We are a family owned and operated funeral home dedicated to serving Lincoln County with dignity.
Offering meaningful personal service since 1914, we are a local family owned company providing the most reasonably priced memorials, funeral, cremation and cemetery services for all Oregon coastal communities.
07/29/2025
In the state of Oregon, any unlicensed person is allowed to run the funeral service, as long as they are not accepting payment of the services. In order to accept payments for officiating a funeral service, a person must be licensed. Typically, the person who officiates the funeral service will run the order of service. The officiant will gather music to play at the service, read the eulogy and often will say a prayer or present a poem in honor of the individual who passed. They may facilitate funeral rituals, such as a committal, rosary or the scattering of ashes.
Run order of service
Help organize the service
Facilitate funeral rituals
Contact Bateman Funeral Home in Newport, Oregon
07/25/2025
Pre-planning is determining the details of your funeral and cemetery services in advance. To some, this may sound like a difficult conversation. But putting a plan in place is actually a smart and caring thing to do. With a plan, you’ll reduce stress for grieving loved ones—and simply let them honor and celebrate your life, knowing things are happening just as you wanted. All your wishes. All with ease.
When getting ready for making a pre-arrangement, it can be overwhelming to decide what you may need to take with you. Here are some tips for starting a pre-arrangement!
07/22/2025
A natural or green disposition means that the body is buried in a biodegradable container or shroud. Usually, burial is done without the body being embalmed with formaldehyde. When the body is buried, it is placed in a natural setting. If the body is cremated, it is placed in a biodegradable urn or scattered. The cremated remains could be buried in the ground in a biodegradable urn, released into the water or scattered in a natural area.
Fly kites instead of releasing balloons
Plant a memorial garden
Consider live streaming the service so loved ones farther away can attend remotely
Consider having an outdoor service
Ask for a living flowers in lieu of cut ones
Ask for Memorial trees to be planted or charitable contributions in lieu of flowers.
Utilize the online obituary to go paperless
07/18/2025
Pre-planning is determining the details of your funeral and cemetery services in advance.
To some, this may sound like a difficult conversation. But putting a plan in place is actually a smart and caring thing to do. With a plan, you’ll reduce stress for grieving loved ones—and simply let them honor and celebrate your life, knowing things are happening just as you wanted. All your wishes. All with ease.
When getting ready for making a pre-arrangement, it can be overwhelming to decide what you may need to take with you. Here is a short checklist to help guide you through the process of getting ready for a pre-arrangement!
07/15/2025
Ideas for an outside memorial
Hold a graveside service
Hold a beach memorial
Hold a candle lighting service
Perform and ash releasing ceremony
Hold a letter reading
07/10/2025
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07/08/2025
Hold a twilight memorial service
Perform a candle lighting ceremony
Hold a time of remembrance
Blow bubbles into the sky as a memorial release
07/03/2025
We will be closed on July 4th in honor of Independence Day.
07/01/2025
Create a Memorial Garden
Decorate stones in honor of the person who passed
Plant a memorial tree
Give forget-me-not flowers for attendees to take home
07/01/2025
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Our staff is committed to providing quality service and professional assistance to help families complete the necessary forms to obtain benefits provided through the United States Department of Veterans Affairs for deceased veterans.
06/24/2025
Summer Celebration of Life Idea 4
Plant a memorial tree
Light a candle
Hold a time of sharing with family and friends
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Bateman Funeral Home was founded in 1914 by the Bateman family who owned and operated it until brothers Gene and Dene Bateman semi-retired in 1999. In 2010, two Oregon native Funeral Directors, both having homes on the Oregon coast and long time friends of the Bateman family, purchased the businesses from the out of state operators. Bateman is now a private company owned by local Oregon families. Their staff resides in both the Newport and Lincoln City areas, and are available to assist 24 hours a day.
Co-owner and managing partner of Bateman Funeral Home, Brian Norris is a licensed funeral director and celebrant who resides in Newport with his family. Brian is involved in the community as a member Yaquina Toastmasters Club, a member of the American Legion and the Lincoln County Historical Society. He is involved with the City of Newport Parks and Recreation Committee, is on the Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce board of directors, and is a member of the board of directors for the Oregon Funeral Directors Association. Brian's business partner, David Schroeder is also a licensed funeral director and a long-time Oregon Coast native, born and raised in Tillamook County.
Bateman Funeral Home is family owned and operated. Located in Newport, Oregon Bateman has a chapel and reception areas, and operate the only two certified "on-site" cremation centers in Lincoln County. While other funeral homes are required to transport to a third party crematory operator and have little control over when the cremation takes place or when the ashes are returned to you, Bateman Funeral Home can assure no out of town transport costs and your loved one does not leave their care. With certified crematory operators, Bateman assures the highest possible standards right here in the Lincoln County community.
Bateman Funeral Home offers a wide variety of services including burial, cremation and pre-arrangement services. Custom designed personalized funeral and memorial services are Bateman Funeral Homes’ speciality. The funeral home believes that a memorial or funeral service should be a time to pay tribute and celebrate one's life at the same time. Each person has lived their own life individually and each person's funeral or memorial service can and should reflect that. When properly and appropriately designed, a personalized funeral or memorial service is a very meaningful and powerful experience.
Brian and Dave continue the Bateman family legacy of giving back to the community as a 53-year member of the Newport Chamber of Commerce as well as a lifetime Booster for Newport High School. Starting in 2015, Bateman Funeral Home has awarded seven scholarships to local seniors in Lincoln County to pursue higher education as well as participated in many other sponsorships, fundraisers and charities in the community.
Bateman Funeral Home, Our Family Serving Yours Since 1914
