This webpage lists funeral homes and cremation organizations in the North New Jersey area that we deem “cooperative.” A “cooperative” funeral home or cremation organization meets two criteria:
ACCESS
- makes its facility available to pathology personnel on a daily basis. At minimum, a four-hour window each day is necessary.
- ideally, makes its facility available on a 24×7 basis.
FEES
- 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.
- 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.
Armitage & Wiggins Funeral Home
Kearny, NJ
Contact: Mark Wiggins
Phone: 201-991-0657
Web: armitagewiggins.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily 8 a.m.-11 p.m. | Fee: None |
Brain donation work is done at Bergen Funeral Service in Hasbrouck Heights, NJ.
Bergen Funeral Service
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Contact: Donna
Phone: 800-262-7901
Web: bergenfuneral.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily 8 a.m.-11 p.m. | Fee: $500 |
Ely Funeral Home
Neptune, NJ
Contact: James Moriarty
Phone: 732-918-6650
Web: elyfuneralhome.com
| Regular Hours | |
| M-F 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. | Fee: None |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open evenings and weekends by appt. | Fee: $250 |
Ferguson-Vernon Funeral Home
Vernon, NJ
Contact: Paul Ferguson
Phone: 973-827-6600
Web: fergusonfuneralhomesnj.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Willing to open up 24×7 as necessary. | Fee: None |
George S. Hassler Funeral Home
Jackson Township, NJ
Contact: George Hassler
Phone: 732-364-6808
Web: hasslerfuneralhome.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Willing to open up 24×7 as necessary. | Fee: $250 |
No refrigeration available.
Jersey Shore Cremation Service
Manasquan, NJ
Contact: Dave Vasilenko
Phone: 732-483-4422
Web: jerseyshorecremation.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Willing to open up 24×7 as necessary. | Fee: $100 |
Brain donation work is done at partner mortuary in Ocean Grove.
Rossi Funeral Home
Scotch Plains, NJ
Phone: 908-322-8038
Web: therossifuneralhome.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Willing to open up 24×7 as necessary. | Fee: None |
No refrigeration available.