On 5/20/24 I was charged $2,395 for an autopsy restoration for my late wife Tony and when she was…read morepresented to me her orbital sockets was packed with gauze and your eyes were missing family and friends ran out of the room horrified seeing my wife in the state I had to personally go to the front desk and manually draw pupils on the gauge to make my wife presentable for pictures and family viewing I asked a funeral home for a refund since I was charged for a premium for work that was not complete and they refused my wife was not an organ donor and the autopsy report states that her eyes were not messed with so from the coroner's office to the funeral Home her eyeballs became missing and nobody knows what happened to them.

Thank you so much for the empathy you showed to my family. This can be a challenging time, but…read moreyour staff made it easier by the caring way they took care of us.

This is one of the most beautiful cemeteries in Tumwater. I tend to go to cemeteries to…read morecontemplatively sort out the inner tumult of my mind. It helps when I'm surrounded by an atmosphere of solemnity, beauty and peace. The cemetery is near a relatively busy road, so there is some atmospheric noise - but the trees, small roads and park benches are extremely comforting. I highly recommend Oddfellows.

I like to walk and cemeteries seem to be the best place to go where I feel safe. After all, I am…read moreafraid of the living people, not the dead. The mausoleum is absolutely beautiful and very art deco but I understand it's very old and may be torn down in a few years. There's even a little apartment there, but the staff wouldn't show it to me because they said it's for staff only. I would love to live at the cemetery so I was very interested in seeing it. However, it is a great place to visit to just get some time alone and some quiet. I would love to have my ashes stored here, but I don't know the prices as of yet. It looks like they also do cremations and water cremations, but the water cremations cost more. It's worth it because you can plant stuff.

Me and my family received the highest level of compassion and care when we buried our father. My…read morefather pre purchased his funeral arrangements over 50 years ago. in 2023 I went with him to meet with the caring and professional staff at Oakwood Hill. The meeting went perfect and they had all of his records. He went over everything to make sure would go the way he wanted and there where no further cost. My dad passed in January of 2026. I can not thank the staff enough. Caitlin and Cindy are best you could ever have to be there for the family and guide you through this time of sadness and grieving. Could not of gotten through this with you two! Caitlin even helped write the obituary. They were wanted us to be able to grieve and be together as a family. Which meant so much to us. The handled every little detail and the Funeral was exactly like my dad wanted it to be. I can't thank them enough for all they did and how they took care of things in such a caring way. MY DAD AND MY FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR A JOB WELL DONE!!

Our 92 year old father passed away somewhat unexpectedly in March-20 years after our mom. Dad's…read morewill and voiced preference was for Gaffney to handle his funeral wishes because they had provided for respectful and excellent care of our mom. Gaffney FH took great care of both of them. My sister and I met with their representative there to go over and sign everything and left out feeling satisfied and proud to be able to honor his wishes.

This review is a year delayed, but should still hold true…read more.. When my father was going downhill, I went to Gaffney for pre-planning...it was so helpful. They explained the process and costs (particularly with particulars related to a Catholic funeral and burial), and helped ease me into everything. Overall, Gaffney's really made things as painless as possible and did so in a considerate and kind way. Even when the newspaper messed up the obituary, I let Candace at Gaffney's know and she immediately took care of working with the newspaper to reprint correctly the next day. There are two reasons I docked a star: 1. I really wish they would have told me then to start gathering pictures for a collage and/or slideshow (we just did a collage) - not until he died did i realize all that I needed to pull together; it was so time consuming, and emotional, and I didn't realize what to expect. 2. I requested (on behalf of my brother) that the casket be closed at the church/funeral (and there had been an open casket wake the day before), but it was open when my brother got to the church and was upsetting to him. Luckily it was at a distance, so not too bad, but still it was the opposite of what was requested. If I have the need to work with a Tacoma funeral home ago, I would definitely go back to Gaffney's.

Paul and the staff at Funeral Alternatives were absolutely amazing. We lost our daughter and they…read moremade everything as easy as possible on us. They picked her up the same day as she passed from the hospital. Once they had her, they took hand prints and footprints. We were able to take those home and include them in her memory box. They also gave us the medallion that identified her and my husband now wears it as a keepsake. The staff at Funeral Alternatives provided their services for our infant daughter for free and this was incredibly meaningful after our loss. They even took the steps to help us figure out how to travel internationally with her ashes. I could not recommend their services enough. They are kind, compassionate, and understanding. I am so grateful to everyone at Funeral Alternatives.

On 8/5/19 my fiancé and I walked into the doors of Funeral Alternatives of Washington. We were in…read moreshambles that day. That weekend we had just loss our infant son at 4 months old. Paul, worked with us and gave us the run down. He made sure we understood every aspect of what was going on. When it was time to view our son DJ before his cremation and services, they prepared him with the utmost care. You could tell that they put their whole heart into having him ready for us. He was as handsome as the day he was born. Within 2 weeks of his passing we had his services. My family and I would highly recommend this place for any of your funeral needs. The care that was given was more than we expected.

This was a pleasant experience. I needed to have a relative cremated and was on a very low budget…read more They called me back in a timely manner, gave me a great price for cremation, and came and picked up my loved one quickly. I would recommend these folks to everyone who is looking for cremation and a great price. They were very sympathetic to my state of mind and I didn't need to do anything. Would use them again for all my loved ones.

I never like writing a bad review. My mother passed away just over two weeks ago. Received her…read moreashes today, with no notice they were coming. Sadly, this company does NOT help with the death certificate. it has been a nightmare try to get them. I am overwhelmed and they were no help. it should be part of the package. i will say that the two young ladies I dealt with on the phone, in the beginning we're nice. They should advise us that they will not help with the death certificates. I will not use or recommend them. No family should have to go through what we are enduring.

We were in a need to have one of our pets cremated recently and New Tacoma Cemeteries got us in…read morefairly quickly. We called around at other places that did pet cremation services and either nobody answered the phone, couldn't commit to it or appointments were needed and felt really far out for something that our household didn't really want to sit around on and not have at least get the ball rolling. We got in the next day and our elderly dog that passed got cremated a few days later. Of course our dog's death occurred right when a weekend was coming on and so having the cremation done had to wait until the following Monday. But New Tacoma Cemeteries had a great selection of urns for our dog. We picked a very nice wooded one and we're quite pleased with it and the service once it was completed. As I imagine as the staff are tailored to be they were very understanding and sympathetic to our recent loss and did a great job. Our 15 year old Chihuahua passed away at home. Her name was Brazil. Once time allowed we scattered the ashes on her favorite ocean beach. We will definitely keep the urn as remember fondly our pet but more importantly a family member that we lost.

My SO and partner, Joyce Huseby, recently passed away unexpectantly. To have a loved one die is…read moredifficult enough, but to have the death come unexpectantly just doubles the emotional pain. Over the decades my family has turned to New Tacoma Cemeteries to handle all the services necessary for handling deceased relatives. Paul Lovgren was assigned to me for handling the arrangements for Joyce. I can't say enough about how compassionate, professional and helpful Paul was. His also provided some much needed and timely advice for making the memorial service a success as well. My thanks to Paul and all the other staff members involved.

Top notch service, kind, caring, thorough. My husband was very well cared for. I would choose the…read moreNeptune Society over and over again for my care.

They tried as my husband lay dying to pull the bs of paperwork needed on 30 minutes and then added…read morean unasked for and unwanted urn deposit. Without my son being a lawyer we would have had a horrible time getting our $400 back. plus tey certainly not meeting any promptness others have described . Disgusting company I would rate a zero if I could. Avoid