When someone dies, you often have days, not weeks, to pick a funeral home in Seattle and get a service on the calendar. The names below have logged 614 Google reviews between them, and most hold a rating of 4.9 or better, so the real work is matching a chapel, staff, and grounds to what your family actually wants.
Short answer: The top-reviewed funeral home in Seattle is Evergreen Washelli Funeral Home & Cemetery (4.8 stars across 310 Google reviews, the most of any home on this page), which pairs an on-site cemetery with chapel and catering space for full services. Elemental Cremation & Burial holds a perfect 5.0 across 95 reviews for direct, low-fuss arrangements, while Recompose Green Funeral Home (4.9, 128 reviews) is the option for families who want a human composting service instead of a traditional burial or flame cremation.
How we rank these
Rating is each funeral home’s live Google star average. Review volume is how many customers have rated them, measured against the other homes on this page. Confidence weighs the rating by that volume, so a 5.0 built on dozens of reviews carries less weight than a 4.8 built on hundreds. Recency reflects how recently people are still leaving reviews. No business can pay to change any of these numbers.
How much does a funeral cost in Seattle? (2026)
Two of the homes above publish simple cremation pricing directly on their sites, and it varies more than you’d expect for what sounds like the same service. Full traditional funerals with a viewing, service, and burial cost significantly more once cemetery plots, caskets, and catering are added.
| Job | Typical price |
|---|
| Simple/direct cremation (Elemental Cremation & Burial) | $1,595 |
| Simple cremation package (Western Cremation Alliance) | $1,194 |
Prices shown are as published on each business’s own website in this dataset (Elemental Cremation & Burial, Western Cremation Alliance) and reflect their advertised base packages, not a full funeral with viewing, casket, and burial. Ask each home for a full itemized quote, since cemetery fees, caskets, and catering are typically priced separately.
Serving Seattle and the surrounding area
These funeral homes cover Seattle proper and the wider metro, including Aurora, Georgetown, South Lake Union, and reach into North Pierce, King, and Snohomish counties. Searching for a funeral home near me? Every listing below shows a live phone number so you can reach someone directly, day or night.
What to ask before you book a funeral home
- Is pricing itemized upfront, or are there fees added after the initial quote?
- Can arrangements be made by phone or online, or does someone need to visit in person?
- Is a cemetery plot included, or does that need to be arranged separately?
- What’s the earliest date a chapel or viewing room is available?
- Can remains be shipped if family lives out of state?
- Is pre-planning or advance payment currently offered?
Frequently asked questions
How did you choose these funeral homes?
We started from funeral homes in Seattle with a public Google presence, then ranked by rating, review volume, consistency, and recency. See How we rank these above.
Are these rankings paid?
No. Rankings come from the public Google data in the scorecard. A business can pay to be a Featured Partner, which adds a badge and top placement, but that never changes another business’s score or position on the underlying data.
How often is this updated?
The data carries a verified date (August 2026 on this page). We refresh listings periodically so ratings and review counts stay current.
What’s the difference between a funeral home and a cremation center in Seattle?
Most Seattle funeral homes, including several on this page, operate their own cremation services alongside traditional viewings and burials. If you’ve already decided on cremation and want options focused specifically on that, see our Best Cremation Centers in Seattle page.
Do Seattle funeral homes handle arrangements for someone who died out of state?
Several homes on this page, including Western Cremation Alliance and Elemental Cremation & Burial, describe arranging services and shipping remains for family living outside Washington. Confirm shipping and paperwork details directly when you call.
The bottom line
Evergreen Washelli is the safe default if you want a chapel, viewing, and burial handled at one site with the deepest review history in Seattle. If your family wants something simpler or different, like direct cremation or human composting, Elemental and Recompose are the more specialized picks. Get pricing in writing either way.
