Ms. Sherry DeGraff was extremely helpful in providing unbiased and accurate information regarding…read morethe funeral process. Wonderful to have a compassionate, honest family owned and operated Home in Ocean County. Thank you Sherry. George DiCostanzo

I hesitated to post anything because I like to focus on the positive, but here's my story and the…read moreultimate reason for my 1 star review. My cousin's husband (I considered him my cousin as well since they were married before I was born) passed away & was cremated through this funeral home. I purchased 3 memorial frames with a vial to hold the ashes of the deceased for my cousin and her 2 children. I even put the photos in all of the frames before giving these memorial gifts to the family. After giving the frames & obtaining permission from my cousin (the widow), I went to the funeral home 2 days BEFORE the funeral to drop off 3 of the 1 inch METAL vials (1 for each frame that held a 1/4 of an eye dropper worth of ashes). I left the frames with my cousin & arrive at the funeral home with ONLY the 3 SOLID METAL vials & asked the woman at the front desk if they could have the ashes put in the vial before the funeral mass 2 days later. She told me she would need to obtain permission from the widow which was totally understandable. I had permission already so I knew that wasn't going to be an issue. But then she hits me with a $50 fee. I have given this cremation gift many times, over many years (most times just the memorial locket or similar vial sans frame) & NEVER once was I charged for the service of dropping less than an eye droppers worth of ashes in these vials. She said it wasn't them & that they were charging me for insurance reasons (I call BS) She tries to say that if they broke the, solid medal vial I could sue them (insert annoyed eye roll here). If you've ever seen these vials, you could run them over with a Mack truck & it wouldn't even dent the surface. Then she offers that with permission from my cousin they could add the $50. to the family bill (REALLY? & UHM JUST NO!!!) Just an added FYI, I've done this with a friends ashes for his wife (1 vial); my mom's ashes (6 vials) to give to multiple close family members; my uncle (mom's brother 4 vials) & most recently with my sister's ashes (5 vials) & not 1 funeral parlor in either New York or New Jersey charged me a single penny for this service. My annoyance turned to irritation when they refused to take my credit card (she tells me they had a minimum $100. charge amount. Are you freaking kidding me?) I told her that these mercenary practices were bad enough but to NOT take my credit card because they didn't want to pay the CC fee was ridiculous (because let's be honest here, this is the ONLY reason they have yet another money grubbing minimum). I bet if my order was $100. their minimum would have been $150. SMH!! I left pretty ticked off when I had to go find an ATM to withdraw the $50. in cash. Fortunately there was one close by. I drop off the cash & although irritated I left ready to put the entire headache behind me. So imagine my surprise, not long into my drive home, that I got a tear filled, apologetic phone call from my recently widowed cousin crying about how sorry she was "for my trouble" & an offer to pay me back the $50. I was horrified and had to take multiple deep breaths to remain as calm as possible so that as lovingly as I could, I told my cousin it wasn't a problem at all & to please NOT to give this a second thought. It was my gift to them & I wouldn't think of being reimbursed for this. I was just so sorry that the woman called her with this. I hung up as irritation turned to outright fury that this inappropriately heartless woman CHOSE to burden a recent widow with this unnecessary literal NONSENSE. My cousin, who had so much to deal with, after JUST LOSING HER HUSBAND did NOT need this crap, yet this A$$ covering P*$$y A$$ B**ch employee, probably afraid I would call my cousin and complain (which since I'm NOT a heartless monster I NEVER would have done) Yet under the guise of "acting" sympathetic with "oh we're so sorry your cousin was so upset" couldn't let the fact that I called them out for being the very definition of "mercenary" go that she had to burden this poor widow. My only regret after this is that 0 Stars wasn't an option.

I would like to say this business is by far one of the most professional businesses I have ever…read moredealt with. I knew the business as Buklad Memorial but it is now called Buklad-Merlino Memorial. Chris Merlino was so wonderful in helping plan our recent funeral. He took care of every detail to make our experience as worry free as possible. Both of their facilities are beautiful and the Yardville facility is newly decorated. Chris was wonderful in offering advice for local vendors. Being from out of state, it was a painless experience working with Chris and staff and I would highly recommend their service.

Rezem Funeral Home handled the arrangements for my recently deceased father. All I can say is they…read morewere WONDERFUL. They were compassionate and yet professional with attention to detail. Most of all, I felt like they didn t try to take advantage of us. As it was a very emotional time for my family, they probably could have sold us all sorts of additional items, but they did not. Instead, they respected our family, answered all our questions, and did not push us into anything unnecessary. The staff made themselves available for questions and guidance every single day leading up to the services and even afterwards. Thank you Ken and staff for taking care of everything! Add l Note: This place also had one of the biggest parking lots that we knew of, easily accomodating our large family and many friends.

I recently used Rezem Funeral Home for my father-in-law's funeral services. They provided great…read morecomfort and compassion to my family while conveying serenity and gentle guidance with the death and funeral process. The room and all the arrangements for the services were beyond compare. We received many compliments on how beautifully everything was handled. There were also unexpected acts of kindness that are worth more than gold. Planning a loved one's funeral is a reality with which we all become intimately acquainted with at some point.

I am posting this so that perhaps cemetery management makes the necessary changes. On 10/26/23 my…read moremother passed away and on 10/30/23 she was laid to rest in the grave that my father was laid to rest back in 1999 at Holy Cross Cemetery. My sister contacted the Cemetery to have Christmas wreaths placed at the grave of our parents and another one at our nephews grave also located at Holy Cross Cemetery. On Saturday 12/23/23 my sister and her daughter when to the cemetery. When they got to the grave of our parents the wreath was place on the decaying flowers that were never cleaned up since my mother was laid to rest two months ago. When they went to the grave of our nephew there was no wreath. The cost to have the cemetery place a wreath is $55.00 / wreath. My sister emailed the cemetery because the office on the cemetery grounds was closed on Saturday 12/23/23. Naturally, there was no response on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day but, you would expect a response on Tuesday 12/26/23. The Cemetery never responded. My sister call the Cemetery and a woman answered. My sister explained that the wreath placed at our parents grave was laid on top of dead flowers. She told my sister that they only clean twice a year and because my mother passed at the end of October the next cleaning is May. She also explained to my sister that the family should clean the dead flowers between cemetery cleanups. Then my sister explained that there was no wreath placed at our nephews grave. My sister was told that that was an oversight and they would refund $55.00. My questions: 1- If no one went to the Cemetery how would you know that the wreath you paid for wasn't provided? 2- If the family is responsible to clean up the grave sites between cemetery biannual cleanups, what's stopping me from raking the debris off my loved ones grave an onto someone else's grave? What's stopping me from placing the debris in a bag and taking it to the cemetery management office so they can store the debris until they do their biannual cleanup? 3- Why does the cemetery police have time to remove items from grave sites that they feel aren't appropriate? The cemetery police have time to remove Items like ballon's, teddy bear, etc. from grave sites but, they don't have time to clean dead flowers? I included a picture of the $55,00 wreath that the cemetery placed at our parents grave just so you can see what Holy Cross Cemetery feels is acceptable.

My grandparents are buried here. I didn't know them very well. I maybe spoke to them a handful of…read moretimes as a child even though they lived nearby. They were super old and senile. The funerals were nice. But I didn't feel any grief. Their house in East Brunswick was sold. Maybe demolished. These people are gone from the Earth without a trace. I'll let you in on a secret: I fear death, and the deaths of those I love. Death is the ultimate tragedy... a life of suffering is tough, but in most cases we can make things better. Death you can't fix. I won't romanticize death or martyrdom and drape them in metaphor. Death is real, it's brutal, it's tragic. You should be sad -- you should be afraid.

Going on five months ago on the recommendation of Forest Green cemetery my family sent Uras…read moreMonuments a certified check for almost $2,500 full payment for both the plague and $660 for the placement of the plague, a little over three months later (the timwe were told it would take to make) after calling to find out if it was ready I was told it would be ready it wasn't, but that by the weekend of the 4th of July, it would be ready, a month later I called Forest Green and was told it hadn't arrived yet, they gave me Uras Monuments number to call myself notwithstanding they recommened them and told me they have a great working relationship! So I called and spoke to someone named Andy who at first told me that the plague was lost in the mail, after I asked if they don't insure a plague of such expence where they would have a tracking number I was told that after they look into it, they get back to me someting in the future, no I said, callthem then call me back today and her did, only telling me this time that the plague isn't ready because I didn't sent them the ok to start, now again I state the bill was paid in full and not the %50 up front that they request, My response was that that we had sent not only the certified check but with it the ok on the draft, funny how they not only cashed the check, but paid Forest Green to place a plague never made, lets give them the benefit of the doubt and say the approvel wasn't inculded I would think that after Three months of having received the check, why did they wait for me to follow up? they today I told siad Andy that we would like a full refund and this clown tells me ok, all but the placement fee which Forest Green wouldn't refund me, I responded with We sent Uras Monuments a certified check for close to $2,500 and that the it was their problem to get back the $660 they paid Forest Green as that shouldn't have been piad before the plague was sent to forest green, so I'm going to wait and see how much is refunded and if it's not the total we sent them then we're taking them to court, so you've been warned about Uras Monuments business practices!!! I recomment Don't Do It!!!!! Stay tuned!

Excellent experience. We only needed a name and some dates added to an existing tombstone, but we…read morefound this company helpful and very responsive to our needs. I had initially reached out to another local company for the same service, and had great difficulty getting answers from it. We turned to Uras instead and are very pleased with the service, the final result, and the cost. I would definitely recommend this company.