Our Credentials

We are licensed to practice in Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania;

We were the first funeral home in Delaware to obtain the National Funeral Directors Pursuit of Excellence Award, not once, but three years in a row;

We opened the first crematory in Sussex and Kent Counties, Delaware, to be owned and operated by a licensed funeral director.

Our Services

Family owned and operated since 1865, Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium proudly serve local families with facilities that:

Are handicap accessible;
Have off-street parking;
Seating accommodations for 150 or more attendees;
Offer multi-function music, as well as organ and keyboard availability, and public address systems with a wide and varied pre-recorded music library;
Offer monument services through Lloyd Memorials.

We maintain a complete online site for a current listing of obituaries as well as many pertinent pieces of information regarding our location and other local services.

In addition, we provide:

A full range of pre-need plans:
Pre-funded funeral arrangements through Homesteaders Life Insurance Company;
Medicaid Irrevocable Assignments;
Funeral arrangements anywhere in the world.