I needed to have my parents ashes separated so me and my siblings could each have some. I called…read morethem on my way out of town and ask if they could separate them (and I asked them ship them to me). The very pleasant woman on the other side said "come on by." On the way to the airport, I stopped at the funeral home. She asked if they had done my parents' funerals. I was a bit embarrassed and said "no, but they lived around the corner." After explaining what I wanted, she quickly separated the ashes into three containers and brought them back to me. I asked her what was the charge. She said "No charge. Happy to do it." I was blown away. I'm not exactly sure what I was expecting (a few $100 dollars maybe) but I wasn't expecting it for free. And that was it. I am so grateful to the kind people at Kish and if I sadly had another service to plan in the area, I would absolutely use them.

My loved one has been entombed and her memorial plaque installed on her crypt, I can tell you with…read moreall my heart, I would never recommend Kish Funeral Home to anyone ever again. I waited until every detail was complete to safely speak my mind. I strongly felt my trust was violated. Comments were made to me during the meeting that were unwarranted and left me confused as to why they were even said to me while making funeral arrangements. My one brief encounter with the owner of the funeral home was when he came in the room as we were placing flowers around the casket and I said everything looks good. The owner of Kish Funeral Home exclaimed "this isn't our first time at the rodeo." I found this to be a very insensitive and crass comment to make in light of the loss and grief we were feeling. No signs of empathy or a genuine handshake from a business man who owns a prominent funeral home in town. I was told that our funeral was the worst they have had in the 10 years they were in business. I was shocked that this was stated to me because I did not encounter any incident or cause any problems for the funeral home or their representatives, but when I questioned the remark 3 times, they refused to answer or apologize. During this very sensitive time, I found this comment insulting and injurious to my good character. Funeral homes should never advocate for familial unity when there was none prior to the passing of the decedent. Funeral homes shouldn't pass judgement, exhibit favoritism or discriminate based on status or title even though the deceased resided in the Cobblestones. Mourners certainly will take note of bossy and rude representatives of Kish Funeral Home during the wake and tell me later how they felt. Once your funeral is a sure thing, their next goal is securing the next wake. You can get everything right but if you violate a family's trust by overstepping your place and bounds, you lose everything. Trust is everything to a family when selecting a funeral home. Unfortunately, it is not easy to grab your deceased loved one and walk out the front door once arrangements have been made. Kish Funeral Home lost on all counts.

My father's funeral service was with Rees and I cannot express enough how well the process went…read more Julie provided us with exceptional care and was kind and supportive every step of the way. We were blown away by the products offering, especially with the video slideshow. We can't recommend Rees enough and are so thankful that they guided us through this tough process.

Rees Funeral Home handled the arrangements for my mother. I can't say enough great things about…read morethem. They were professional, caring and knowledgeable. They truly went the extra mile to lessen the burden of our loss. We've had a couple losses of family members in the last 2 years. Their arrangements were at different funeral homes in the area. Rees Funeral Home was by far the best. My husband and I are going to make our pre need arrangements with them.

I had the unfortunate circumstances to have to use Thompson and Kuenstar for a couple services over…read morethe last couple years they were fantastic and helpful and made the service work and day go very smoothly. They have a spacious break area to get away from the service for a nice break.

I think I was lied to. I was immediately directed to Holy Sepulchre cemetery in Alsip to buy a…read moreplot for my deceased husband. All of my close family members are buried at St. Mary's Cemetery in Evergreen Park, IL. As soon as I uttered St. Mary's, I was shut down. My mother's wake and funeral were in 1995, and my brother's wake and funeral were held at T&K in 2017. There was no problem, and our family was satisfied with everything. Both of these times, our dealings were with the same woman. My less than satisfactory experience with my husband's wake and funeral were overseen by a man (I won't even use his name). I've instructed both of my children that when I die, DO NOT hold my wake and funeral at Thomspon & Kuenster.

Tough to review a funeral home, but it is a fact of life. This was a nice home ... had a lot of…read moreroom and could accommodate a large crowd ... all-in-all it was a nice venue for seeing your loved ones. The funeral home was organized and prepared and did what it could to move people through. Nice location and the staff was very helpful. No complaints - and located just over the border in northwest Indiana right off US 30. Parking lot is spacious so you can arrive late and still find parking.

Tim from Smits has been great. Our father passed suddenly in NC, and Tim helped us coordinate…read moregetting everything wrapped up in NC and finalizing everything at the Cemetary where my father was buried. He had so many questions and bothered him endlessly, but he was always patient with us and helped us make sure everything went smoothly.

Have dealt with Calumet Park Cemetery for more than 50 yrs. Beautiful well maintained grounds,…read moregreat service and excellent communication. Elliot is wonderful to work with He is truly caring, compassionate and very knowledgeable

Went to my parents gravesite only to find tombstone had disappeared. It was a Saturday afternoon…read moreand no one was in office. After several calls on Monday I was finally told that the ground crew thought base was sinking and was repairing that. No one in office initially had any idea of what was going on nor did anyone bother to call to let us know about this. When I went back to check, the area over my recently deceased mother's grave was covered in weeds and no sod. But the tombstone had reappeared.

A friend had their loved one funeral services at this location. I was impressed with the location…read moreand personalization.

Ms. Porter, the funeral director of Grace and Mercy Funeral Service black owned & Ms. Porter, was…read morevery professional, caring, very attentive to my needs & understanding to my financial hardship with laying my father to rest. Ms. Poter worked with me & my family every step of the way due to my traumatic time with grieving over my loss love one. Ms. Porter was nurturing to my mental state. Ms. Porter set up a gorgeous Service & gave a Blessed & Beautiful service for my Father. I will forever recommend Grace and Mercy Funeral Service to any family that's looking for compassion, patience & understanding in there traumatic time with losing a love one with carrying on the burden for Funeral arrangements I recommend Grace and Mercy Funeral Service Ms. Porter is the Greatest in serving the community with profession & care for your loss & support for the family. Iam truly grateful for your Service patience & support & I thank you for giving me & my family your support & your act of kindness with assisting me at my distraught, financial hardship time with bringing my father home. Thank you, sincerely yours, Kim

Their name really speaks for them. Grace & Mercy Funeral Service people are caring and supportive…read more They not only provided us a top notched funeral, but the really ministered to my family needs. They are called to this profession and it shows. They give quality services at very reasonable prices. They ARE my family's Chicago funeral home from now on. God bless them!!

Disorganized of paperwork. No obituary done for my Mom after I requested one and paid for one. It…read moretook 7 months to receive my Mom's ashes and urn. Payment was done by multiple payments. There's an overpayment and she can't find the check.

I would not recommend this funeral home. I am sure at one time they were very good. However they…read moreshould now either hire staff, retire or sell. They are doing a great injustice to their customers but not being able to service them properly. For example, for my sisters arrangements, we had to follow up for 3-4 days for them to post the obituary and when they did, they only posted the service hours. Not even her photo or the obituary we had so thoughtfully crafted. She said her daughter in law would do it then she said her worker would do it. It never happened. They did not have her cards made up, they had no toilet paper and no coffee on the morning of the funeral. That is not service and it made things so much more difficult on the family. I just don't want to see other families have to endure this.