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14 Years
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Emergency
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Trusted Funeral Services in Catonsville, MD
Candle Light Funeral Home by Craig Witzke has dedicated itself to providing compassionate, personalized funeral services since 2012. As the fourth-generation funeral director in the Witzke family, Craig Witzke brings over 25 years of expertise to help families navigate the complexities of end-of-life arrangements. Our services include traditional burials, cremation options, natural burials, and veteran-specific ceremonies, all designed to honor individual lives with dignity and care. We prioritize transparency, affordability, and emotional support, ensuring families receive honest guidance without pressure.Located in the historic Candle Light Inn in Catonsville, Maryland, we combine modern amenities with a century-old legacy of service excellence. Our team specializes in creating meaningful memorials through personalized tributes, grief support programs, and eco-friendly options. We maintain partnerships with Serenity Ridge Natural Burial Cemetery and adhere to strict ethical standards, emphasizing trustworthiness and community service. With a focus on both tradition and innovation, we strive to meet the evolving needs of grieving families while honoring the values established by the Witzke family since 1912.
Services
Traditional Services
Cremation Services
Natural Burial Services
Veteran Services
Personalization Options
Grief Support Programs
Pre-Planning Services
Memorial Keepsakes
Eco-Friendly Burials
Cemetery Partnerships
Details
- Year established: 2012
Highlights and features
- We offer fourth-generation funeral service expertise since 1912.
- Our team provides personalized memorialization options for every family.
- We specialize in eco-friendly natural burial services.
- We honor veterans with dedicated burial benefits assistance.
- Our grief support programs extend care beyond the service.
What people say
Caring guidance
Personalized service
Transparent pricing
Compassionate staff
Meaningful memorials
Services
Traditional Services
Traditional funeral services provide families with structured memorialization options including visitation, funeral ceremonies, and burial. We handle all logistics from transportation to cemetery arrangements while offering customizable elements like floral tributes and eulogies. Our experienced directors guide families through every decision to create meaningful send-offs that honor individual lives.
Cremation Services
Cremation services include memorial ceremonies, urn selection, and final resting place arrangements. Families may choose from private cremation with keepsake jewelry, public memorial services, or traditional funerals followed by cremation. We provide eco-friendly urns and permanent memorialization options at local cemeteries while maintaining respectful handling of remains throughout the process.
Natural Burial Services
Natural burials use biodegradable materials and avoid chemical preservatives for environmentally conscious end-of-life care. We coordinate with Serenity Ridge Cemetery for shroud or wicker casket interments, offering fieldstone markers and green embalming alternatives. Services include visitation options using sustainable practices while maintaining traditional ceremonial elements for meaningful farewells.
Veteran Services
Specialized veteran services include DD214 documentation assistance, military honors ceremonies, and VA benefit coordination. We arrange flag presentations, rifle salutes, and cemetery interments at designated veteran locations while explaining eligibility requirements for government-provided headstones and burial allowances to qualifying families.
Personalization Options
Personalization services help families create unique tributes through photo displays, customized urns, and themed memorials. We offer tribute videos, keepsake books, and music selections while displaying personal collections or artwork to reflect individual personalities during visitation and funeral services.
People
Craig Witzke
Owner & Funeral Director
Craig Witzke, a fourth-generation funeral director with 25+ years experience, founded Candle Light Funeral Home in 2012. A Catonsville native and Mt. St. Joseph High School graduate, he completed mortuary education at Catonsville Community College. Craig maintains the family's century-old tradition of compassionate service while introducing modern memorialization options.
Questions
What funeral service options do you offer?
We provide traditional burials, cremation services, natural burials, and veteran-specific ceremonies with customizable memorialization options.
Do you assist with veteran burial benefits?
Yes, we help families complete VA paperwork and coordinate military honors ceremonies for eligible veterans and their spouses.
Can I personalize my loved one's service?
Absolutely. We offer tribute videos, customized urns, photo displays, and themed memorials to reflect individual personalities.
What is a natural burial?
Natural burials use biodegradable materials without chemical preservatives. We partner with Serenity Ridge Cemetery for eco-friendly interments using shrouds or wicker caskets.
Do you offer pre-planning services?
Yes, we provide online preplanning forms and consultation services to help individuals document their end-of-life wishes in advance.
What grief support resources are available?
We offer a year-long weekly grief message program and local resource referrals to help families navigate the healing process.
Reviews (5)
Dana Sutton
Nov 07, 2021
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Celia at candlelight Was a great help with my uncle's service. She handled everything and was very understanding, she took the time to explain what was happening with every detail. That is very important to me and my Father. Thank You for making a hard situation a little easier.
Susan Younts
Oct 26, 2021
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The staff at the Candlelight were very understanding, caring and professional during this very difficult time. The staff were there for my family and offered support at the funeral home and also at the gravesite. The new building is lovely with plenty of space and a large room where people can gather and sit in comfortable chairs near a fire.
Lori Panagakos
Oct 21, 2021
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Craig, Erin, and Kelsey removed all fear and anxiety of my Moms arrangements when she passed in SC and buried in MD. They took care of all details, and removed any doubt Mom was in good, loving hands. I will forever be grateful for their services.
Dottie Horsmon
Oct 15, 2021
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All of the staff at Candle Light Funeral Home were wonderful to us. We did not have to worry about anything not being taken care of and Celia Kipp was our director. She was very responsive to our needs and also was easy to contact with any questions we had.
Shelby Hodge
Jul 31, 2021
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Candle Light Inn Funeral Home by Craig Witzke did everything right to make sure my grandmothers funeral services went off without a hitch. The staff was top notch and professional, I felt like I knew them forever in just a short amount of time. I would highly recommend their services. They know how to make such a difficult time smooth and seamless.
