If you have a moment check out their website as it is one beautiful place…read more http://www.hindmanfuneralhomes.com/ My Mom passed on October 5th of this year. She was one strong and independent woman who had the foresight to take care of her own cremation and burial needs. Hindman is a longtime run family business that has their own private crematory. The crematory is used only for the families they serve and they are the only area firm that can guarantee the integrity of the cremation process because your loved one never leaves their care . It's a very long story of how my mother died, but the funeral home staff was more than kind enough to issue me temporary death certificates, so that I could open the estate. We are still waiting for the autopsy results. I did have one problem with them but it could have been a mistake. My brother received a call from one of the staff members saying that the laws had changed since my mom had paid for her complete burial and the cemetery now required the urn to be placed in a vault before it was buried. When my brother Jimmy quoted me the prices of these vaults, I said give me the name and number and I will call him. I spoke with this person and he assured me that a vault was required before the urn could be buried. I asked him for the number of the cemetery, of which I called and they told me there was no such law. I called back this person and told him it will be like this; on Friday morning at 9:00 we will be present when my mothers remains are delivered to the cemetery for her burial. In a way it turned out to be a good thing, because my mom wanted no service or prior viewing, so we were able to do a little family service and burial. She did say that if we wanted a church memorial service, we could do that, of which we did. The funeral home is absolutely gorgeous, enough so that I may one day lie inside, as I do not want to be cremated! I will burn in hell as it is! Even though I live four hours away Hindman impressed me that much with their care.

I would not recommend getting your animal cremated here. I feel as though they could have took more…read moretime and effort into their job. Especially for $400. They put the number that they gave my dog on everything. My dog was like a child to me. My dog is not a number. The paw and nose prints were barely there. Her hair was just thrown in a bag with said number on it. Do better. Really really heartbreaking. If I could go back and go to someone who really cared I would in a heartbeat.

Our family never expected to need funeral services so soon for our head of the family, my dad,…read morepassing quickly before our eyes. My mother looked for the local funeral home that has been said to provide timely help and support services during this most difficult time. After one day's meeting Mr. Miller, feeling at ease with every aspect of planning, step by step, all of us were so grateful and impressed that Mom chose this outstanding provider of funeral service and guidance and leadership. My mom and family would give more than five stars if we could. Such a great, great work and company!!!

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Terrible. My family suffered a terrible tragedy and it was made very clear to me that all these…read morepeople at Baker-Harris wanted was money. Had I not been there when my sister passed my family would not have even been told that a viewing was an option. As a matter of a fact, when I asked about it, the owner specifically said, "that's not an option" because he needed the money up front. (which is reasonable because it is a business) but here is where I found that they truly were money hungry: the moment he told me that it wasn't an option, I said, "well I have cash," he IMMEDIATELY went out to his vehicle and got me a pamphlet of price listings. However, he told my family that we had A HALF HOUR to decide what we wanted to do with my sister who had passed away tragically not long before the conversation took place. Thank goodness I was recommended Moskal & Kennedy Funeral home by another family member. They swooped in and made an incredibly difficult situation a little easier and saved us thousands of dollars (literally) for the same services. Normally I wouldn't advertise another business like this but I genuinely felt attacked by the owners of Baker-Harris and I know that had I not been in from out of town, they would have taken advantage of my family and my sister would not have gotten the beautiful funeral that she deserved because the option would not have been given by Baker-Harris at all.

Remember man as you pass by, for as you are so once was I, but as I am you'll surely be, so prepare…read morefor death and follow me. I said so long to my mother ten months ago and to my brother yesterday, I'm not sure if this quote is written exactly, but it came to mind and continues to circle through my thoughts. My youngest brother died years ago in a car accident, my mother died due to the negligence of the hospital she was staying in from massive stage 4 and above bedsores, but this brother, "Moose" we called him, had been suffering for years from type 1 diabetes. He's had heart attacks, toes removed, just two weeks ago he had two more removed, numerous eye surgeries, but none of this takes away the shock of getting that phone call. During the wee hours on Monday morning my brother went into renal failure, but only told his wife he was tired, yet restless and just needed to lie back down, by 11:30 in the morning he had passed due to a massive heart attack where his heart had imploded. He and my sister in law were childhood sweethearts and they were also each others best friend. She was used to him sleeping most of the day, for every good day that he had, he had three or four bad ones and the good days were getting further apart. He really took my mother's death hard, he was a great son, brother and friend. The Geisel Funeral Home has been used by my sister in laws family for years and she was comforted in how they came right out to the house and actually arrived before my brother's body had been removed from their home. The next morning the funeral director met with her and arranged for his viewing, final cremation and burial. The funeral home is so large with a large memorial chapel, many sitting rooms and lounges and two parking lots, they also have a huge welcoming lounge with tables set up for food and beverages. The only downfall that I had was they are grossly understaffed, during the three hours that I was there, there was no staff member or director there to answer her questions, if someone was there they were well hidden and the office was wide open. I have never seen a town with so many funeral homes, but Geisel is who my sister in law was familiar with and trusted, they were right there for her when she needed them. My brother Moose was 55, a great guy, the funeral home was over flowing with family, friends and coworkers. His heart was as big as he was, rest in peace Moose and no more bad days...

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They were the worst when my grandfather died. We had a Catholic service, my sister presented the…read morebread and I took the wine and he actually had the nerve to whisper to me "figures you'd take the booze." That was years ago and now he's just as awful with my step-sister's arrangements. He's the only gig in a small town and has absolutely no concept of just how awful he really is.

I must say I was very disappointed the lack of professionalism shown by Funeral Director Terry. He…read morenoticeable failed to include the deceased son's father throughout the services. Not only does this show unprofessionalism, it shows lack of empathy, compassion, and most important it shows a lack of love at such sad times.

Terry is by far the worst person for this job. He lacks compassion, empathy and caring for the…read morefamily. He's prejudiced against Protestants. He only includes family members (parent) if he himself like the person. Otherwise he doesn't mention the father, just because he has a dislike for he or his family when the father lost his young son!!! Didn't mention the only living grandmother because of his dislike for the young man's paternal family. I would not use this man's services unless I wanted my most tragic time of my life to be made even more painful! Steer away from this business unless you want even more pain.

Let's face it we all are going to meet our maker if so we might as well let Jeffery or Eric help us…read moredo it.

I inherited a few plots from my grandmother who is buried here. It's in the higher section of the…read morecemetery & is always kept nice in that area. I didn't want to burden any funeral decisions to my son so I've been working with Forest Lawn's management to handle these. It was an easy process to transfer the plots over to my name. I chose everything I wanted & they set up an easy, affordable, interest-free monthly payment plans for my decisions. I chose the headstones & marble for my husband & I in the first agreement for a 3-year payment plan. After that was paid for, I set up a second 3-year agreement for the urn burial vault & one site-opening charge. Now that one is paid off I'm going to set up the final agreement for the second urn burial vault & any other details I choose to add on. It makes me very happy & at peace finalizing all my arrangements now, at today's prices so my son won't be left with having to do this when the costs are higher in 20+ years or whenever my time is up. I took one star off only because they need to keep the roads in better condition.

I have seen the other reviews of this cemetery. They are old reviews, and, though I visited it for…read morethe first time only recently, I found it to be very beautiful and well kept. Perhaps there has been a change in management, but the complaints that I have seen in earlier posts seem to have been set straight. A friend of mine recently passed away and is buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Johnstown, and I am grateful for the care the facility has given to my friend's grave and to the rest of the cemetery.