This webpage lists funeral homes and cremation organizations in the Philadelphia, PA 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.
Bacchi Funeral Home
Bridgeport, PA
Contact: Timothy Meyers
Phone: 610-272-1941
Web: meyersfh.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily as needed. | Fee: $500 |
Cremation Society of Pennsylvania at King of Prussia
Blue Bell, PA
Contact: Rachel A. Dotson
Phone: 610-354-9800
Web: cremationofpennsylvania.
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily as needed. | Fee: None |
DeBaptiste Funeral Homes
Bryn Mawr and West Chester, PA
Contact: Elizabeth DeBaptiste-Hicks
Phone: 610-525-4336
Web: debaptiste.com
| Regular Hours | |
| M-F 9 a.m.–5 p.m. | Fee: $200 |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open on weekends and after hours by appointment. | Fee: $200 |
refrigeration available.
Goldsteins’ Rosenberg’s Raphael-Sacks
Philadelphia, PA
Contact: Any Funeral Director
Phone: 215-927-5800 or 800-622-6410
Web: goldsteinsfuneral.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily 8 a.m.–11 p.m. | Fee: None |
Goldsteins’ Rosenberg’s Raphael-Sacks
Southampton, PA
Contact: Any Funeral Director
Phone: 215-927-5800 or 800-622-6410
Web: goldsteinsfuneral.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily 8 a.m.–11 p.m. | Fee: None |
Hoffman Meyers Givnish Funeral Home
Bensalem, PA
Contact: Timothy Meyers
Phone: 215-639-1147
Web: meyersfh.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily as needed. | Fee: $500 |
Note: Brain donation work takes place at Szpindor-Meyers Funeral Home in Trooper, PA. No refrigeration available.
Joseph J. McGoldrick Funeral Home
Jenkintown, PA
Contact: Timothy Meyers
Phone: 215-884-0800
Web: meyersfh.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily as needed. | Fee: $500 |
Note: Brain donation work takes place at Szpindor-Meyers Funeral Home in Trooper, PA. No refrigeration available.
Kirk & Nice Funeral Home
Plymouth Meeting, PA
Contact: Joseph Lebisky
Phone: 610-832-2064
Web: kirkandniceinc.com
| Regular Hours | |
| M-F 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. | Fee: $350 |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open on weekends and after hours by appointment. | Fee: $0 |
Kirk & Nice Suburban Chapel
Huntingdon Valley, PA
Contact: Joseph Lebisky
Phone: 215-645-4019
Web: kirkandnicesuburban.com
| Regular Hours | |
| M-F 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. | Fee: $350 |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open on weekends and after hours by appointment. | Fee: $0 |
Laurel Hill Funeral Home
Bala Cynwyd, PA
Contact: Patricia Quigley
Phone: 610-668-9900
Web: laurelhillphl.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily as needed. | Fee: $250 |
Longwood Funeral Home & Cremation of Matthew Genereux, Inc.
Kennett Square, PA
Contact: Matthew Genereux
Phone: 610-388-6070
Web: longwoodfuneralhome.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily 7 a.m.–5 p.m. | Fee: None |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open up 24×7 as necessary | Fee: None |
McCausland Garrity Marchesani Funeral Home & Crematory
Glenolden, PA
Contact: Trish Marchesani
Phone: 610-583-0148
Web: mcgfh.com
| Regular Hours | |
| M-F 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. | Fee: $200 |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open up 24×7 as necessary | Fee: $200 |
McGhee-Givnish Funeral Home
Southampton, PA plus 13 other locations
Phone: 215-355-0902 (Southampton); please see webpage for phone numbers to other locations
Web: lifecelebration.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily 8 a.m.–5 p.m. | Fee: None |
| After Hours | |
| Willing to open after hours by appointment | Fee: None |
Note: Brain donation work may take place at Southampton location; however families can make final arrangements with any of Givnish’s 14 locations.
Murphy Ruffenach Brian W. Donnelly Funeral Home
Philadelphia, PA
Contact: Brian Donnelly
Phone: 215-334-1578
Web: brianwdonnellyfuneralhome.com
| Regular Hours | |
| Daily as needed. | Fee: $395 |
No refrigeration available.
O’Leary Funeral Home
Springfield, PA
Contact: Thomas J. O’Leary, Jr.
Phone: 610-259-1959
Web: olearyfuneral.com
| Regular Hours | |
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Daily as needed.
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Fee: None |
Simcox-McIlvaine Funeral Home
Lansdale, PA
Contact: Boyd McIlvaine, Jr.
Phone: 215-855-3434
Web: simcoxmcilvainefuneralhom
| Regular Hours | |
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Daily as needed.
|
Fee: None |
No refrigeration available.
Szpindor-Meyers Funeral Home
Trooper, PA
Contact: Timothy Meyers
Phone: 610-539-8010
Web: meyersfh.com
| Regular Hours | |
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Daily as needed.
|
Fee: $500 |
No refrigeration available.
Wade Funeral Home
Bristol, PA
Contact: Mark Wade
Phone: 215-788-9313
Web: wadefh.com
| Regular Hours | |
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Daily as needed.
|
Fee: None |
The Walter J. Meyers Funeral Home
Jenkintown, PA
Contact: Timothy Meyers
Phone: 215-338-3799
Web: meyersfh.com
| Regular Hours | |
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Daily as needed.
|
Fee: $500 |
Note: Brain donation work takes place at Szpindor-Meyers Funeral Home in Trooper, PA. No refrigeration available.