I have worked for these wonderful people for one year now. I wish I could give them Ten Stars. They…read moreare totally professional when it comes to Funeral Services. I have helped with Funeral Services, and Dean, Mary, Garrett, Arthur, Kent, Mike and Sarah are the greatest. They go out of their way to help. This Funeral Home is the best ever. Thanks for offering your help in time if need for others. Dr. Wade Bridges

Sarah, summer was the only positive about this situation except, she did apologize for not getting…read moreobituary to radio station. That was nice to tell me and apologize. More than I can say about the rest of you.

Our family had an extremely disappointing and frustrating experience. During an already emotional…read moretime, we were met with poor communication, unprofessional behavior, and numerous mistakes that added unnecessary stress and heartbreak. Issues we encountered: It took an excessive amount of time to receive a return call just to schedule the service. We were told the ONLY available day was Friday or we would have to wait an entire additional week because there were "no Saturdays available." After looking into the schedule further, there were no services listed for Saturday at the time. The Funeral Director was extremely rude and unprofessional throughout the entire process. He did not properly review the pre-paid service plans that my grandparents had already purchased, including plots, casket, vaults, and opening/closing services that were fully paid in advance. When we asked multiple times for the Manager or General Manager's contact information to verify the plans, he refused to provide it and instead insisted the full payment be made by Thursday or the service would not happen. The funeral home had incorrect plot information in their system due to someone writing down incorrect details. Thankfully, we had our paperwork showing the correct plots and were able to get it corrected before burial. On the day of the service, the requested hair, makeup, and nails for my grandmother were not done according to our wishes and appeared poorly done. The obituary was incorrect even though the family provided a completed version. The Funeral Director made changes without confirming accuracy. Service handouts contained multiple errors, including missing pallbearers' names and incorrect last names. The facility itself appeared old, run down, dusty, and not well maintained. The audio system had issues, and the video tribute would not play correctly. It took 30 minutes to resolve, and ultimately a 13-year-old family member had to get it working. The Funeral Director struggled to locate or play the requested music selections, despite being provided the song titles and links ahead of time. Four months later, we are still waiting for the headstone to be placed. When visiting the cemetery, we found only a placement marker and items we had left at the plot the previous week were gone. Families should not have to manage these issues while grieving. We trusted this funeral home to handle arrangements with professionalism, respect, and care, especially considering services were pre-paid. Unfortunately, this experience fell far short of expectations. I hope improvements are made so that other families do not have to endure this level of stress during such a difficult time.

IF I COULD MAKE THE RATING AT LEAST 50 NEGATIVE STARS, I ABSOLUTELY WOULD!!! I WILL ALWAYS REGRET…read morehaving used this place and will NEVER have anything even neutral to say about them. I will NEVER use them again - ever!!!! I've learned they use a local family's name to hide behind plus other business names. They also run several other locations in this area and elsewhere around the country so you need to watch out for them. Their tactics include but are not limited to: pushing you to make choices immediately, calling you way too frequently to "follow up", promising you anything to make the sale (but not delivering), changing prices continuously, not returning phone calls once the contract is signed, not being truthful, making your private contact information public knowledge, not responding to requests for written communication, ignoring the state Attorney General's Office, etc, etc., etc. Eight and 1/2 months after they were paid in full but still had not provided the merchandise nor contacted me, I voided the contract and advised them I would no longer accept delivery. This written Time Limit Demand Letter was both hand delivered and sent via certified mail; I requested written communication along with a refund. Three months have passed and they're still ignoring all efforts - even the AGO's office. Obviously the attitude of both the business and of their employees is "we don't care - ethics and integrity be damned". Multiple times their promises included 30 days for delivery of the standard headstone, temporary use of mausoleum space, etc. After the contract was signed though they tried to increase the price another 25%, delivery suddenly switched to 60-90 days maximum, an expensive feature/picture on the headstone could not be done, the mausoleum space went away, and now 350 DAYS LATER THERE IS STILL NO HEADSTONE! I only learned by accident about the picture allegedly not being able to be done yet no refund was offered; I had to ask about the refund and was promised it. The refund never happened until my bank card carrier intervened and Rivermonte did not respond to their inquiries either.

I only worked for Gorman Scharpf three weeks. The training was good, management informed me several…read moretimes I was doing a good job, only to be lied to in front of my face and then fired after three weeks of working long hours, little sleep and always showed up to do my job. Management doesn't appreciate your hard work and they take advantage of the employees they have that are working for them. I wouldn't recommend working for them or using their services.

Though it is a sad occasion to write about, I can't say enough good about the Gorman Scharpf…read moreFuneral Home. They were intrusted with the remains of my Aunt Juna, and they did a fine job with the memorial service. The space was lovely, my Aunt looked at peace, and our family took comfort in knowing that she'd been handled well and with care by those who worked there.

I'm from St. Louis and needed a cremation service for my son who was in Springfield. I researched…read moreand studied the reviews of all that offered this service. Midwest Creamation and Funderal Services jumped right out to me. From the staff Jessa and Missy that I worked with were so efficient and kind hearted. They were always there no matter what questions I had they showed me the way. Being so far away this was comforting. They walked me thru the steps and lived up to my expectations. Too bad I couldn't check off 10 stars. They are the best. Thank you for taking such good care of Mt son. God Bless.

Absolutely excellent experience with Midwest Cremation, prices very reasonable, staff is excellent,…read morehighly professional, thorough and unbelievably helpful. We made arrangements from California when our Brother died in April while living in Springfield, Mo. All arrangements were made by phone in April and they stayed in touch with us until we could coordinate services at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery & stay on June 3rd. I was bursting with pride at the level of cremation care and Veterans Graveside service we received for my brother, a Vietnam Veteran. Thank you all.

they pick my son's body up he was already inbalm we agreed that Meador would provide pallbearers…read morebecause I didn't have anyone a lot of things happened before my son made it to the graveyard I'll cut through that but it was unprofessional very uncompassionate rude I was going through enough my son's life was taken from him it was a wrongful death meador got to the graveyard the manager and her helper both women one weighed 90 pounds the other one may be 200 the manager was like 70 years old and there's NO pallbearers she was to have (licensed employees ) from Meador funeral home they said they have several men work at funeral home help to carry the casket and especially when they agreed to take care of it I'm standing there numb 70 year old manager yells across the graveyard to a man that's there with his granddaughter yelling waving arms asking him to come help carry the casket about that time the presence of the Lord came on me to keep me from going to the ground on my knees then they pull the casket out and she manager drops her front the manager 70 years old maybe weighs 90 pounds they slide the casket back in to the vehicle she goes around and gets a folding table puts it on her side they slide the casket on that and then just slide it that's how my son got in the ground she could care less how he made it in there very unprofessional very and compassionate cold rude heart and they keep charging me the wrong amount they're wanting almost $13,000 and my bill is only 5800 they turned it over to the company in Jeff city I've sent them the proof even spoke with the Owner and he said he gave them the right amount but I keep getting these bills for almost $13,000 The funeral home nor the place in Jeff city returns calls or even tries to work with you there's more than this that I went through with that funeral home I just can't believe it the place that they sent my bill to in Jeff city the funeral home owns it and they're called a memorial they'll make a memorial concerning your family member.

Meador Funeral Home handled the arrangements for a recent death in my family. They were responsive…read moreto my inquiries and answered all my questions. It was a difficult time for our family and they made the process smooth and were consummate professionals. Their pricing is easy to understand and reasonable. Cherie handled our arrangements. She is thoughtful, conscientious and a consummate professional in funeral services. I am thankful for her assistance in getting us through this process. I would highly recommend her and this funeral home to anyone needing these services.