Choosing Burial
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Burial is a more a permanent way to honor and memorialize your loved one. It provides a permanent residence, a place to visit, a historical home, genealogy for generations, and the comfort knowing where your loved one is placed for eternity. Your loved one’s burial may be simple, unique, or detailed.
Our compassionate funeral directors are here to walk with you through each step of the process from picking the casket or permanent urn placement, to contacting the cemetery. They will help you create a burial service that is customized to your loved one’s tastes, style, and beliefs. We want to ensure that their life is honored and celebrated in the way that best pleases your family.
Our funeral directors are experienced and will ensure that every detail of a burial is handled with care and excellence. Each of our directors have extensive knowledge of cemeteries in Springfield, MA, East Longmeadow, MA, Agawam, MA, Southwick, MA, as well as other cemeteries across Western Massachusetts and Connecticut. We know that this is a difficult time and strive to provide each and every family the best personal care.
What Are Some Burial Options?
- Graveside Services: These gatherings tend to be more intimate in nature. Graveside services can include everything from having a religious leader conduct the ceremony, family members speak, masonic rites, military honors, music, a tent and chairs. This is an individual event.
- Committal Services: This is a service where family and friends gather to bring their loved one to their final resting place in conjunction with other ceremonies at the funeral home and/or church. This again, may be as elaborate or simple as you envision incorporating the military, speakers, music, tent, chairs, etc.
- Immediate Burials: For those who find themselves in need of a burial service only.
*For Unexpected Deaths, Please Call 911*
Veteran Burial Services
We have a strong belief in honoring those who have served in the Armed Forces and therefore are proud to provide options for Veteran Burial Services and securing proper Veterans Benefits.
The Military Funeral Honors (MFH) ceremony consists of the folding and presentation of the United States flag to the veterans' family and the playing of Taps. The ceremony is performed by the military funeral honors detail consisting of at least two members of the Armed Forces. The service details provided by the military honors expand, depending on criteria of the military and the individual veteran’s service history.
To learn more about our Veteran Funeral Services, click here.
Final Memorialization
Having a permanent place - in a cemetery, mausoleum, or cremation garden - that can be visited regularly by family and friends is an essential part of the time following a death.
You can learn more about memorialization options here.
Choosing A Final Resting Place
Serving the local Springfield, Agawam, Southwick, and East Longmeadow communities with intimate funeral and cremation services, we have gained long lasting connections with the local cemeteries. These local cemeteries have served the Springfield and surrounding areas for generations with compassion and exceptional attention to detail. In the below list, we have listed the cemeteries near you. We welcome you to browse the below cemeteries to find the perfect final resting place for your lost loved one.
Crematoriums
Hillcrest Park Cemetery & Crematorium
1057, 895 Parker St, Springfield, MA 01129
Springfield Crematorium
25 Mill St, Springfield, MA 01108
Recommended Cemeteries
Springfield, MA
Gate of Heaven Cemetery 421 Tinkham Road, Springfield, MA
(413) 782-4731
St. Aloysius Cemetery
1273 Berkshire Avenue, Indian Orchard, MA
(413) 733-8140
St. Michael’s Cemetery
1601 State Street, Springfield, MA
(413) 733-0659
Hillcrest Park Cemetery
895 Parker Street, Springfield, MA
(413) 782-2311
Oak Grove Cemetery
426 Bay Street, Springfield, MA
(413) 739-2127
Springfield Cemetery
171 Maple Street, Springfield, MA
(413) 732-0712
East Longmeadow, MA
Longmeadow Cemetery
Williams Street, Longmeadow, MA
(413) 244-7215 http://longmeadowcemetery.org/
Baptist Village Cemetery
Hampden Road, East Longmeadow, MA
(413) 566-8105
Billings Hill Cemetery
250 Pease Road, East Longmeadow, MA
Green Lawn Cemetery
Callender Avenue, East Longmeadow, MA
Agawam, MA
Massachusetts Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery
1390 Main Street, Agawam, MA
(413) 821-9500 https://www.cem.va.gov/
Agawam Center Cemetery
820 Main Street, Agawam, MA
(413) 786-5399 https://agawamcentercemetery.com/
Springfield Street Cemetery
1078 Springfield Street, Feeding Hills, MA
(413) 789-2330
Southwick, MA
New Cemetery
354 College Highway, Southwick, MA
Wilbraham, MA
Adams Cemetery
153 Tinkham Road, Wilbraham, MA
(413) 596-6700
East Wilbraham Cemetery
3244 Boston Road, Wilbraham, MA
(413) 596-9287
Glendale Cemetery
393 Glendale Road, Wilbraham, MA
(413) 596-2404
Somers, CT
Somers Center Cemetery
81 Battle Street, Somers, CT
(860) 763-4021
Chicopee, MA
St. Stanislaus Cemetery
800 Montgomery Street, Chicopee, MA
(413) 594-6669 https://ststansbasilica.org/
St. Rose de Lima Cemetery
49 Olden Street, Chicopee, MA
(413) 536-6298
Calvary/ St. Patrick’s Cemeteries
Hampden Street/Fuller Road, Chicopee, MA
(413) 594-8700
Fairview Cemetery
687 Front Street, Chicopee, MA
(413) 594-3481 https://www.chicopeema.gov/384/Fairview-Cemetery
Chicopee Street Cemetery
228 Chicopee Street, Chicopee, MA
East Street Cemetery
70 East Street, Chicopee, MA
(413) 594-3481 https://www.chicopeema.gov/384/Fairview-Cemetery
Maple Grove Cemetery
Auburn Street, Chicopee, MA
(413) 594-3481 https://www.chicopeema.gov/384/Fairview-Cemetery
Hampden, MA
St. Mary’s Cemetery
31 Scantic Road, Hampden, MA
(413) 566-8843
Prospect Hill Cemetery
Scantic Road, Hampden, MA
(413) 566-2151 (ext. 111)
Old Cemetery Chapin Road, Hampden, MA
(413) 566-2151 (ext. 111)
Westfield, MA
Pine Hill Cemetery
140 W. Silver Street, Westfield, MA
(413) 568-7026
St. Mary’s Cemetery
203 Southampton Road, Westfield, MA
(413) 568-7775 http://www.diospringfieldcemeteries.org/index.php?page=st-mary
West Springfield, MA
St. Thomas the Apostle Cemetery
Kings Highway, West Springfield, MA
(413) 739-4779 https://www.stthomaswestspringfield.org/
Paucatuck Cemtery
255 Sibley Avenue, West Springfield, MA
Enfield, CT
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
1558 King Street, Enfield, CT
(860) 745-2411 https://www.straymondenfield.org/
St. Adalbert Cemetery Belmont Avenue, Enfield, CT
(860) 745-4837
Suffield, CT
Zions Hill Cemetery
1237 Hill Street, Suffield, CT
First Baptist Church Cemetery
1217 Hill Street, Suffield, CT
West Suffield Cemetery
878 Mountain Road, Suffield, CT
Old Center Cemetery
36 Mountain Road, Suffield, CT
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Hill Street, Suffield, CT (860) 745-2464
Woodlawn Cemetery
410-453 Bridge Street, Suffield, CT
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