This webpage lists funeral homes and cremation organizations in the Orange County 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.
Angeleno Mortuary
Van Nuys, CA (also serving Orange County)
Contact: Ricardo Medina
Phone: 818-778-1788
Web: angelenomortuary.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Fee: $295 |
Angeleno Valley Mortuary
North Hollywood, CA (also serving Orange County)
Contact: Margot Fleming
Phone: 818-753-7880
Web: angelenovalley.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Fee: $250 |
Arlington Mortuary
Riverside, CA (serving these counties – Riverside, Los Angeles,
Ventura, Orange, and San Bernardino)
Contact: Emily Treitler
Phone: 951-689-1011
Web: arlingtonmortuary.com
| Regular Hours | |
| M-F 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Fee: None |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open on weekends by appointment. | Fee: None |
Destiny Funeral Home and Crematory
Long Beach, CA (serving these counties – Los Angeles, Orange, and Riverside)
Contact: Georgia Anthony
Phone: 562-912-7977
Web: destinyfuneralhome.com
| Regular Hours | |
| M-F 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. | Fee: $300 |
| After Hours | |
| Available after hours and Sun. by appointment | Fee: $300 |
Heritage-Dilday Memorial Services
Contact: Corey Karl
Phone: 714-842-7771
Web: heritage-
| Regular Hours | |
| 24 x 7 | Fee: $395 |
McKenzie Mortuary
Long Beach, CA (serving these counties – Los Angeles, Orange, and others)
Contact: Ken McKenzie
Phone: 562-961-9301
Web: mckenziemortuary.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and available after hours by appointment. | Fee: None |
Orange County Cremation Society
Garden Grove, CA
Contact: Brandon Martinez
Phone: 866-993-2099
Web: orangecremation.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m. | Fee: $250 |
Brain donation work is done at Allen-English & Estrada Funeral Service in Bell Gardens.
Scott McAulay Family New Options Funeral Service
Fullerton, CA (serving these counties – Riverside, Los Angeles, and Orange)
Contact: Linda McAulay
Phone: 714-528-7100
Web: mcaulayfamilyfunerals.com
| Regular Hours | |
| M-F 7 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat. and Sun. 8 a.m.-5 p.m. | Fee: $200 |
Regular hours fee applies for direct cremations only. Regular hours fee is waived if other funeral services are utilized by the family.