What to do when a death occurs...

at home and the loved one is under Hospice Care.

Contact the Hospice Nurse who will respond to your home and make the pronouncement of death.
Ask the Nurse to contact El Cajon Mortuary at 619-440-8033.
Please call El Cajon Mortuary to arrange for an appointment. Click here for details about the appointment.

at a Hospital, Hospice, Nursing Home or Assisted Living Center.

The Nurse or Physician will come to the room and make the pronouncement of death.
Ask the Nurse to contact El Cajon Mortuary at 619-440-8033.
Please call El Cajon Mortuary to arrange for an appointment. Click here for details about the appointment.

and Medical Examiner or Law Enforcement is involved.

Authorize the Medical Examiner to release the loved one to El Cajon Mortuary - 619-440-8033.
Once written authorization has been obtained, our staff will transfer your loved one into our care.
Please call El Cajon Mortuary to arrange for an appointment. Click here for details about the appointment.

What to do when a death is imminent.

If you are caring for a loved one and death is imminent, please know that we will be here to guide you through the next steps.

Death is difficult enough, but our experience has been that the more planning you do ahead of time, the process is easier.

Please call El Cajon Mortuary - 619-440-8033 - to arrange for an appointment. Click here for details about the appointment.

How to Arrange Services with El Cajon Mortuary

Contact Us at 619-440-8033

Our trained professionals are standing by 24 hours a day to assist you. We will guide you through this trying time.

When you call we will...

Make arrangements to transfer your loved one to our facility. You can rest assured that your loved one will be well cared for by our dedicated and experienced professionals.
Schedule an appointment so we may complete the paperwork for you and and have the legal documents signed by the appropriate parties.
Ask you to print this form to prepare for the appointment. There may be information you do not know. Use the word "Unknown" in those particular fields.

Forms

Information needed for death certificate & other forms.
(To print this form, you must have a PDF Reader - free from Adobe.)

Depending on the doctor or coroner signing the death certificate, and our crematory schedule, we will contact you once the cremated remains are ready in approximately two weeks.

If you are ordering certified copies of the death certificate, they will available in approximately 2-3 weeks.

If you have questions, please call us at 619-440-8033 or email us .