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.