A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors

Comprehensive Cremation Services

We believe in comprehensive and compassionate care, and we deliver it. We provide the following services as part of our standard fee. 

  1. Our highly professional staff is always available and engaged. At all times, we personally answer our phones and attend to your questions and needs.
  2. Our staff or direct designee is available at your home as quickly as possible, at any time. Everyone who makes a transfer is considerate and competent.
  3. We offer a comfortable and convenient location to meet with you initially and to receive the cremated remains at a later date.
  4. We provide a family farewell in a very honorable manner and comfortable space, using an affordable and dignified container of your choosing.
  5. A cremation is performed within 24 hours of the death certificate being signed and the cremation permit secured.
  6. We always accompany the deceased to the crematory.
  7. We use only two area crematories. Each has a highly professional staff, top-quality facility and rigorous set of operating procedures. These include a thorough identification and cleaning process to ensure that the cremated remains are always the proper ones.
  8. We do not charge any additional fees for deceased weighing above a specified amount.
  9. We offer a first-rate website obituary that is part of the most informative funeral and cremation website around. This is available indefinitely.
  10. Cremated remains are returned to us and then to you as soon as possible.
  11. Certified death certificates are available within 2 to 3 business days.
  12. We assist with Social Security and Veteran’s benefits and insurance policies.
  13. We offer the best and most comprehensive aftercare services in Michigan.

Additional options and benefits that we provide include:

  1. If desired, a family member may accompany the deceased to the crematory and witness the cremation.
  2. Our facilities are available for funeral or memorial services and/or visitation. Visit LOCATIONS or stop in to see us to learn more.
  3. We offer necessary staffing and supplies for services at a church or other facility.
  4. We offer affordable and top quality urn and keepsake selections. Visit CREMATION MERCHANDISE for more information.
  5. If desired, we assist in placing death notices in the newspaper(s) of your choosing throughout the United States and Canada.
  6. We are experts in shipping and transporting cremated remains, domestically and internationally.
  7. For qualifying veterans, we arrange military honors during a remembrance service. See VETERANS for more information.
  8. If desired, we make arrangements for the final placement of the urn.

 


 

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~ LC and TC
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2600 Crooks Road
Troy, MI 48084
248-362-2500
800-210-7135
 
32515 Woodward Ave
Royal Oak, MI 48073
248-549-0500
800-294-5668
 
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