Cremation Services
in Hillsboro, Oregon
Our direct cremation serves Hillsboro families at $1,194. No visit, no appointment, no package to talk your way out of. Arrange everything from home, at any hour, day or night.
We’re With You Every Step of the Way
Our staff of dedicated professionals is available to guide you through all aspects of arranging a cremation service.
Arrangements
Transfer
Once payment is received, we will respond to the place of passing within our service area. We’ll contact you with an estimated arrival time and typically arrive within 1–2 hours.
Documentation
Return
Cremation Made Simple
We provide a simple direct cremation package that can be arranged online or over the phone. No funeral home visits or sales pitches. Our $1,194 Simple Cremation package includes everything you need:
Transportation Services
Death Certificate Filing
Social Security Notification
Travel Safe Urn
24/7 Customer Support
About Us
Western Cremation Alliance serves families across the Portland metro, in Washington, Multnomah, Clackamas and Clark counties. Many families today want something simpler and more affordable than a traditional funeral, and that is the only service we offer. From Hillsboro and Forest Grove through Beaverton and Tigard into Portland, our licensed team guides you through every step. Call or write for a personalized quote.
What is included in a Hillsboro cremation?
Our simple cremation is $1,194, plus the $30.00 Oregon State filing fee. Washington County adds nothing on top of it. That is the whole price, and every part of it is published.
Hillsboro is one of the few places we serve where a local provider prices below us. Tualatin Valley Funeral Alternatives, at 1050 SW Baseline Street, publishes $1,095 all in, about a hundred dollars under our figure, on a price list effective February 2026. They are a real and reputable option, and we would rather you heard that from us than found it out afterward. Valley Memorial Park on SE Tualatin Valley Highway is $1,405 with the container. Fir Lawn Memorial Park on West Main Street publishes no price at all.
What the comparison below sets out is not who is cheapest by a hundred dollars, but what each price actually covers.
| What you get | Our $1,194 | Typical Hillsboro provider |
|---|---|---|
| Licensed funeral director and staff | Included | Included |
| Transportation into our care | Included, any hour | Usually included locally |
| Refrigerated care | Up to 10 days | Commonly 3–5 days, then daily fees |
| Cremation container | Included | $10–$125 extra depending on provider |
| Basic urn for the ashes | Included | $95 and up |
| Washington County filing fee | Itemized, $30.00 | Billed at cost, quoted later |
| Death certificates | $30 each, ordered for you | $25 each, you order them |
| Online obituary | Included on our site | $264 and up in The Oregonian |
| Social Security notification | Included | Sometimes |
| Arrangements without a visit | Every step online or by phone | Usually an in-person appointment |
Other providers’ figures are read from their own published General Price Lists, most recently 1 February and May 20, 2026. Under the FTC Funeral Rule any funeral home must give you a written price list on request, including the ones that publish nothing online.
Imminent Need
Imminent need arrangements are made when a loved one is expected to pass soon, but has not yet died. This allows families to prepare in advance by selecting services, completing forms, and understanding next steps, ensuring everything is in place ahead of time.
Making Decisions Now Eases the Burden in Difficult Moments
When a loved one is nearing the end of life, the emotional toll can be overwhelming. Having a clear plan in place helps families avoid rushed decisions during a stressful time. Our team is available to guide you through each step, answer your questions, and help complete the necessary paperwork so everything is ready when the time comes. This service gives you peace of mind and allows you to focus on what matters most.
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Meet Our Care Team
Adrien Hunter
Owner & Managing Funeral Director
Adrien Hunter is a licensed Funeral Director with two decades of dedicated experience serving families throughout the Seattle and Portland metro areas. A Phi Theta Kappa graduate of Mt. Hood Community College in Funeral Service Education, Adrien is committed to providing compassionate, respectful, and personalized care. When he's not assisting families, Adrien enjoys exploring new destinations, attending live music events, and spending quality time with his family.
Nearby cities we serve in Washington County
Prices, county fees and local details differ from one city to the next. See all locations we serve.
Hillsboro Cremation Information
Hillsboro is the county seat, so almost everything a family needs is here rather than a drive away. It also lost its local newspaper, which changes how obituaries work. These are the questions we are asked most, answered for Washington County specifically.
Where are you located? Can I come in to make arrangements?
Seven counties, two states. King, Pierce, Snohomish and Clark on the Washington side, and Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas on the Oregon side. Our administrative office and licensed arrangement counselors are based in King County.
Our partner crematory and transportation center are in Portland, about nineteen miles east of Hillsboro by way of Highway 26. We collect at any hour, with no additional charge for a night or weekend transfer.
Worth saying plainly, because it decides whether we are right for you. We do not have an office where families come to make arrangements. That is the whole economics of a $1,194 cremation. Every step is completed online or on the phone with a licensed member of staff, at any hour of the day or night. If sitting across a desk from someone matters to you, choose a funeral home that offers it.
Which hospitals and hospice agencies do you collect from in Hillsboro?
Hillsboro has two acute-care hospitals inside the city limits, which is unusual for a city of 106,000 and means a Hillsboro resident who dies in the hospital very likely dies in Hillsboro rather than in Portland.
Hillsboro Medical Center at 335 SE 8th Avenue is part of OHSU Health and is still called Tuality by anyone who has lived here a while. Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center at 2875 NE Stucki Avenue is the other. Both run emergency departments around the clock. Kaiser members generally go to Westside, and most other families go to Hillsboro Medical Center.
No licensed hospice keeps a Hillsboro street address. The agency most families here name is Care Partners, a non-profit operating since 1982 and originally chartered as Hospice and Palliative Care of Washington County. Their number is 503-648-9565, still a Hillsboro exchange. Providence Hospice also covers Washington County from Portland.
We collect from both hospitals, and from private homes and care facilities, at any hour.
Where do I get a copy of a death certificate in Hillsboro?
You are the one group in Washington County who does not have to travel for this. Washington County Vital Records is at 155 N First Avenue, Suite 170, MS-5, inside the Charles D. Cameron Public Services Building in downtown Hillsboro, about a mile from both Fir Lawn and the Tualatin Valley office. The number is 503-846-3538, and the counter is open weekdays 8:30 to 4:30 with a few later openings each month.
Certified copies are $25.00 each, with no discount for ordering several. In person you can pay by cash, check, money order or card. By mail it must be a check or money order.
One deadline matters. The county can only issue a certificate within roughly five months of the death. After six months the record moves to Oregon Health Authority at 971-673-1190, where mail orders run three to five weeks.
We order certificates for the families we serve at $30 each and file the record for you. For Hillsboro families that is a convenience rather than a necessity, so if you would rather collect them yourself at $25, that is a sensible choice and we will tell you when they are ready.
How do I publish a newspaper obituary in Hillsboro?
Hillsboro lost its local paper, and most funeral home pages still list titles that no longer exist. The Hillsboro Argus published for more than 120 years and ended in 2017. The Hillsboro Tribune ended in 2019. The Portland Tribune stopped printing in June 2025.
That leaves two real options. The Oregonian starts at $264 through its obituary desk and includes a permanent online memorial page. The weekly Hillsboro News-Times publishes on Wednesdays and takes obituaries at 503-620-7355 or obituaries@hillsboronewstimes.com, with up to two photographs. They price by word count on a callback rather than publishing a rate card.
The city also runs its own Hillsboro Obituary Finder, which is worth knowing about if you are researching a family history. A complete obituary on this site, with photographs, is included in our price at no charge.
What are the laws for scattering ashes in Oregon?
Oregon sets no state law governing where cremated remains may be kept or scattered. Ashes may stay at home, be divided among family members, be buried, or be scattered on private land with the owner’s permission. Scattering on federal land generally requires a permit, and rules differ by agency.
Scattering at sea is available through us for $195.
Where can ashes be interred near Hillsboro?
Valley Memorial Park at 3929 SE Tualatin Valley Highway has a cremation garden with niches, as well as interior and exterior mausoleum space. Fir Lawn Memorial Park at 1070 W Main Street is a combined cemetery and funeral home campus.
St Matthew’s Catholic Cemetery on SE Rood Bridge Road serves Catholic families. Old Scotch Church, on NW Scotch Church Road northeast of town, is one of the oldest pioneer grounds in the county and a place a good many long-established Washington County families already have ties to.
We do not sell cemetery property and we take no commission on it, so you are free to arrange this directly with whichever cemetery you choose.
What help is available with cremation costs in Hillsboro?
None of what follows is offered by the people who owe it to you. It has to be asked for. Working down this list in order is the fastest way through it.
Social Security’s lump-sum death payment is $255. It has been $255 since 1954, so nobody is getting rich, but it is yours and it will not arrive unless you ask. Surviving spouse first; otherwise a child under 18, or under 20 and still in school, or disabled before 21. Two years to apply. Call 1-800-772-1213, weekdays 8:00 to 7:00. An online start is possible through a my Social Security account. Walk-ins are no longer the norm, so book an appointment, and use ssa.gov/locator to find the right office. We do not list addresses here on purpose, because they move and we would rather not be the reason for a wasted journey.
If the person was a veteran, start here before anything else. Willamette National Cemetery, 11800 SE Mount Scott Boulevard in Portland, is the nearest VA national cemetery, at 503-273-5250. It has space for both casketed and cremated remains. The office is open weekdays 8:00 to 4:30 and the grounds daily from 7:00.
Straight from the VA: the benefit covers “a gravesite in any of our national cemeteries with available space, opening and closing of the grave, perpetual care, a Government headstone or marker, a burial flag, and a Presidential Memorial Certificate, at no cost to the family.” Cremated remains are treated no differently, being inurned “in the same manner and with the same honors as casketed remains.” A spouse or dependent child may be interred at no cost, their name inscribed on the veteran’s headstone rather than a marker of their own. Remarriage does not disqualify a surviving spouse, whatever you may have been told. Interments are scheduled centrally rather than by the cemetery: 1-800-535-1117, with discharge documentation faxed to 1-866-900-6417.
The VA also pays cash. For a non-service-connected death that is a $1,002 burial allowance and a $1,002 plot allowance as of October 1, 2025, on VA Form 21P-530EZ within two years of burial. Understand the interaction before you plan around it: the plot allowance is not paid when the interment is in a national cemetery. The free niche and the plot allowance are alternatives. 1-800-827-1000 is the number.
Your county veteran service office will file the VA paperwork for you, free, and correctly, which is worth more than it sounds. Washington County Veteran Services is at 5240 NE Elam Young Parkway, Suite 300, Hillsboro, on 503-846-3060. It is here in Hillsboro, so this is one errand you do not have to travel for. The Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs is at 1-800-692-9666.
Tribal enrollment can be the single biggest source on this page. Ask the tribe first. Two Oregon tribes publish substantial benefits and both have Portland offices you can reach without driving to the coast. Grand Ronde: up to $7,000 paid to the funeral home, $400 toward a reception, covering enrolled members, spouses, parents and children under 25, with tribal cemetery plots free to members. Member Services 1-800-422-0232 extension 2253; Portland office 4445 SW Barbur Boulevard, 503-879-1881. Siletz: up to $6,000 in funeral assistance and a $1,000 death benefit, no application required. 541-444-2532; Portland office 3220 SW 1st Avenue, 503-238-1512.
The nine federally recognized tribes of Oregon: Burns Paiute Tribe, 541-573-2088. Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, 541-888-9577. Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, 503-879-5211. Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, 541-444-2532. Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, 541-276-3165. Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs, 541-553-1161. Coquille Indian Tribe, 541-756-0904. Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, 541-672-9405. The Klamath Tribes, 541-783-2219. For a tribe outside Oregon, contact it directly. Bureau of Indian Affairs burial assistance of up to $3,500 is separately available to indigent enrolled members through the Northwest Regional Office at 911 NE 11th Avenue, Portland.
Where the death was a homicide, do not settle the bill before reading this. Oregon’s Crime Victims’ Compensation program, at the Department of Justice, pays up to $5,000 direct to the funeral provider, with additional amounts considered case by case, plus crime scene clean-up and grief counseling. Both deadlines are strict: police report within 72 hours, application within one year. Call 1-800-503-7983 or apply via the county district attorney’s victim assistance office.
Unlike Washington, Oregon counties do not pay for indigent cremations. Not Washington County, not Multnomah, not Clackamas. The program is a state one, the Oregon Indigent Disposition Program, administered by the Oregon Mortuary and Cemetery Board under ORS 97.170 at 971-673-1504, and it is routinely explained wrongly. It reimburses the funeral establishment, not the family; a family has nothing to apply for. And it covers only the unclaimed. If a relative signs a contract to pay, the statute no longer treats that person as indigent and the door shuts. Talk to us before you sign anything.
The Washington County district attorney’s victim assistance office, at 503-846-8671, is the local route into the crime victims’ compensation program and is generally quicker than applying to Salem directly.
Where none of this helps, we would still rather hear from you than have you go into debt over a cremation. Call and we will go through it properly.