We had the most special celebration of life at Hanson-Runsvold for our loved one…read more Alex and his team went above and beyond attending to every detail, while executing our wishes perfectly. Their communication and quick response time made it easier during a difficult time. Highly recommend.

Hanson-Runsvold provided excellent services for us in the passing of our mother. They helped us…read morealong the way with understanding and compassion. They anticipated every need and made things so much easier for us. They assisted us in all details of planning a beautiful and meaningful memorial service for our loved one. The funeral directors and staff were so helpful and reassuring. We feel so fortunate that Hanson-Runsvold was there for us during our time of sorrow and need.

Our family has been served by Wright Funeral Home for five generations. They embraced us with…read morecompassion and excellent care when we needed it most. My great grandfather, grandparents, parents, sister and infant daughter were entrusted to Wright's care and they gently carried us through our journey of loss. From our first tearful call, to the committal service at the graveside, they walked with us with love, concern and professional guidance. Matthew Valan Rural Moorhead, MN

This is the kind of service you hope to never need in a place you never hope to visit and the best…read moreyou can hope is that someone would make it easy...and perhaps comforting. What would be really good is a checklist of things to do in the event of a death and perhaps other places have one...this one did not. For what they do, with the coordination and hosting, they generally do a pretty solid job of paying attention to detail and focusing on the matter at hand. There are definitely things that can be improved, particularly on the communication end of things, but the gravity of the situation is never taken lightly and they are always, always respectful. I have no basis of comparison to them and other places, so this is more a comparison in terms of the way I would expect things to go and how I would greatly prefer them to be...

While I am happy with the actual product, the "salesperson" experience was upsetting. We visited…read morethe store less than two weeks after the loss of my adolescent child - the man that helped us could have been selling us a couch for all the compassion/empathy he showed. Not even a "sorry for your loss", "condolences", nothing. After many months of text messages trying to get updates, ultimately, we were told he would send us a picture of the stone when it was up to let us know it had been installed. A week after it was actually installed, we received a text message. I had already discovered it had been installed when I went to the cemetery - which only added to my emotional distress. Given the nature of this business, I hope this review will encourage staff to consider the situations that their "customers" are in and get some training on grief and just kindness in general.

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