# C.R. Lyons and Sons Funeral Directors

> Independent, family-owned funeral home in Danvers, Massachusetts, serving North Shore families across Essex County since 1925 with burial, cremation, family-attended cremation, green burial, veteran services, and preplanning.

## About

C.R. Lyons and Sons Funeral Directors is a fourth-generation, independently owned funeral home located in Danvers, Massachusetts. The firm has served families on the North Shore since 1925. It is locally controlled, is not part of any corporate group, operates a single location, and employs no commissioned salespeople. The firm offers family participation in the care of a loved one, a female funeral director on request, a private preparation space, formaldehyde-free embalming, and refrigeration when embalming is declined. C.R. Lyons III holds the CFSP and CCS credentials and was among the first Certified Cremation Specialists in the United States. The firm is a recurring recipient of the NFDA Pursuit of Excellence Award and serves about 220 families a year.

## Services

- Burial services: traditional burial, graveside services, and green burial.
- Cremation services: direct cremation, cremation with services, and family-attended cremation at the nearby Walnut Grove Crematory, where family members may be present and may start the cremation.
- Veteran burial and cremation: coordination of VA burial benefits, burial flag, Presidential Memorial Certificate, national and state cemetery interment, and military funeral honors.
- Celebrations of life, memorial services, and reception planning.
- Preplanning and prearrangement, trust-funded through Cambridge Trust Company.
- International repatriation, including frequent arrangements to Italy through Boston Logan.
- Obituaries, online condolences, and service livestreaming on request.
- Grief support referrals to Care Dimensions and local groups such as GriefShare.

## Service Areas

Essex County, Massachusetts: Danvers, Beverly, Peabody, Salem, Middleton, Topsfield, Wenham, Hamilton, Lynnfield, Swampscott, Marblehead, Boxford, and Ipswich.

## Key Pages

- Home: https://lyonsfuneral.com/
- Why Choose Us: https://lyonsfuneral.com/why-choose-us/
- Our Helpful Staff: https://lyonsfuneral.com/our-helpful-staff/
- Our Location: https://lyonsfuneral.com/our-location/
- Our Cremation Safeguards: https://lyonsfuneral.com/our-cremation-safeguards/
- Cremation Services: https://lyonsfuneral.com/cremation-services/
- Burial Services: https://lyonsfuneral.com/burial-services/
- We Celebrate Lives: https://lyonsfuneral.com/we-celebrate-lives/
- Importance of Ceremony: https://lyonsfuneral.com/importance-of-ceremony/
- Burial for Veterans: https://lyonsfuneral.com/burial-for-veterans/
- Cremation for Veterans: https://lyonsfuneral.com/cremation-for-veterans/
- Veterans Benefits: https://lyonsfuneral.com/veterans-benefits/
- Why Plan Ahead: https://lyonsfuneral.com/why-plan-ahead/
- What to Do First: https://lyonsfuneral.com/what-to-do-first/
- Understanding Funeral Pricing: https://lyonsfuneral.com/understanding-funeral-pricing/
- Social Security: https://lyonsfuneral.com/social-security/
- Grief Support: https://lyonsfuneral.com/grief-support/
- Obituaries: https://lyonsfuneral.com/obits/
- What Families Say: https://lyonsfuneral.com/what-families-say/
- Contact Us: https://lyonsfuneral.com/contact-us/

## Contact

C.R. Lyons and Sons Funeral Directors
28 Elm Street, Danvers, MA 01923
Phone: 978.777.7900
Fax: 978.777.3399

## Hours

Death calls are answered 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Office visits and arrangement conferences are by appointment, including evenings and weekends.