deceased. It can be held at any time after the physical remains of the loved one have been dealt with, and is often scheduled for the year’s anniversary of the passing. This gives families ample time to plan the memorial ceremony and they are better able to accommodate the various times that their guests are available.


    A celebration-of-life is a highly personalized version of a memorial service. The unique character of the loved one is central, and can be manifested by having live music that they enjoyed, serving their favorite dishes and holding the assembly in their home. A celebration-of-life can be religious in nature or more secular, and be officiated by a clergy member, celebrant or someone who was close to the heart of the deceased.

  • Blue Island, IL

    Colonial Chapel Funeral Home & Crematory is honored to provide Blue Island, IL with conscientious, compassionate and truly personal cremation services. We feature an onsite crematorium used exclusively in service of the families that we assist. Your loved one will be cared for by trained and certified crematory workers dedicated to continued education. We serve only one family at a time and keep your loved one’s ashes safe until you are prepared to receive them.


    Grief specialists all say that honoring your departed via a service or ceremony is critical to the healing process after loss. It is sometimes challenging to find the ideal method of doing this. We offer numerous forms of commemorative services to celebrate the life of your loved one when you choose cremation and will advise you throughout the entire process. One option is for you to have a traditional viewing or visitation come before the funeral service and cremation. You may also choose to host a memorial ceremony after the cremation has been conducted. A third alternative is to arrange for a celebration-of-life to take place after the cremation, which would effectively highlight the individuality of your loved one and his or her personal achievements.


    We have a selection room that contains a complete lineup of excellent cremation, burial and funeral products. We carry an impressive collection of decorative and themed cremation urns created from fine materials such as wood, bronze, marble and ceramics. We help you to find one that is fitting to your loved one, your tastes and your budget. We offer you a large assortment of caskets made in your choice of various natural woods, copper, bronze, stainless steel or other materials. In addition, we have many burial vaults available as the use of one is required by most cemeteries to prevent the earth from settling and disrupting the beauty of their grounds.

  • Justice, IL

    The funeral directors of Colonial Chapel Funeral Home & Crematory would like to ease the burden on the families of Justice, IL who are in the process of making final arrangements for a loved one. The time just after losing a cherished family member is often painful, confusing and too much to handle without a funeral professional. We are at a family’s disposal around the clock to give them the information, assistance and support that they need. We help you decide whether a funeral, memorial service or celebration-of-life best fits you, your family and your deceased. With affordable pricing, we provide the highest quality end-of-life goods, services and facilities.


    Because we were not comfortable entrusting the loved ones given into our care to distant crematories, we established a crematorium of our own located within our grounds. Our crematory is only used for the families that we assist, one family at a time. Since there are no other physical remains awaiting cremation, you can rest assured that you will receive the right cremains and that you will receive them quickly, typically within 5 days. Some crematoria make families wait for as long as 2 weeks. We provide your departed with deeply personal, dignified and timely attention.


    Please note that our crematory operators also have licenses to practice as funeral directors. They are able to give you an unmatchable level of service and care. Courteous and compassionate, they are all committed to pursuing continuing education through an acknowledged organization. They keep their skills sharp and contemporary.


    Please feel free to be as involved in the cremation of your loved one as you would like to be. Since our crematory was built on our premises, you can arrange a private family viewing prior to the process with ease. You can also choose to bear witness to the initial stages of the cremation. Should you decide to wait for the process to end, you may remain with your family for refreshments, private contemplation and quiet discourse in our large and accommodating coffee lounge.

  • Burbank, IL

    It is a great privilege for Colonial Chapel Funeral Home & Crematory to serve the families of Burbank, IL during their times of need. We offer them affordable and high-quality final arrangements, including funerals, burials, cremations, memorial services and end-of-life merchandise. We are always available to you, and we encourage you to call or visit us. Our state of the art private onsite crematorium is ever inspection-ready. We employ only the most qualified crematory operators, who also are licensed as funeral directors. This guarantees you the most compassionate expert service and care for your loved one. We only work with one family at a time when performing cremations, ensuring personalized service throughout the entire process.


    In our ample experience, we have found that many families prefer to have traditional services prior to the interment or cremation of their deceased. We offer viewings and closed casket visitation periods, based on the family’s wishes. Our funeral services are deeply customized events ranging from small and private family gatherings to elaborate assembly events. Our facilities are pristine and accommodating, which we take a lot of pride in. We also have a large selection of premium caskets for your perusal available in many choices of materials, designs, colors and sizes. For families who arrange for cremation, we have rental and cremation caskets in our stock. We will guide you as you choose a coffin for your departed that is suitable to your preferences and monetary constraints.


    Commemorating the life of a loved one through a memorial service has become quite popular. After burial or cremation, i.e. without the casketed remains present, a memorial ceremony can be held at any time and in any place. A memorial gathering allows families the flexibility to accommodate the various schedules of their guests and to celebrate their deceased’s life in a favorite restaurant, park, beach, reception hall, mountaintop, or the family home. Those invited from far away will appreciate having more time to acquire economical travel and lodging arrangements. Such events can be highly individualized to fit your loved one’s uniqueness, as often occurs during celebrations-of-life.

  • Palos Park, IL

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    Colonial Chapel Funeral Home & Crematory has been servicing the residents of Palos Park Illinois providing practical information and valuable advice. Whether you need to make funeral arrangements now or wish to plan for the future, we offer extensive information about traditional funeral services, cremation services, celebrations of life, and memorial services. You can learn the differences between these many options in order to make an informed decision and what is best for your family. If you have any questions or require more information, don't hesitate to contact us at any time.


    When You Meet with a Colonial Chapel Funeral Director

    Chances are, within the first 24 hours of your loved one’s death, you will need to meet with a funeral director to begin funeral arrangements. The following information will help you prepare for what is often called “the arrangement conference.”


    Without a doubt, this is a difficult time for you and your loved ones. Yet, it’s comforting to know every member of the Colonial Chapel funeral home staff will be there to do their utmost to make this difficult time a little bit easier. Ed Damstra, our Funeral Director and Owner will help guide you in making all the necessary decisions. It’s good to know you are not alone.


    Perhaps you’d like another member of the family to come along with you. Or maybe you’d rather have a friend, or close neighbor join you in the first visit to the funeral home. While it’s not necessary to bring someone with you for moral support, it can be very beneficial.


    Please don’t hesitate to ask someone to join you. Chances are they will be honored at your request, and gladly step up to help you during this time. When you ask, be sure to tell them that if they do not feel comfortable doing so, you’ll understand.


    Who is Responsible for Making Funeral Arrangements?

    It’s important to know exactly who is legally responsible for making the funeral arrangement decisions for a loved one. If the deceased has not expressed their wishes through a written document such as a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, or a Last Will and Testament, where the deceased has designated an agent to fulfill their wishes; then the chain of command is commonly as follows:

    • Legal Spouse/Partner
    • Surviving Adult Child/Children
    • Surviving Parent
    • Surviving Adult Sibling
    • Ex-Spouse
    • Parent of Minor Child

    The person designated as the responsible party, whoever they may be, needs to be present to make decisions, and sign documents. If you have questions about the accepted kinship-related order of precedence or are unclear who is the responsible person for funeral planning, call us at 708-532-5400.


    Who else should be included in funeral pre-planning?

    While assigning responsibility is an important part of funeral planning, it’s also very important to include any children, friends, or other family who would like to be a part of arranging the funeral. Despite the fact that they may not have any legal decision-making rights, their input could be very valuable to the process.


    Assisting in making the final funeral arrangement decisions can be very empowering and help someone come to terms with the loss. If there are people in your life who you feel should be asked to participate, make sure you ask them. They can always decline.


    Cremation or Traditional Burial – Do you have all the necessary documents?

    Life and death are full of legalities. When a loved one dies, it is not just an emotional matter for those left behind; it is a legal one which requires the timely completion of paperwork. Our Funeral Director, Ed Damstra will tell you that the first step in caring for your loved one involves completing, and filing, the Death Certificate and Burial or Cremation permit.


    These documents need to be completed as accurately as possible and if you are not prepared with the necessary information, then most of your initial meeting will be spent retrieving this information.


    To assist the funeral home in preparing all the necessary documents, it’s helpful to bring some of the following things with you:


    Deceased's Birth Certificate, or if this is not available, parents names including mother’s maiden name

    Social Security Number,

    Deceased's Military Discharge papers,

    Deceased's Funeral pre-arrangements documents, (if available)

    Cemetery Information if Available,

    Deceased Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care,

    Last Will and Testament and any Codicils,

    Revocable Living Trust,


    If you’ve got questions about the legal documents you should bring with you, please contact us for a courteous, responsive and quick response to your needs.

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