Business Details
50+ Years
experience
Emergency
services
Compassionate Funeral Services in Albuquerque, NM
Founded in 1907, French has served Albuquerque and Rio Rancho communities with compassionate guidance through loss. Our five locations offer personalized funeral, cremation, and memorial services, emphasizing dignity and meaningful tributes. We specialize in traditional funerals, cremation options, veteran honors, pet cremation, and eco-friendly burials. Our team provides grief resources, preplanning support, and customized ceremonies reflecting each individual's life.Affiliated with Selected Independent Funeral Homes, we maintain the highest service standards while offering 24/7 assistance. With over a century of local expertise, we combine tradition with innovative personalization options like tribute videos and live-streamed services. Our ownership's national leadership in funeral services underscores our commitment to excellence and community care.
Services
Funeral Services
Cremation Services
Celebrations of Life
Veteran Services
Pet Cremation
Green Funerals
Preplanning
Grief Support
Details
- Year established: 1907
Highlights and features
- Serving families since 1907 with century-long local expertise
- Personalized continuum of care for every family need
- 24/7 availability for immediate assistance and support
- Exclusive representative of Selected Independent Funeral Homes
- Year-long weekly grief support program for healing
Associations and certifications
- Selected Independent Funeral Homes
What people say
Compassionate guidance
Personalized care
24/7 availability
Meaningful tributes
Professional staff
Services
Funeral Services
We offer traditional funeral services with burial options, including casket selection, graveside ceremonies, and visitation arrangements. Our staff guides families through every decision, ensuring culturally sensitive services that honor individual traditions. With permanent resting place options and reception planning, we create meaningful tributes that facilitate healing through personalized memorials.
Cremation Services
Our cremation services include direct cremation, memorial ceremonies, and urn selection with flexible scheduling. We provide private cremation options with guaranteed return of remains, operating our own crematory for complete care continuity. Families receive assistance with permit processing and can choose from scattering, burial, or keepsake urn options for lasting remembrance.
Celebrations of Life
Custom celebrations honor individual legacies through personalized venues, music, artwork, and multimedia tributes. We specialize in creating unique ceremonies that reflect personal stories, incorporating family traditions and creative elements like tribute videos and customized keepsakes to celebrate distinctive life journeys.
Veteran Services
We provide full military honors with flag presentation, Taps playing, and honor guard details for eligible veterans. Our staff assists families in securing service benefits while creating dignified tributes that recognize military service through traditional ceremonies and personalized commemorative elements.
Green Funerals
Eco-conscious options include biodegradable caskets, natural burial grounds, and sustainable practices minimizing environmental impact. We partner with certified green cemeteries and offer chemical-free embalming alternatives, helping families create environmentally responsible memorials that align with ecological values through biodegradable materials and carbon-conscious ceremonies.
People
Tom E. Antram
President and CEO
As President and CEO, Tom leads with decades of funeral service experience, maintaining our century-old commitment to compassionate care while innovating personalized memorial solutions for modern families.
Alice Brousseau
Vice President and CFO
Alice ensures financial integrity while upholding our founding values, balancing fiscal responsibility with our mission to provide accessible, dignified services that meet evolving family needs.
Questions
What types of funeral services do you offer?
We provide traditional funerals, cremation services, celebrations of life, veteran honors, pet cremation, and eco-friendly burials with full personalization options.
Can I preplan funeral arrangements?
Yes, we offer comprehensive preplanning with customizable options to document preferences and ease future burdens, including special programs for veterans.
Are cremation services available?
We offer direct cremation, memorial services with cremation, and urn selection with guaranteed remains return through our owned crematory.
Do you provide veteran funeral benefits?
We assist families in securing military funeral benefits and provide full honors ceremonies with flag presentation and honor guard details for eligible veterans.
What grief support resources exist?
Our year-long weekly grief messages program and counseling resources provide ongoing support, complemented by personalized guidance during the mourning process.
Can services be personalized?
We specialize in personalized tributes through music, artwork, tribute videos, customized keepsakes, and venue-specific celebrations reflecting each individual's unique life story.
