Business Details
47 Years
experience
Emergency
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Trusted Funeral Services in Cicero, IL
Sourek Funeral Home has been a trusted name in Cicero since 1979, providing compassionate and personalized funeral services to families during their time of need. As a family-owned and operated business, we prioritize affordability without compromising the quality of care or the dignity of the services we offer. Our team is dedicated to honoring the unique lives of each individual we serve, with a commitment to creating meaningful ceremonies that reflect personal values and traditions. We take pride in offering bilingual support to better serve the Latino community, ensuring every family feels understood and respected. With decades of experience in the funeral industry, our professionals guide families through every step of the process, from immediate arrangements to pre-planning options.We specialize in both traditional burial and cremation services, including veteran-specific honors, and provide comprehensive grief support resources. Our facility features customizable spaces for visitations, funeral services, and memorial events, allowing families to create personalized tributes. We maintain strong partnerships with local cemeteries and memorial providers to offer a complete range of memorialization options. Our dedication to transparency and ethical practices ensures families receive clear information about all available choices. Through our online resources, we make it easier for families to begin the planning process and access support materials at any time.
Services
Traditional Services
Cremation Services
Veteran Services
Personalization Options
Grief Support
Pre-Planning Services
Memorialization
Immediate Need Assistance
Columbarium Placement
Scattering Ceremonies
Details
- Year established: 1979
Highlights and features
- Family-owned since 1979 with deep community roots in Cicero
- Bilingual staff available to assist Latino families
- Affordable pricing options for all budget considerations
- Personalized service planning with tribute videos and keepsakes
- Specialized expertise in veteran funeral honors and benefits
What people say
Compassionate care
Personalized service options
Bilingual support available
Veteran honors program
Affordable pricing
Services
Traditional Services
We offer comprehensive traditional funeral services including visitation, chapel or off-site ceremonies, and graveside services. Our team coordinates all elements from casket selection to clergy coordination, providing meaningful tributes that honor your loved one's life while supporting the healing process for families.
Cremation Services
Our cremation services include full-service funerals followed by cremation, memorial services, and private cremation options. We provide guidance on urn selection, columbarium placement, and scattering ceremonies while maintaining the same level of compassionate care throughout the process.
Veteran Services
We specialize in veteran funeral services, including VA benefit coordination, military funeral honors with flag presentation, and assistance with memorial items. Our staff helps families navigate eligibility requirements and complete necessary documentation for government-provided benefits and memorials.
Personalization Options
We create personalized tributes through photo displays, tribute videos, music selections, and keepsake items. Our directors work closely with families to incorporate meaningful elements that reflect the individual's personality, hobbies, and life achievements into the funeral service.
Grief Support
Our grief support program includes weekly messages for a year, counseling resources, and educational materials to help families navigate the grieving process. We provide specialized guidance for children and offer ongoing support to help families find healing after loss.
People
Charles J. Sourek
Owner
Third-generation funeral director with over 40 years of experience serving Cicero families. Graduated from Cicero schools and maintains deep community connections. Oversees all service operations and quality assurance.
JoAnn Sourek
Co-Owner
Active in daily operations with particular focus on client relations and personalized service planning. Works closely with families to create meaningful tributes that reflect individual life stories and family traditions.
Questions
What funeral service options do you offer?
We provide traditional burial services, cremation services, and memorialization options including veteran-specific honors. All services include personalized elements like tribute videos and keepsakes.
Do you offer pre-planning services?
Yes, we offer comprehensive pre-planning services including an online preplanning form and personalized consultations to help document your final wishes.
How do you support veteran families?
We specialize in veteran funeral honors, assist with VA benefits applications, and provide military funeral honors including flag presentation and Taps.
What grief support resources are available?
We offer weekly grief messages for a year, counseling resources, and specialized support for children coping with loss through our grief resources program.
Can I personalize my loved one's service?
Yes, our directors help create personalized tributes using photos, music, artwork, and readings that reflect the individual's life and personality.
Reviews (6)
Mayra Mayorga
Dec 28, 2021
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The Sourek family showed the outmost respect for our family and our mother who passed away. The way they handled the process showed reverence for the dead. Father, mother, son and their coordinator do an excellent job, and all were so pleasant to work with. It was beautiful that they incorporated driving past my mother's house after mass; it was beautiful that they placed a Virgen de Guadalupe inside my mother's casket -- thank you. We also appreciate how they asked us to place flowers on her coffin at the burial. For reasons such as these, they deserve to be supported by the community. We recommend
Monny
May 26, 2020
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Our whole entire family is very sad with the service we experienced there for my grandmothers funeral. The coordinator was nothing but disrespectful. She had my grandmas information all wrong. Nothing good to say about her at all. On a positive note the owners are amazing I dont know how they have someone like Isabel working for them because the son is so sweet and happy to explain the process step by step. We were in so much pain for our grandmas passing and dealing with the coordinator made it even worse. I have no words to explain how unhappy we are with her. We are just relieved that we
Mariana Silva
Oct 01, 2019
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Leaving a review for a funeral home is not something I planned on doing this week. Our family used the services for an immediate family member. First and foremost, I must give praise where it is most due and that is with the Office Manager, Isabel. She truly went above and beyond to facilitate the painful navigation of planning a funeral for a loved one. Her professionalism with added sensitivity and knowledge in her trade allowed for thorough communication of what was to be expected throughout the whole process and what our family needed to prepare for. Isabel made herself available in person
Bulldozer Wrecker
Sep 11, 2018
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Called twice to confirm prices and was given a reasonable amount, once I arrived for paperwork there was a misunderstanding and the price doubled up. I thank God I found another place that was able to cover 100% of the cost of cremation for my baby.
Angel Weaver
Jul 03, 2017
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Director was not present during the visitation f my mother, hair and makeup were not up to expectations, or should say none, place was dirty. Had the lights been on when I made the arrangements I would have gone elsewhere. Although the office manager, Isabel, was very helpful and apologetic, it wasn't her fault. They were also late getting to the cemetery the next day, by thirty minutes.
Filomena Ross
May 26, 2016
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I would like to give the sourek family a very special thank you. I lost my great niece and was praying to find a higly qualified, caring, and understanding funeral home. I searched for almost a week until the moment I spoke to the receptionist Isabel, she was immediately kind and apologetic for my loss. She was very informative and helpful to all my needs. The sourek family was very understanding,kind, and generous, they made you feel welcomed and they made the whole process so much less stressful on the family. They listened to all of our request and pulled through on everything which we will
