For more than seventy years, Shorac Funeral Home has helped Ohio Valley families through the hardest days. Whatever you are planning, we will listen first, then handle the details, from the first call to the last goodbye and after.
Our services
Everything Your Family May Need
Funeral & Burial Services
Visitation, a funeral service, procession and committal, planned around your family and your faith.
Burial services →Cremation Services
Direct cremation, cremation with a service, or a memorial gathering afterward.
Cremation services →Memorial Services
A service that tells their story, with or without the person present.
Memorial services →Veterans Funeral Services
Military honors, the burial flag and VA benefits, coordinated for you.
Veterans services →Pre-Arrangements
Record your wishes now so your family does not have to guess later.
Plan ahead →Pet Cremation
Compassionate care for the companion who was part of the family.
Pet services →Livestreamed Services
Bring far-away family into the service.
Livestreaming →Out-of-Town Arrangements
Bringing a loved one home, or sending them far away.
Out-of-town →Scattering Ashes
Options and questions to ask first.
Scattering ashes →Cremation Urns & Keepsakes
Choosing an urn, size and keepsake.
Urns & keepsakes →Monuments & Markers
Lasting memorials, through Hayslip Memorials.
Monuments →Family Center Receptions
Gather after the service, across the street.
Family Center →
What We Do for Your Family
Our directors take care of the many details that follow a death, so your family can focus on one another.
- Pick up your loved one at any time, day or night, and bring them into our care
- Prepare and file the death certificate and provide certified copies
- Work with insurance, Social Security and the Veterans Administration on benefit paperwork
- Write the obituary and submit it to the newspapers you choose
- Help you choose a casket, urn, vault and cemetery space
- Coordinate with your clergy and the cemetery, including opening and closing the grave
- Arrange transportation, a police escort, flowers and a reception
- Follow up afterward with grief resources for your family
Where we serve
Families Across the Ohio Valley
We care for families in Wintersville, Steubenville, Mingo Junction, Toronto, Richmond, Bergholz, Brilliant, Rayland and the rest of Jefferson County, as well as Weirton, Follansbee and Wellsburg in West Virginia, and Cadiz and Hopedale in Harrison County.
Helpful reading
Guides for Families
What to do when a death occurs
A calm checklist for the first hours and days.
Read the guide →Funeral pre-planning guide
The decisions to make, and a checklist to work through.
Read the guide →How to write an obituary
What to include, and a simple outline to follow.
Read the guide →
We’re Here Day and Night
Tell us what your family needs. We will take it from there. Call us any time at (740) 264-0563.