This webpage lists funeral homes and cremation organizations in the St. Louis 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.
Baue Funeral Home
Locations in: O’Fallon, St. Peters and St. Charles, MO
Contact: Susan Short
Phone: 636-940-1000
Web: baue.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily, 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. | Fee: None |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open as late as 9 p.m. | Fee: $200 |
Cremation Society of Missouri
St. Charles, MO
Contact: Amy Schaffner
Phone: 636-946-9896
Web: missouricremate.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily, 7 a.m.-4 p.m. |
Fee: None |
Fieser Funeral Home
Fenton, MO
Contact: Jeremy Fieser
Phone: 314-603-6351
Web: fieserfuneralhome.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily, 24/7 | Fee: $250 |
Brain donation work is done at Schaefer Mortuary Service, located in Arnold. This mortuary service does not work directly with the public.
Michel Funeral Home
St. Louis, MO
Contact: Chris or Calvin Whitaker
Phone: 314-645-4241
Web: michelfh.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily, 24/7 | Fee: $250 |
Brain donation work is done at Schaefer Mortuary Service, located in Arnold. This mortuary service does not work directly with the public.
Professional Funeral Director Services and Crematory
St. Louis, MO
Contact: Donald Weaver
Phone: 314-382-6707
Web: pfds.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. |
Fee: $300 |
Schnur Funeral Home
St. Louis, MO
Contact: Ted Balmer
Phone: 314-771-7780
Web: None
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily, 24/7 | Fee: $250 |
Brain donation work is done at Schaefer Mortuary Service, located in Arnold. This mortuary service does not work directly with the public.