For more than a century, the Gilpatric-Murphy Funeral Home has provided funeral, cremation, and prearrangement services with the highest principles of our profession and the commitment of keeping your confidence and trust through quality personal attention.  We are dedicated to respecting and fulfilling your personal wishes and needs.

Call the Gilpatric-Murphy Funeral Home at 845 338-1200 and you will be greeted by a friendly, knowledgeable professional. We do not use an outside answering service.

Are you interested in Cremation?  We offer cremation services which can be simple, creative or as elaborate as you wish.   

Interested in prearrangements?...call us at 845 338-1200, we can come to your home or you can come to ours.  You may also review our online prearrangement section in the comfort of your home or office, without obligation.

From your first call forward our professional and courteous staff will insure that all of your details are addressed in a timely and professional manner, including:

• Transfer to the funeral home from the place of death;
• Coordinating vital statistics and obituary information with your family;
• Obtaining the death certificate, completing vital statistical information and filing with the local registrar;
• Obtaining legal authorizations for final disposition; Obtaining certified copies of the death certificate;
• Licensed embalmers perform technical preparation;
• We offer simple cremation services to suit your family’s wishes and requirements. You can rely on us to carefully guide you through the cremation process;
• Cremation process held locally at Wiltwyck Crematory in Kingston;
• Coordinating obituary and services information with local and out of town media;
• Scheduling of services and visitations, and perhaps a reception afterward;
• Licensed personnel supervise services and visitations, who also remain alongside you in church;
• Coordinating plans with clergy, church or Synagogue;
• Coordinating plans with cemetery;
• Notifying Social Security & applying for Veteran’s benefits;
• Assistance with complicated life insurance claims;
• Ample staff to insure expeditious response times, and licensed funeral directors available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year;
• Spacious, comfortable chapels for visitation and memorial services, which are handicapped accessible;

You will find our funeral arrangements "Simple, Personal, and Affordable, with value in return.

Harry VanVliet IV, CFSP
Owner/Funeral Director

There are some very good reasons why you should consider preplanning, and our FREE Basic Planner takes less than 5 minutes to complete.

Making the many decisions which come at a time of loss is difficult. With our FREE online Arrangements, you can select the arrangements which are best for your preferences and budget.