Everything families ask, answered plainly. Still unsure? Call (213) 818-7115 any hour.
A simple, dignified cremation without a formal funeral service or viewing beforehand. We take your loved one into our care, handle all paperwork and permits, carry out the cremation privately, and return the ashes to you — all for one complete price.
Around-the-clock transportation with no mileage fees, filing the death certificate and permit, secure refrigeration with no daily fees, the private cremation, a durable urn with a velvet bag, personal delivery within 30 miles, and 24/7 support of a counselor and care team.
No hidden fees. The only things beyond the $1,195 are entirely your choice: additional certified death-certificate copies ($26 per copy, county fee), out-of-state mailing of ashes, and clearly-priced optional services — never required, never pushed.
Yes — being present is available through our optional witness cremation service. It is in addition to the $1,195 package; a fee applies to reserve the private witness room. Whether a viewing or witness is possible can depend on where and how the passing occurred, so please speak with a counselor at (213) 818-7115 first. We'll confirm what's possible for your loved one and walk you through it with care.
Our coverage applies anywhere in the United States. Because a death must be filed in the state where it occurs, if a passing happens outside California we coordinate a comparable local cremation and return the ashes to you. Full-body transport between states is a separate, additional cost.
Required paperwork typically takes about 7–10 business days depending on the physician and county; the cremation follows within a few days, and ashes are returned 24–48 hours after the cremation date. We keep you updated at every step.
Immediately. We're available 24/7 — call (213) 818-7115 any hour and a counselor will guide you through the first steps.
Over the past year we've coordinated releases from Cedars-Sinai, Kaiser Permanente LA Medical Center, Keck Hospital of USC, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Providence Saint Joseph (Burbank), Huntington Hospital (Pasadena), Hollywood Presbyterian, St. Francis Medical Center (Lynwood), Northridge Hospital, and Valley Presbyterian. Each hospital has its own release process and after-hours decedent affairs line — we know the specific protocols for each.
Yes to both. Keck USC and USC Verdugo Hills both release through their decedent affairs office with physician certification on file; Kaiser LAMC and Kaiser Panorama City both release through their morgue coordinator weekdays and after-hours staffing on weekends. We handle the specific paperwork trail each requires.
Both are LA County Department of Health Services facilities. Olive View (Sylmar) and Harbor-UCLA (Torrance) use the LA County decedent affairs process, which can run slower than private hospitals — typically 24–48 hours before release — because the certification goes through their own medical staff. We know the timing and plan removal accordingly.
Yes — Van Nuys, Sherman Oaks, Woodland Hills, Encino, Northridge, Chatsworth, North Hollywood, Studio City, Burbank, and the entire 818 area code. Our Valley response time is typically 2–3 hours for residence calls, same-day for facility releases.
Fully served. Torrance Memorial, Providence Little Company of Mary, and Harbor-UCLA are regular partners; residence calls in Palos Verdes, Rolling Hills, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa, and El Segundo are typically same-day during business hours and within 2–3 hours after hours.
Yes. Huntington Hospital, Methodist Hospital of Southern California, Adventist Health Glendale, Dignity Health Glendale Memorial, USC Verdugo Hills, and Providence St. Joseph Burbank are all on our regular route. Residence calls in Pasadena, Altadena, South Pas, San Marino, La Cañada Flintridge, La Crescenta, Montrose, Glendora, and Arcadia average 2 hours.
When a death falls under the LA County Medical Examiner-Coroner's jurisdiction (unexpected, unattended, traumatic, or at the scene without a treating physician), the body is transported to the Coroner's Office at 1104 N. Mission Rd. The investigation and autopsy process can take 3–14 days. We can file the authorization to release ahead of time so pickup happens the moment the Coroner releases — we handle Coroner cases weekly and know the release line, release-day protocol, and the parking at Mission Road.
The hospital or hospice tells you; so do we when you call. In general: unexpected death without a treating physician, death at home within 24 hours of hospital discharge, drug-related, suspicious, workplace, traffic, or any death the physician won't sign the death certificate for. If you're unsure, call us at (213) 818-7115 — we'll ask three or four questions and tell you within a minute.
Hospice deaths are generally the simplest. If the hospice nurse was present within the last 24 hours and the attending physician will sign, we can usually complete the removal within 2–3 hours of your call. We work with VITAS, Providence TrinityCare, Kaiser Hospice, Hoag Hospice, St. Jude Hospice, Mission Hospice, and dozens of smaller LA hospices.
LAX falls under LA County jurisdiction. If the death occurs on an inbound flight, the LA County Coroner is notified at landing. If the death occurs in the terminal, LAFD paramedics respond and the Coroner takes jurisdiction. We can begin our side of the paperwork while the Coroner's office completes investigation. Call us first — we'll walk you through the airline-airport-Coroner handoff in plain English.
SNF deaths are handled similarly to hospital releases: the attending physician signs the death certificate (either on-site or via remote certification), and the facility calls us for pickup. Most LA SNFs — Country Villa, Longwood, Sunrise, Brookdale, Belmont Village — have a decedent protocol we're already familiar with.
Yes, and veterans are eligible for additional benefits we help coordinate: a free burial flag, military honors (two uniformed service members, flag folding, Taps), and if the family chooses, inurnment at Los Angeles National Cemetery (Westwood) or Riverside National Cemetery at no cost. We handle the DD-214 and VA paperwork alongside the cremation.
Residence calls across LA County average 2–3 hours in all conditions. During weekday rush hour (7–10 a.m., 3–7 p.m.), the ETA may stretch to 3–4 hours for the farthest reaches of the county (Lancaster, Palmdale, Catalina). Facility pickups are same-day during business hours regardless of traffic because they're scheduled, not emergency-dispatched.
All 272 LA County ZIP codes, from 90001 (Downtown LA) to 93591 (Lake Los Angeles in the Antelope Valley). The entire 213, 310, 323, 424, 626, 661, 747, 818, and the LA County portions of 562 are standard service areas.
The electronic death registration (EDRS) is typically filed within 24–48 hours of certification. Certified death-certificate copies through LA County Registrar-Recorder average 10–20 business days for mail-order and 1–3 days when picked up in person at Norwalk. We file on your behalf and track the certificate through to delivery.
Yes — bilingual English/Spanish counselors are available 24/7. For other languages (Korean, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Mandarin, Armenian, Farsi), we can arrange interpretation on request. Our counselor team reflects LA's actual population.
Yes. A traditional LA funeral home is set up around full services — viewings, embalming, a chapel, a hearse, a crew of licensed arrangers. Direct cremation strips those out of the base price. We don't run a chapel. We don't sell caskets. We don't push packages. We do one thing — direct cremation — and we do it for one honest price. That's why we can offer $1,195 complete rather than the $2,000–$3,000 traditional funeral homes charge for the same cremation.
Three reasons. First, cost: LA cost of living hits every expense, including end-of-life. Second, LA families are mobile — many don't have a longstanding home church or local cemetery plot. Third, cremation itself has become the default: California is now 80%+ cremation, up from under 30% in the 1990s, and LA mirrors the state. Direct cremation is simply the baseline modern option.
We are the actual provider — not a lead-generation site, not a referral broker. Your call is answered by our counselors. Our team coordinates the removal. The cremation happens at our partner crematory in LA County. The ashes are returned by our team. One company, one price, one chain of custody.
At a California-licensed, state-regulated crematory in Los Angeles County, under full chain-of-custody documentation. One body per retort — never commingled. A metal ID disc stays with the remains from check-in through return, so there is no possibility of mix-up.