This webpage lists funeral homes and cremation organizations in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN (Twin Cities) area that we deem “cooperative.” A “cooperative” funeral home or cremation organization meets two criteria:
ACCESS
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makes its facility available to pathology personnel on a daily basis. At minimum, a four-hour window each day is necessary.
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ideally, makes its facility available on a 24×7 basis.
FEES
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charges a reasonable fee, if any, and assesses that fee only if the facility is utilized after-hours. We have not included funeral homes or cremation organizations where the facility charge exceeds $500.
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ideally, charges no fee to the family (or anyone else) for allowing pathology personnel to use its facilities.
Listed below are places we’ve worked with or called somewhat recently that we deem “cooperative.” This list is not intended to be exhaustive, and serves only as a starting point. If you identify other organizations that should be on this list, let us know.
Fees listed assume that your family is utilizing this business for final arrangements.
Note 1: if you are using a funeral home or cremation organization that does not allow the work on its premises, we can ask one of these “cooperative” funeral homes whether its facility can be rented for a fee for the brain donation work. And the “cooperative” funeral home may provide transportation from the place of death.
Note 2: there are two rare cases when a funeral home or cremation organization need not be open on a daily basis: (1) if death has occurred or (2) if the loved one is utilizing a “death with dignity” act on a certain day/time.
Bradshaw Celebration of Life Center
Multiple locations in the Twin Cities area, MN
Contact: David Haroldson
Phone: 612-724-3621
Web: bradshawfuneral.com
| Regular Hours | |
| M-Sat 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Fee: None |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open after hours and on weekends as needed. | Fee: None |
Brain donation work is done at the Rice Street location in St. Paul.
Choice Cremation
Phone: 763-571-5030
Web: choicecremation.com
| Regular Hours | |
| M-F 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | Fee: None |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open on weekends by appointment. | Fee: $395 |
Cremation Society of Minneapolis
Three locations in Twin Cities
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Fee: None |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open after hours and on weekends by appointment. | Fee: None |
Crescent Tide Funeral & Cremation
Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN
Contact: Vernon Stoll
Phone: 651-315-8214
Web: crescenttide.com
| Regular Hours | |
| M-F 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | Fee: None |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open after hours and on weekends as needed. | Fee: None |
Gill Brothers Funeral Service & Cremation
Minneapolis, Bloomington, and New Hope, MN
Contact: Daniel McGraw
Phone: 612-861-6088 (Minneapolis), 952-888-7771 (Bloomington), 763-531-1777 (New Hope)
Web: gillbrothers.com
| Regular Hours | |
| M-F 8 a.m.-4 p.m. | Fee: None |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open after hours and on weekends. | Fee: $300 |
Hodroff-Epstein Memorial Chapels
Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN
Contact: Jim Wardlow
Phone: 612-871-1234 (Minneapolis)
651-698-8311 (St. Paul)
Web: hodroffepsteinmemorialchapels.com
| Regular Hours | |
| M-F 8 a.m.-4 p.m. | Fee: None |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open after hours and on weekends as needed. | Fee: None |
Johnson Funeral Home
Waconia, MN
Contact: Todd Johnson
Phone: 952-442-2121
Web: johnsonfh.com
| Regular Hours | |
| M-F 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | Fee: None |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open on weekends and after hours by appointment. | Fee: None |
Klecatsky
South St. Paul, West St. Paul, and Eagan, MN
Phone: 651-457-6200 (West St. Paul), 651-451-1551 (South St. Paul), and 651-454-9488 (Eagan)
Web: klecatskys.com
| Regular Hours | |
| M-F 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Fee: $150/hour |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open after hours and on weekends as needed. | Fee: $150/hour |
If the family plans on cremation, brain donation work is done at Eagan location. If the family plans on embalming, brain donation work is done at South St. Paul location, where there is no refrigeration available.
Kok Funeral Home & Cremation Service
Cottage Grove, MN
Contact: Mike Shea
Phone: 651-459-2875
Web: kokfuneral.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily as needed. | Fee: None |
No refrigeration available.
Miller Funeral Home & Crematory
Contact: Steve Anderson
Phone: 763-571-1300
Web: millerfuneralfridley.com
| Regular Hours | |
| M-F 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | Fee: None |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open on weekends by appointment. | Fee: $395 |
Mueller Memorial
St. Paul and White Bear Lake, MN
Contact: Scott Mueller
Phone: 651-774-9797 (St. Paul), 651-429-4944 (White Bear Lake)
Web: muellermemorial.com
| Regular Hours | |
| M-F 8 a.m.-4 p.m. | Fee: None |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open on weekends by appointment. | Fee: None |
National Cremation Society of Richfield, MN
Richfield, MN
Contact: Abby Schilling
Phone: 612-869-3418
Web: nationalcremation.com/location/richfield
| Regular Hours | |
| M-Sat 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sun 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | Fee: None |
O’Halloran & Murphy Woodbury Cremation and Funeral Service
Woodbury, MN
Contact: Elizabeth Miller
Phone: 651-702-0301
Web: ohalloranmurphy.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily as needed. | Fee: $300 |
Brain donation work is done at the Roseville location.
Roberts Family Funeral Home
Forest Lake, MN
Contact: Sarah Harrison
Phone: 651-464-4422
Web: robertsfamilyfh.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | Fee: None |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open after hours as needed. | Fee: None |
No refrigeration available.
Starkson Family Life Celebration Chapel
Hastings, MN
Contact: Jesse Starkson
Phone: 651-437-9419
Web: hastingsmnfuneral.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily as needed. | Fee: None |
No refrigeration available.
Thurston-Lindberg-DeShaw Funeral Home
Andover and Anoka, MN
Phone: 763-767-7373 (Andover), 763-421-0220 (Anoka)
Web: thurston-lindberg.com
| Regular Hours | |
| M-F 9 a.m.-4 p.m. | Fee: None |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open after hours and on weekends as needed. | Fee: $250 |
Brain donation work is done at the Anoka location. No refrigeration available.
White Family Funeral Home
Multiple locations in the Twin Cities area, MN
Contact: Jim White
Phone: 952-894-5080
Web: whitefuneralhomes.com
| Regular Hours | |
| M-F 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. | Fee: $200 |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open on weekends by appointment. | Fee: $200 |