We provide professional and compassionate burial services in Springfield, MA with reputable and licensed funeral directors.

Burying a loved one is always an emotional experience. The nature of the service itself can be modified in accordance with the deceased’s wishes, or with the general preferences of the family. 

We do not take a one-size-fits-all approach to our burial services, but rather we create the kind of mood that families request—while ensuring that, regardless of the particulars, each burial service is intimate, affirming, and beautiful.

• Graveside funeral services, which can include involvement from a religious leader, masonic rites, military ritual, or readings from family members.
  
• Committal services, in which loved ones gather to commit a loved one to the Earth—a symbolic gesture of healing.
  
• Immediate burials, for families who have a sudden and unexpected need to bury a loved one.

For unexpected deaths please call 911.

The basic Military Funeral Honors (MFH) ceremony consists of the folding and presentation of the United States flag to the veterans' family and the playing of Taps. The ceremony is performed by a funeral honors detail consisting of at least two members of the Armed Forces.

You can learn more about veteran funeral services and if you are eligible here.

Having a permanent place - in a cemetery, mausoleum, or cremation garden - that can be visited regularly by family and friends is an essential part of the time following a death. 

You can learn more about memorialization options here.

Tour our facilities and meet our friendly staff.

The Forastiere Family Funeral Homes have served the Greater Springfield community since 1905. Founded by Frank M. and Carmela M. Forastiere, the firm originated with a storefront on Water Street (now Columbus Avenue) and in 1911 moved to William Street next to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church. Learn more about our funeral home's history.