I had the chance to visit Indy's Floral Park Cemetery on the near-westside of Indy earlier today as…read moreI was taking a trip west to snag a Yelp restaurant review. Floral Park falls under the Washington Park Cemetery Association. It has a funeral home on-site and has been in existence since 1910. Floral Park offers burial and cremation services. They have a Flanner Buchanan funeral center and an event center with two large event room and additional rooms available for community use. They also have catering options. The cemetery itself is much larger than I realized. Famous, or in at least one case notorious, people buried at Floral Park include blues musician Leroy Carr, Hall of Fame Pro Baseball Player Oscar McKinley Charleston, race car driver James R. Packard, race car driver Chuck Rodee, and notorious killer Steven Judy (who was executed for the killings of 23-year-old Terry Lee Chasteen and her 3 kids). There are approximately 90,000 burials at Floral Park. Indianapolis's first cemetery, Greenlawn Cemetery, is actually located within these grounds and is marked with a large black stone. It was established around 1821. While it's doubtful that the remaining graves actually are the full graveyard, you can tell by those present that they are remarkably old. At the time it was approximately 7 acres and still contains both Union and Confederate soldiers from the Civil War. Former Governor James Whitcomb was originally buried at Greenlawn before being exhumed 40 years later and moved to Crown Hill Cemetery. Interestingly, at one point a good portion of Greenlawn was closed and developed into Federal League Ballpark. I was honestly amazed at the size of Floral Park. While it's certainly not as large as Crown Hill, it's quite amazing. You can tell it's an older cemetery and it does appear some renovation work is going on. The grounds are generally well kept and you could see quite a few visitors on this beautiful Saturday. Everyone I met, and I was surprised how many people actually spoke, was friendly and I met a beautiful 16-year-old pit bull. There's some difficulty in actually tracking in the cemetery, though you can apparently get a map in the office. I found, for example, that the Find A Grave website labeled things in a way differently than things are labeled at Floral Park and while the website might label things with section numbers it seemed like Floral Park used actual names for most of their sections. As is true for many larger cemeteries, there are different sections including a rather sad section known as "Babyland." Judy's grave was somewhat set apart, probably wise considering the nature of his crimes. There also seemed to be an extraordinarily large section that had quite a few graves with children and families. Floral Park Cemetery doesn't have quite the awe-inspiring aura of a place like Crown Hill, but it feels very much like it's a cemetery that radiates the heart and soul of Indy. I was honestly amazed how many people were actively visiting and how many graves were clearly well remembered and loved. I watched as one older woman walked delicately in the Babyland section. You can't help but wonder about their story and pray for them.

Floral park is a very big cemetery. Groundsmen is very nice and polite also very hard workers. I…read moresee they put boards on ground to drive over them never seen that before. I asked for help to find a location of my family's grave and Jason which is a groundsman stopped what he was doing and helped me and noticed my memorial was sinking so he asked my permission if he can fix it. So he did it and it looks amazing.

Absolutely lovely, meandering little historic cemetery in Noblesville. I wanted to visit Lucius…read moreWainwright, one of the founders of Central Cycle Company and later, President of Diamond Chain and Co. He and his family are buried quite near the Conner's of Conner Prairie fame, towards the front. Lots of unique headstones. Says no pets allowed, FYI.

Yet another old, beautiful, well-kept cemetery in Indiana, this one in Noblesville, the site of my…read moregreat-grandparents' grave on my mother's side, also her Aunt Edna, my great-aunt, who I remember going to visit as child. The highlight of my visit here was standing before the grave of my maternal great grandparents, especially my great grandmother Luella "Lou", whom i was named after. Later I found the grave of my mother's other grandmother, Mary, whom I was also named after, hence the MaryLou.

I am so glad that Lauck & Veldhof is one of the few remaining family-owned funeral homes in the…read moreIndianapolis area. Jeff handled the services and cremation of both of my parents, and he is very professional and compassionate. The funeral home is beautiful, and he takes great pride in being a good neighbor. I would trust him with the care of any of my family members, including myself. Thanks, Jeff, for your service to our community.

Words cannot adequately express our deep gratitude to Jeff and his staff at Lauck & Veldhof Funeral…read moreHome. Throughout the entire process, Jeff was the consummate professional, guiding us with compassion, grace, and support. Every aspect of the funeral exceeded our expectations. Thank you, Jeff, for making this important moment a beautiful, stress-free, and memorable send-off for our mother.

Heading into funeral planning is one of the most trying times of your life. The staff at BB&D…read moregently took us by the hand and led us through the details and options. The personal attention to every small detail was astounding. They delivered things to the house whenever needed and allowed us the space to grieve peacefully. I can never say enough good things about their services.

This is a beautiful cemetery and the final resting place of some notable folks. Hard copy maps are…read moreavailable at the entrance, but their online site is even better. It integrates with Google Maps and makes finding a grave pretty darn easy. It saved us a lot of time that we would have spent walking around aimlessly. I recommend trying that if you are looking for specific graves.

Original complaint was answered by William Obet said he would provide the details and information I…read morerequested!. All I got was lip service. NO information provide NO answers to my questions. So obviously they can NOT help with prepaid burial service. Can Not give negative stars!!!

So I know I'm normally reviewing restaurants and such I just had to come here and give a spot on…read morereview of Williams & Bluitt funeral home. So our loved one recently passed away and it was quite sudden so when leaving the hospital they provide you with a list of funeral homes and you need to make a decision within 24 hours of your loved ones passing! We first contact W&B because they came highly recommended and am I glad we did choose them! LaMonde Nixon the director was really patient with us and not judgmental of our family dynamics and dysfunction but helped us maneuver through the most difficult time of someone's life! From Ms. Norma at the front to Kayla everyone was so warm and understanding! As Mr Nixon was able to smoothly work with our insurance company and we found a plan that was suitable for our needs! So if you're ever in the need of a good funeral home and I pray that you won't be in a need any time soon but if you are I truly recommend Williams & Bluitt Funeral Home!

Williams and Bluitt were awesome!! There services were phenomenal. My Granddaughter Emirah looked…read moreso beautiful. When I tell You when they say how she was going to look they did not lie. They owned up to what they said they were going to do. They just did an amazing job. I want to thank Angela Jones for being there with us every step of the way she made it much more easier and less stressful. And the team that made her looked like a princess I'm loss for words, thank you, thank you, thank you. God is Good all the time God is Good. Thank you so much, Clara Rowe

We've rented a large amount tables from Montgomery Tent for two years in a row for an event in…read moreGreenfield. Even though they are located in Indy, they were willing to deliver the tables to our venue in Greenfield. They have been flexible with last minute changes for us. Last year, we needed extra tables and the crew went back to Indy and delivered the additional tables. The prices for the tables are a tad less than local supplier in Greenfield. The tables are sturdy and serve the purpose that we need. Some of the table tops were a little ugly, but we cover them anyway. Delivery was on time but we had to be flexible with their pickup schedule. We will continue to order the tables from them and highly recommend.

They were so friendly, professional and responsive. They found a way to put a tent in my tiny front…read moreyard for a graduation party. Their communication was excellent and I love spending my money in local family-owned places.

I just wanted to take a minute and say that this place saved my day. I was in town and went to see…read moremy grandma grave site and Anderson Memorial on a Saturday and the cemetery was closed. It's been over 15 years since I had been there and could not locate the grave. I was able to connect with the funeral service who provided amazing customer service and was able to direct me right to the area where my grandmas grave was and after two hours of searching boom located it. Without their record keeping and friendly customer service I would not have been able to visit the site. Thank you so much for the friendly customer service.

Laura was phenomenally helpful and professional with the arrangements for my mother-in-law. I was…read morepleasantly surprised at how easily she handled the death certificate procurement, the life insurance transactions, and coordination with the cemetery. She took care of my family members with sensitivity and compassion. Very impressed by the whole procedure and how simple she made what was an emotionally difficult time.