cremation options

Lighting the Path in Libertyville & Lake County

Losing someone dear can feel like one of life’s most difficult moments. Having the right information and support can help you navigate this journey. Gathering with family and friends to honor a special life is an important step toward healing, and is most meaningful when it reflects the unique personality and story of your loved one.

If cremation is your choice, it can be a beautiful way to honor their memory—bringing people together, sharing stories, and celebrating a life that touched so many. We are committed to guiding you through this tender time, making sure every detail receives the care it deserves. Our role is to walk beside you, offering compassion and direction as you remember and celebrate.

Water Cremation

Water Cremation is an eco-friendly alternative to traditional cremation, honoring both sustainability and the natural rhythm of life. We value this essential resource deeply and are committed to environmentally responsible practices. Through a gentle combination of warm water, natural alkalinity, and circulation, the body’s tissues return to their simplest elements in a way that mirrors nature’s own process.



This method, also known as Alkaline Hydrolysis, offers a gentle return to the earth—a natural passage that reflects life’s continuous cycle. If you would like to know more about how this process works, we welcome you to reach out so we can share the details with you.

Flame Cremation

Traditional Flame Cremation uses carefully controlled high heat, fueled by natural gas or propane, within a cremation chamber. Over time, this process gently reduces the body to bone fragments. Practiced across many cultures and faiths, it is a method that is familiar and widely understood. The resulting fragments are then refined into what is commonly known as cremated remains or ashes, and placed in a chosen container to be returned to the family.

We offer a selection of meaningful options, allowing you to choose something that beautifully reflects the life and personality of your loved one.

Traditional Funeral Service followed by Cremation

Many families find meaning and beauty in a traditional funeral service. With a traditional service combined with cremation, you can still choose to have a final viewing, visitation or wake, and a funeral service. However instead of in-ground burial, the funeral will be followed by cremation. Depending on your wishes, the cremated remains may be either returned to your family for storage in an urn, scattered, or interred in a columbarium. This option will include fees for the funeral services as well as the fees associated with the cremation itself.

Memorial Service

The memorial service can be held in our chapel, a church, or any other venue the family chooses. We work with our families to design a service that honors their loved one with stories, music, or scripture. We also have life celebrants that lead services where clergy may not be chosen. Our celebrants are trained in creating experiences that help start the healing process.

Graveside Service

Graveside services following cremation offer a meaningful way to honor your loved one with a final act of remembrance. This intimate gathering at the burial site of the urn provides a quiet moment for family and friends to reflect, share memories, and say goodbye in a peaceful setting. Whether simple or ceremonial, it’s a heartfelt way to bring closure and lay your loved one to rest with dignity.

Direct Cremation

Direct cremation involves the transportation of the deceased from the home, hospital, nursing facility, or coroner's office to our crematory facilities. It also includes the completion of all required paperwork. There are no formal memorial services and your loved one’s ashes are promptly returned to the family.