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Find the Correct Colonial Funeral Home Obituary Before You Travel or Pay
“Colonial Funeral Home” is used by unrelated funeral homes in several states. Start with the person’s city and state, then open the matching funeral home’s official obituary page. This guide also shows where to verify service details, order a legal death certificate, check a funeral license, find local assistance and avoid wrong-location payment links.
Quick Answer: “Colonial Funeral Home” Is Not One National Funeral Home
Match the city
Find the city, state, county, family name, cemetery or service address before opening a result.
Open the official obituary
Use the actual funeral-home obituary page rather than a copied obituary site whenever possible.
Confirm the service
Recheck visitation, funeral, cemetery, livestream and flower instructions before travelling or paying.
Use government records for proof
A certified death certificate comes from the government office covering the place of death—not from the obituary page.
Which Colonial Funeral Home Are You Looking For?
These are separate funeral businesses. Use the city, state, phone number and obituary location to choose the correct one. This is not a complete directory of every funeral home using “Colonial” in its name.
| Colonial location | Verified contact clue | Best official obituary route |
|---|---|---|
| Madison / Sandy Ridge, North Carolina | Madison: 127 Ellisboro Rd • 336-427-0205 Sandy Ridge: 1020 Hope Beasley Rd • 336-871-3200 |
Colonial Funeral Home & Chapel obituaries |
| Staten Island, New York | 2819 Hylan Blvd, Staten Island, NY 10306 718-351-5858 |
Colonial Funeral Home Staten Island |
| Brick, New Jersey | 2170 Highway 88, Brick, NJ 08724 732-899-9090 |
Colonial Funeral Group obituary search |
| Irving, Texas | 606 West Airport Freeway, Irving, TX 75062 972-579-1313 |
Colonial Funeral Home of Irving |
| Leesburg, Virginia | 201 Edwards Ferry Road NE, Leesburg, VA 20176 703-777-1414 |
Colonial Funeral Home of Leesburg obituaries |
| Dimmitt, Texas | 809 Butler Blvd, Dimmitt, TX 79027 | Colonial Funeral Home Dimmitt |
| Phenix City, Alabama | 613 14th St, Phenix City, AL 36867 334-298-8728 |
Colonial Funeral Home & Crematory obituaries |
| Orlando, Florida | 2811 Curry Ford Rd, Orlando, FL 32806 407-898-2561 |
Carey Hand Colonial Funeral Home obituaries |
| Orland Park, Illinois | 15525 South 73rd Avenue, Orland Park, IL 60462 708-532-5400 |
Colonial Chapel Funeral Home obituaries |
How to Find a Recent Colonial Funeral Home Obituary
Official Obituary Search Features by Colonial Location
Madison / Sandy Ridge
The official obituary page provides obituary notifications, year-of-passing filtering and first-name filtering.
Colonial Funeral Group
The official search supports name search, browsing all obituaries and filtering by funeral-home location.
Leesburg
Use the recent obituary page and optional official email notifications when you want alerts as new tributes are posted.
Phenix City
The official All Obituaries page supports partial/full-name searching and A–Z last-name browsing.
Orlando
The official website has current obituary search and an optional email-alert service for newly posted tributes.
Orland Park
The current obituary page provides obituary search and subscription alerts. The site also offers grief-support resources.
Confirm the Correct Person Before Sharing the Notice
| Compare | Why it matters | Pause when… |
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Common names may appear at several Colonial locations. | Middle name, nickname or maiden name conflicts. |
| City and state | This is the strongest Colonial-location clue. | The page is for another state. |
| Relatives | Spouse, parents, children and siblings help verify identity. | No close family names match. |
| Age / dates | Separates current and archived notices. | The year or age is clearly wrong. |
| Funeral home address | Confirms which Colonial business is handling the service. | The address is in another region. |
| Cemetery / church | Service locations can confirm the intended person. | The locations have no known connection to the family. |
See how RecentObituaries.info verifies obituary information before relying on a notice.
Before Attending a Colonial Funeral Home Service
Confirm every time
Visitation, funeral, memorial, rosary, Mass and burial may be separate events.
Confirm every address
The funeral home, church, cemetery and reception may be in different cities.
Public or private?
Do not assume a service is open to everyone. Check the wording or call the funeral home.
Livestream
Use only a stream linked from the funeral home, church or family-authorized memorial.
Flowers / memorials
Follow the family’s stated preference and verify any charity on the charity’s own website.
Call before a long drive
Reconfirm same-day or next-day services, especially during severe weather or holidays.
Where to Get a Death Certificate for Each Colonial Location
Use the place where the death occurred—not simply the funeral home’s address. A funeral home may serve families from neighboring counties or states.
| Colonial location | Useful official route | Current verified shortcut |
|---|---|---|
| Madison, NC | Rockingham County Register of Deeds | $10 certified copy for a Rockingham County death; $0.25 plain-paper public copy. Certified copies have eligibility/ID rules. |
| Sandy Ridge, NC | Use Stokes County Register of Deeds when the death occurred in Stokes County. | Confirm the current county fee and certified-copy eligibility before ordering. |
| Staten Island, NY | NYC Health Department | $15 per certificate plus processing. NYC handles deaths in all five boroughs, including Staten Island. |
| Brick, NJ | NJ Vital Statistics | State initial search + one certified copy is $25; additional same-record copies are $2. Local municipal fees can differ. |
| Irving, TX | Dallas County Vital Records | $21 first Dallas County suburban death certificate + $4 additional same-record copies. A death inside Dallas city limits uses City of Dallas instead. |
| Leesburg, VA | Loudoun County Vital Records Services | $15 per certificate/search. Loudoun can issue Virginia death records from June 1912-present under current eligibility rules. |
| Dimmitt, TX | Castro County Clerk | Confirm the current local death-certificate fee with the Clerk before payment. |
| Phenix City, AL | Alabama Vital Records | $15 first certified copy + $6 additional same-record copies. Most records can also be requested at any Alabama county health department. |
| Orlando, FL | Florida DOH Orange County | $10 local death certificate. Orange County handles Florida deaths from 2009-present; older deaths use the state Bureau of Vital Statistics. |
| Orland Park, IL | Cook County Clerk death records | Cook County holds official Chicago/suburban Cook County death records. Some suburban municipalities also have local registrars. |
For record-purpose, ID and copy-count guidance, use our death certificate and vital records guide.
Useful Local Shortcuts and Assistance Programs
NYC burial assistance
NYC HRA’s Office of Burial Services can provide up to $1,700 toward qualifying funeral expenses for a deceased low-income New York City resident.
The current program generally requires an application within 120 days of death and applies its own funeral-cost and financial eligibility rules.
Low-cost research copy
Rockingham County currently provides a plain-paper death-record copy for $0.25 when a non-certified research copy is enough. Do not use it when a bank, insurer, court or agency requires a certified copy.
Local Virginia certificate service
Loudoun County can issue eligible Virginia vital records locally, so families do not always need to start with a distant central state office.
Any Alabama county health department
Alabama says most vital records can be obtained through a county health department, often while the customer waits, instead of relying only on mail ordering.
$10 local certificate route
For eligible Florida death records from 2009-present, Orange County currently lists a $10 death-certificate fee. Cause-of-death access has additional relationship restrictions.
If there is no money for final disposition
Dallas County says it does not provide financial assistance for funeral, burial or cremation arrangements. If no arrangements are possible, legal next of kin can ask about the county-disposition process; under that option, cremated remains are not returned to the family.
Verify the Funeral Home or Funeral Director Before Paying
When a payment request looks unfamiliar, use the state regulator rather than relying only on a website badge or business-directory listing.
| State | Official regulator / lookup | What to verify |
|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | NC Board of Funeral Service | Current funeral-service license or permit information. |
| New York | NY Department of Health Funeral Directing | Active funeral-director registration and funeral-directing information. |
| New Jersey | NJ Consumer Affairs License Verification | Funeral-home business or individual license. |
| Texas | Texas Funeral Service Commission | Funeral home, director, embalmer or crematory license and current status. |
| Virginia | Virginia Board of Funeral Directors & Embalmers | Professional license and public disciplinary information where available. |
| Alabama | Alabama Board of Funeral Service | Licensed individual, licensed establishment and complaint route. |
| Florida | Florida Funeral, Cemetery & Consumer Services | Funeral, cremation, cemetery and preneed license information. |
| Illinois | Illinois IDFPR License Lookup | Funeral professional/entity licensing and current status. |
If the Person Was a Veteran
Several Colonial funeral homes publish Veterans sections, but final eligibility for federal benefits comes from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense—not from the obituary itself.
Find the DD-214
Locate the Veteran’s discharge document before requesting military funeral honors or burial benefits.
Check cemetery eligibility
An eligible Veteran may qualify for burial in a VA national cemetery or another qualifying cemetery.
Check memorial benefits
Benefits may include military funeral honors, a burial flag, government headstone or marker, Presidential Memorial Certificate and certain burial allowances.
Funeral Price Rights Before You Agree to Pay
Ask for prices by phone
Under the FTC Funeral Rule, funeral providers must give price information by telephone when you ask.
Ask for the General Price List
When discussing arrangements in person, request the itemized General Price List and keep your copy.
Choose individual services
You generally have the right to select individual goods and services rather than buy an unwanted package.
Separate third-party costs
Ask which charges are funeral-home fees and which come from the cemetery, newspaper, crematory, church or another provider.
Safe Use of Flowers, Donations, Guestbooks and Payment Links
Flowers
Open the correct individual memorial first. Do not send flowers from a search-result button until you confirm the person and Colonial location.
Memorial donations
Check the family’s requested charity, then open that organization’s official site before entering payment information.
Guestbooks
Assume public condolences can be viewed by others. Do not post Social Security numbers, private addresses, medical details or financial information.
Online payments
Start from the verified funeral home’s official domain. Confirm the person/account and save the receipt before closing the payment page.
Correcting an Obituary Is Not the Same as Correcting a Death Certificate
Contact the funeral home or publisher
Save the notice URL, identify the exact error and provide approved corrected wording. The family or original submitter may need to authorize the change.
Use the government amendment process
An obituary edit does not change the death certificate. Each state has a separate correction process, and medical information may require action by the original certifier.
After You Find the Correct Obituary
- Save the official obituary URL.
- Write down visitation, funeral, cemetery and reception addresses separately.
- Ask the funeral director whether Social Security reporting was completed.
- Estimate how many certified death certificates are actually needed.
- Keep funeral invoices, receipts, certificate confirmations and benefit documents together.
- Check Veteran benefits early when military service applies.
- Verify flower, charity and memorial-payment links before paying.
- Recheck service details before travelling.
For a broader task list, use our after-death notification checklist.
Common Colonial Funeral Home Search Mistakes
Clicking the first Colonial result
Fix: match city, state, phone and service area first.
Searching only the full name
Fix: try surname, nickname, maiden name or spouse name.
Trusting an old obituary
Fix: check death date, publication date and service date.
Ordering the death record from the funeral-home county
Fix: use the jurisdiction where the death occurred.
Using a copied flower or donation link
Fix: reopen the correct official memorial first.
Assuming no obituary means no death
Fix: families may choose delayed publication, private services or no public obituary.
Related RecentObituaries.info Guides
Obituary Search & Recent Notices
Search by name, city, funeral home, newspaper, cemetery and date.
Death Certificate & Vital Records
Understand when a certified legal record is needed instead of an obituary.
How We Verify Obituary Information
See the source hierarchy used for funeral homes, newspapers, records and cemeteries.
Funeral Costs & Consumer Rights
Understand price lists, packages and consumer protections before agreeing to pay.
Veterans Burial & Memorial Benefits
VA routes for military honors, cemeteries, markers, flags and burial benefits.
Official Sources Used for This Guide
Colonial Funeral Home & Chapel — Madison / Sandy Ridge Obituaries Official obituary search, filters and notifications. Colonial Funeral Home — Staten Island Official Staten Island funeral-home source. Colonial Funeral Group — New Jersey Obituaries Name search, location filter and obituary browsing. Colonial Funeral Home of Irving Official Irving, Texas funeral-home source. Colonial Funeral Home of Leesburg — Obituaries Current Leesburg / Loudoun-area obituary notices. Colonial Funeral Home — Dimmitt Current Dimmitt, Texas notices and funeral-home information. Colonial Funeral Home & Crematory — Phenix City Current notices, name search and A–Z browsing. Carey Hand Colonial Funeral Home — Orlando Obituaries Orange County / Orlando current notices and search. Colonial Chapel Funeral Home & Crematory — Orland Park Current Orland Park / Chicago-suburban obituary search and alerts. Federal Trade Commission — Funeral Rule General Price List and funeral consumer protections.Colonial Funeral Home Obituary FAQs
Is there one Colonial Funeral Home company nationwide?
No. Several unrelated funeral businesses use Colonial Funeral Home, Colonial Funeral Group or Colonial Chapel names. Match the city, state, phone number and obituary details before acting.
How do I find the newest Colonial Funeral Home obituaries?
First identify the correct Colonial location. Then open that funeral home’s official obituary page and use its newest-notice, name-search, filter or A–Z tools.
How do I search for one person?
Search the full name plus Colonial Funeral Home and the city/state. If that fails, try surname only, nickname, maiden name, spouse, cemetery or a wider date range.
How can I tell whether I found the correct obituary?
Compare the person’s full name, age, dates, relatives, city, funeral-home address, cemetery and service details. Do not rely on the name alone.
Can I get email alerts for new Colonial obituaries?
Some Colonial funeral homes provide official obituary notifications. Verified examples include the Madison/Sandy Ridge NC, Leesburg VA, Orlando FL and Orland Park IL sites. Subscribe only through the correct funeral home’s official domain.
Where do I get a death certificate?
Use the government vital-record office that covers where the death occurred. The funeral home’s location may be different from the place where the death was registered.
How much is a Staten Island death certificate?
NYC currently charges $15 per death certificate plus the applicable processing fee. NYC Health handles deaths occurring in Staten Island and the other four New York City boroughs.
How much is a Loudoun County Virginia death certificate?
Loudoun County currently lists $15 for each certificate, copy or record search. Eligibility and identification rules apply.
How much is a Rockingham County NC death certificate?
Rockingham County currently lists $10 for a certified copy and $0.25 for a plain-paper copy. Certified copies are restricted to eligible requesters.
How much is a Dallas County death certificate?
Dallas County currently lists $21 for the first death certificate and $4 for each additional copy of the same record ordered at the same time. Deaths inside Dallas city limits use the City of Dallas route instead.
How much is an Alabama death certificate?
Alabama currently lists $15 for the first certified copy and $6 for each additional copy of the same record ordered at the same time.
How much is an Orange County Florida death certificate?
Florida Department of Health in Orange County currently lists $10 per death certificate. Local Orange County service covers Florida deaths from 2009 to the present; earlier records use the state route.
Does New York City offer funeral financial assistance?
NYC HRA currently offers up to $1,700 toward qualifying funeral expenses for a deceased low-income New York City resident. The current program has cost, asset, documentation and application-timing requirements.
How can I verify a Colonial funeral home license?
Use the funeral-service regulator for the state where the funeral home operates. This guide provides official license-verification routes for North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Texas, Virginia, Alabama, Florida and Illinois.
What should I verify before sending flowers or a donation?
Confirm the correct person, the correct Colonial location and the family’s instructions on the official memorial. For charitable donations, open the charity’s own website before paying.
Can an obituary correction change the death certificate?
No. An obituary correction changes the public notice only. A certified death record must be corrected through the appropriate government amendment process.
Before You Share, Travel or Pay
- Identify the correct Colonial Funeral Home city and state.
- Open the official funeral-home obituary page.
- Confirm the correct person with more than one identity clue.
- Recheck service time and address before travelling.
- Use the place of death to choose the correct vital-record office.
- Verify an unfamiliar funeral provider through the relevant state regulator.
- Ask for funeral price information before committing to services.
- Check local burial or benefit programs before assuming every cost must be paid privately.
- Use official Veteran-benefit routes when military service applies.
- Do not publish private medical, financial or family information.
RecentObituaries.info is an independent source-navigation guide. It is not affiliated with any of the Colonial funeral homes listed here and is not a government vital-record office, cemetery, newspaper, regulator or benefits agency. Verify final information with the organization responsible for the notice, service, record or benefit.