Cremation Services in Lombard, IL

Direct cremation starts at $997 and includes transportation from a hospital, climate-controlled holding, all filings and an individual cremation. Required additions bring a typical hospital-death total with four certified death certificates to $1,500.96: the $200 county permit, $40 for the first certificate and $20 for each additional, a $160 container, a $25 temporary urn and $18.96 tax. From a nursing center or home, add $295. Delivery of the cremated remains to your Lombard home is free.

The DuPage County Coroner issues the permit, since Lombard is in DuPage County. When the coroner is not investigating a death, staff review the signed medical certificate of death before issuing the permit, which is a standard step. The coroner’s fee is included in our $200 county permit charge, and we handle the filing from start to finish.

Most cremations finish within 5 to 10 business days. The clock really starts when the family signs the authorization, then depends on how quickly the coroner issues the permit and the physician signs the death certificate. If relatives are traveling in for a gathering, optional expedited cremation is available for $150, and we will give you a realistic date.

No. Families in Lombard can arrange everything online in under 15 minutes, or by phone with our team at any hour. There is no extra cost for arranging from home. If you would like to meet face to face, you are welcome at one of our offices in Evanston, Northbrook, Naperville or Chicago’s Irving Park neighborhood, and we will set a time that suits you.

Water cremation uses water instead of flame, and the result is returned to your family as cremated remains, just as with flame cremation. Families who choose it often like that it is easier on the environment, and it typically gives back about 20% more cremated remains. It starts at $1,897, with a typical total of $2,400.96 after a hospital death with four certificates and the standard required items.

For a sudden death at home with no hospice involved, call 911 first. Police notify the DuPage County Coroner, who decides whether an investigation is needed. If it is, the coroner’s office brings your loved one into its care first, and the cremation permit is issued once the investigation ends. You can call us at any point to start the paperwork.

You can keep them at home, bury them in a cemetery plot or place them in a columbarium niche. A cemetery scattering garden is another choice, and private property is allowed with the owner’s consent. Public parks, trails such as the Illinois Prairie Path, and waterways need permission from the agency that manages them before anyone scatters there.

Tell her nurse that Caring Cremations will be handling arrangements. Good Samaritan is also in DuPage County, so the same coroner issues the permit and the DuPage County Health Department keeps the death record. The hospital will call us when she can be released, and a standard hospital transfer usually carries no removal charge.