318 Burnside Ave, East Hartford, CT 06108
Services
The funeral home occupies a spacious, well-landscaped building featuring a large chapel and separate celebration room. Both spaces offer ample, flexible seating configurations to accommodate different service sizes and formats. The interior features tasteful furniture and décor designed to create a warm atmosphere. The facility includes a conference room for private family arrangements.
Newkirk & Whitney emphasizes personalized service, pledging to create tributes that reflect individual passions, personality, and wishes.
Newkirk & Whitney Funeral Home has served East Hartford families since 1896, making it one of Connecticut's longest-operating funeral establishments. The business operates in conjunction with Benjamin J. Callahan Funeral Home from its well-landscaped facility at 318 Burnside Avenue. As a member of the Dignity Memorial network, the location combines locally managed operations with the resources of North America's largest funeral services network. The facility features a large-capacity chapel and celebration room with flexible seating arrangements and tasteful décor designed to accommodate diverse service formats.
I can’t thank Newkirk & Whitney enough for their contribution towards my sister’s funeral service 9/5/25. We worked closely with the funeral director Justin who was so attentive and showed so much compassion during this difficult time. I can text and call him anytime, he always r...
Newkirk & Whitney was very compassionate. They were very helpful in all that needed to be done. They were able to locate the records from my Dad's death in 1999 so that my sister and I could plan for my Mom according to what she planned for him in 1999. They still are there f...
When our mother passed away, we were overwhelmed by the grief of our loss, but the team at Newkirk and Whitney Funeral Home made the entire process so much easier for our family. From the moment we walked in, Christopher, Bonnie, Lauren, Taylor, Angela, and the rest of the staff ...
Everyone we dealt with at Newkirk and Whitney treated us with respect and compassion from the night my mom died to the end of our services and everything in between. Even when we realized there was a mistake on the death certificate due to us giving the wrong information Bonnie p...
On the saddest day, they treated us with respect, understanding and compassion. Everything was handled with care and professionalism. Forever grateful!
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