Our Story
Our Story
We are a full-service facility, offering a full range of pre-need and at-need funeral planning including traditional funerals, cremation options, memorial services, and transferring remains anywhere in the United States or worldwide. We will help you by discussing your options, guiding you through the arrangement process, handling many details, and giving you the information necessary to make decisions.
Our recently expanded and renovated facilities can better serve your needs. Our chapel offers comfortable seating for over 120 people. Our building, which dates back to 1860, offers an authentic antiquity with a bright but elegant atmosphere. We offer a sitting lounge and are fully handicap accessible.
We offer a full complement of services and products to assist families in making each service personal and meaningful. With our wide range of audio equipment and wireless sound system, we can offer any type of music during services. Our new computer system allows us to custom design and print prayer cards, memorial folders, programs, and acknowledgement cards. We also offer picture boards to display photographs during services, slides and videos to help memorialize a loved one.
Our service extends beyond the funeral. We are here to assist you in handling a loved one's estate, processing life insurance claims, notifying social security, and answering any questions you may have in the weeks and months to follow. We also have a library of books, list of support groups, and other resources to guide you.
This fall we will be expanding our facilities and services one step further. We will have a children's nursery with childcare service if needed, a private family lounge when you need to be alone, and a second chapel with a living room setting and fireplace for a warm, cozy atmosphere.
As started by founder, Elbert B. Boakes, it is our commitment to continue to provide families with caring, dignified, professional service.
What Makes Us Unique
We are proud to embrace traditional values, diversity and innovation in honoring the spirit and life of each person we serve. We offer a full selection of:
- Funeral and memorial services, ranging from traditional to uniquely innovative and personal
- Burial services and cremation options
- Celebrant Services
Letting go of a loved one is usually a very difficult process. In order to provide your family peace-of-mind, our funeral home offers complete care, so you can focus on comforting each other as you prepare to say goodbye to someone dear to you.
Although there are many decisions you may have to make after the passing of a loved one, we assure you that we will guide you through the entire process every step of the way. We promise to help you:
- Design the most fitting memorial or funeral service to honor your loved one's memory and pay tribute to their life achievements and experiences.
- Select the most appropriate products, including a casket, burial vault, cremation urn, cemetery or mausoleum, to fit your budget and suit your needs and desires.
- Write a fitting obituary to honor your loved one’s life experiences and social connections and assist you in the publication of the obituary in the newspaper(s) of your choice.
- Create a Book of Memories™, a beautiful, permanent online memorial, where you and your friends can build a legacy of memories by archiving treasured photos and memories.
- Welcome your family and friends to our funeral home for your planned services, including a viewing, visitation, funeral or memorial service.
- Make all arrangements with regard to the services whether they are held at your place of worship, our funeral home, cemetery, or alternate gathering place.
- Select beautiful funeral print materials, including memorial folders, prayer cards and book marks. We also offer personalized note cards for you to acknowledge the emotional support you received from friends, co-workers and community members.
- In the selection and on-site arrangement of floral tributes.
- Access grief education and support materials, and with referrals to counseling services.
- Prepare all paperwork, including vital record statistics, permits, filing and obtaining death certificates, and assistance with life insurance, veteran’s benefits and Social Security claims.
Keith W. Boakes, Mgr., N.J. LIC. #4035