Smedley-Finkenbinder Funeral Home & Crematory

The Life Celebration program starts with a simple premise: that every life is meaningful and deserves to be celebrated. From that basic idea, the Life Celebration program can become whatever you want it to be. Listening and understanding what your families desire allows you to facilitate a new realm of personalization, transcending your services beyond the traditional. Through Life Celebration, families are invited to create a unique and memorable funeral for friends and family to come together, bringing comfort at a time of loss. Allowing your families and guests to share dear memories and personal reminiscences is the greatest service you can provide. It is a therapeutic and valuable way to help them move beyond the sorrows of today, while continuing to preserve the legacy of the past.

We are currently entering our 170th year of service to the Reading and Berks county area dating back to 1839. Seven generations of family service is an accomplishment which the firm is justly proud. We continue to offer dignified and faithful service to all our patrons and maintain the high ideals and conceptions of our founders. As we face the challenges of the future, we endeavor to keep "Henninger Directed Funerals" a hallmark in the community.

Imagine a looking glass that would allow you to see the future to time decisions and to make plans according to your schedule. Although you can't foresee what's ahead, you can prepare for it. To enjoy peace of mind and to make the future a reflection of the way you choose to live your life. The power of prearranged planning is in your hands. Tomorrow's decisions are handled today, freeing loved ones from sudden and potentially expensive decisions.Our prearranged benefit program offers consumers affordability, flexibility and portability. In addition, our program provides each member with the following benefits:Free Will Kit Free Living Will Kit Free Estate Planner Free Child/Grandchild/Great Grandchild Protection Plan Prearrangements are cost frozen at any one our 30 affiliates throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey.