One of the worst things you will deal with in life is the loss of a loved one. It is heartbreaking and devastating. And you need guidance and kindness at this time. The Dougherty brothers' funeral home has been taking care of area families for generations. The original owners passed, and the new owner Tim Plante kept their name and even photos of them in the building in their honor. This only is the start of the goodness of this man. I appreciate people that take the time to honor others. From the moment you call to render their services, you are treated kindly. We were there recently for the passing of our matriarch, and how I was dreading it. Jim made the whole planning of the funeral effortless and happy. Happy? How could we be happy during such a time? Because he diverted our attention from our own grief with personal stories and information. Something I was dreading became one of the easier tasks we had to do. And for that, we are forever grateful. If you need someone to take care of your departed loved one, and you as well, please do not hesitate to use this incredible business. Thank you Tim and Jim for making a difficult time much easier. read more

Beware any information you provide them with! I received an unsolicited survey 19 question questionnaire addressed to my address (via family surname), contained in an envelope with the return address of Daugherty Brothers Funeral Home in Plainfield, CT. This questionnaire contained invasive questions including the recipient's age, spouse's age, employment/veteran/retirement status, life insurance information and estate planning beneficiary information, fiduciary appointments, recipient's address, telephone number and email address, and...the recipient's plans, if any, for final funeral arrangements for themselves and other family members and how much money the respondent might/would spend for a funeral. A prepaid postage envelope was enclosed for return of the completed questionnaire, however the address on that envelope was not that of the Daugherty Brothers, but rather a data mining and information collection company located in Portland Oregon called "Funeral Home Information Center". The questionnaire and envelope are clearly marked with some type of barcode and identifying ID number assigned to the recipient "Family." In small print at the end of the survey was "This survey is part of a general distribution" which attempted, it seemed, to mitigate the impact of receipt by a family who was in the midst of a recent bereavement, however, it might also serve as a disclaimer as to the true, underlying and more devious purpose of the survey. What treasure trove of information to the data scavengers hovering around us every day! - all unwittingly provided by unsuspecting members of the public and cleverly, but deceptively, proffered to them by a local merchant under the mantra of "providing sensitive, caring and professional help when people are in need"!! I have never had any prior contact with Daugherty Brothers and I resent being the target of a data mining operation; clearly this is a tool utilized by merchants such as this Daugherty Brothers and touted by data mining companies as a win/win for both the merchant who seeks marketing/advertising, customer leads with more visibility, and..... also, to the data/information collectors who then rent/sell/share all the data collected, coralated and curated to ... well, who knows? Scammers? More marketing and advertising companies? Junk mailers? Political organizations? Charities? The end user is unknown, but what is known is that information is worth lots of money. And Daugherty Brothers has assisted in this endeavor. What I resent is that a specialized industry such as funerary providers, normally highly sensitive to the desire for the privacy, state of fragility, and deep emotions of potential customers should avail themselves of unabashed mercenary methods for getting "leads" to further market their services. In my future need for funeral/undertaker services, I shall not be considering Daugherty Brothers. read more