Death resources for Allen County Indiana. This is a dynamic resource, curated to help find information resources when someone dies.
Funeral Homes
Fort Wayne
- Advantage Funeral Home and Cremation – Highland Park (260-490-4060)
- Advantage Funeral Home and Cremation – Mungovan (260-744-2114)
- C.M. Sloan and Sons Funeral Home (260-422-4232)
- Community Funeral Care – Carmichael Chapel (260-422-5359)
- Covington Funeral Home (260-203-1241)
- Divine Mercy Funeral Home (260-426-2044)
- D.O. McComb and Sons (260-426-9494)
- Ellis Funeral Home (260-422-6958)
- Elzey-Patterson-Rodak Home for Funerals (260-747-3186)
- Fairhaven Funeral Home (260-424-5000)
- Greenlawn Funeral Home (260-432-3914)
- Hess Funeral Home (260-336-4659)
- Hockemeyer & Miller Funeral Home (260-485-8500)
- Klaehn, Fahl & Melton Funeral Home (260-424-1525)
- Midwest Funeral and Cremation (260-496-9600)
- Nelson Memorial Gardens (260-422-5577)
- Northern Indiana Funeral Care (260-456-0890)
New Haven
- Harper’s Community Funeral Home (260-493-4493)
Law Enforcement
- Allen County (IN) Coroner (260-449-7389)
- Fort Wayne Police Department (Non-emergency number: 260-427-1222)
- Allen County Sheriff’s Office (260-449-3000)
Government resources (social security, VA)
- Dealing with the death of a loved one – Learn how to report a death to government agencies. Get a death certificate and survivor benefits.
- Social Security Administration: What to do when someone dies
- Veterans burial and survivor benefits
Grief support for kids
Infant loss
- Paying for funeral costs: Remembering Rowan
Support
- Victim Assistance – Fort Wayne – City-funded agency providing support for victims and survivors of violent crime. In this case, they are helpful for survivors in case of homicide and DUI.
- JAVA (Justice, Accountability, and Victim Advocacy) (Facebook group) advocates for crime victims & their families, offering support, linking them to community resources, and assisting them with understanding and navigating the legal system as they push forward on their quest for justice, accountability, and healing.
- GriefShare – peer-led grief support groups
- Peggy F. Murphy Community Grief Center – individual counseling, group conversations, grief education.
- We the Living – a support group for those who have lost loved ones to suicide
Body and organ donation
“I want to donate my body to science.”
- IU School of Medicine Anatomical Education Program – Whole body donation, no cost to the next of kin. Person has to be registered before death.
- MedCure Inc – Whole body donation, no cost to the next of kin.
- Science Care – Whole body donation, no cost to the next of kin.
- Indiana Donor Network – (317.222.3414) In the case of a death in the hospital, you’ll be contacted by IDN regarding all kinds of donation.
Hospitals
- Dupont Hospital (260-416-3000)
- Lutheran Hospital (260-435-7001)
- Lutheran – Downtown (260-425-3000)
- Maple Heights Behavioral Health Hospital (888-458-2991)
- Parkview Behavioral Health Institute (260-373-7500)
- Parkview Regional Medical Center (260-266-1000)
- Parkview – Randallia (260-373-4000)
- Parkview – Southwest (260-425-4100)
Other resources
Remembering Fort Wayne homicide victims – a list of names and data, updated after each homicide reported by the coroner.
This resource is curated by Dr. Jon Swanson. Read more support for grieving people at “Finding Words in Hard Times.“
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