Rating funeral homes...what's the criteria? Taking care of everything the family doesn't want to…read moredeal with? Covering things that you haven't even thought of? Nurre in Bethel was our choice for my dad's funeral. We've known Chuck Wisby for years and thought he would be the one to trust with this difficult time. From our first meeting he made it easy. Don't worry. If something comes up they will take care of it. With us it's was requiring masks. Prices were typical..in the $9000 range including coffin and waterproof cover. Highly recommend.

From the owner: In 2007, Edward C. Nurre and Robert M. Hobson purchased the Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home in Bethel…read more The Bethel Funeral Home dates back to the early 1900s. It was started by the Osborne and Kennedy families and continued to be operated as the Kennedy Funeral Home by succeeding generations of the Kennedy family. In the 1930's C. Richard Stevens joined the firm and between 1957 and the late 1970's Mr. Stevens gradually purchased all but a small portion of the business from Edwin Lee Kennedy and changed the name to Kennedy-Stevens Funeral Home. In 1964, Dan M. Stevens joined the business. C. Richard Stevens died in 1973 and Edwin Lee Kennedy died in 1987.

The strawers family went out of their way to make a difficult situation into a much better one…read more They answered all our questions, made sure everything went as smooth as possible. It is a beautiful place, updated with beautiful colors. I can't thank Jason and Rhonda enough for the outstanding job!

A family member passed away last weekend, and Strawser Funeral Home handled the funeral…read morearrangements. Their personnel and facility are first-class, and our funeral director (David) was very kind, caring, accommodating, and professional. He and the other staff at Strawser provided great comfort to family and friends of the departed during a difficult and stressful time, which we all very much appreciated. I wanted to share our experience so that others who lose a loved one and who are searching for a funeral home will know about the outstanding service that we received.

We had a bad experience .Couldn't get any help.Once they got their money we couldn't get calls…read morereturned paper work done right.Paid extra to have them do paperwork for insurance.We and the company my son worked for did all the work.

Do not recommend, worst experience, disrespectful to family…read more A moral issue that was very disrespectful to my Mother and our family. This has caused additional emotional distress and added to the grieving process. The entire experience with Tufts was overwhelmingly stressful. Cutting my Mothers hair, not returning phone calls, the sub-standard work by Tufts Riverview Monuments, and the lack of compassion has prolonged the stress and emotional anguish over the tragic loss of our Mother for several months. Tufts cut my Mother's hair very short without contacting our family for permission. It was very short and tightly curled. It didn't even resemble her, they radically changed her appearance. Her hair was always long. On the day of the funeral, our family was completely shocked and appalled to see what they did to her hair. Previously, I told Julie Tipton that her hair was very thin and gave her a headband for her hair. Photos were also emailed prior to the funeral. Pushing her hair back with the headband (which everyone knows that is what a headband is for) and combing her hair straight was what should have been done. Their total disregard about this issue made us feel like our Mother and family was unimportant and just another number. We paid in full the day of the funeral ($13074.12) and the perception that they demonstrated to us was "they were paid, it's over and done with, it's your issue". Tufts was not even professional enough to return a call to a grieving family regarding an issue that was very important to them; such a lack of compassion. Calls: 1. I left a message for Julie Tipton at the front desk. No return call. 2. I called Larry Schildmeyer. He was standoffish; expressed no concern about her hair other than they had "someone" come in to do hair, and that he would check into it. They also made an error on my Mothers cards. He said he would check into that as well and call me back. He left a message regarding the cards, but no response regarding my Mother's hair. 3. I called the office and asked to leave a message for Larry Schildmeyer that I still wanted a response regarding her hair. No return call. 4. A few days later I called and spoke to Linda, the office manager, who said she would check into it and call me back. No return call. 5. Visit: Another trip to the funeral home had to be made to pick up corrected cards. The person at the front desk told my friend that after a body is embalmed, their hair becomes very brittle; they have to cut it to do anything with it other than use a wig. THIS IS NOT TRUE. I checked with another funeral home who assured me that it is always customary to ask the family prior to cutting hair unless there is head trauma. They also informed me hair does not change texture and is just washed after embalming and can be styled. Tufts Riverview Monument Company did an extremely poor job of engraving the information on the existing cemetery monument. Another shock for our family causing more emotional distress. Peggy Schildmeyer acknowledged the poor quality job they performed, and said she could not assure us they could correct it without causing damage to the monument (prior cost for monument $3223.72). She reimbursed us with a $250 check that we initially paid them to have the work done. The check, in no way, relieves the emotional distress due to the constant reminder when visiting the monument because of the permanence of such a poor quality job. Review on Behalf of the family of Jacqueline Wilson

Colleen did an amazing job officiating our wedding. She made us feel extremely comfortable and…read morereally got to know us so she was able to write and perform a perfect wedding ceremony. The ceremony was exactly what we wanted, and included our own words and words of our friends. She gave us a number of drafts so we were able to work with her until it was just how we wanted it. We were nervous about selecting someone we didn't know to officiate our wedding but it turned out amazing. All of our guests loved how personal she made it. I would definitely recommend her to others. It was the highlight of the night!

From the owner: Every aspect of your wedding reflects your personality, your spirituality, your culture and the…read moreuniqueness of who you are as a couple. Every decision you make is a brush stroke in the work of art that will be your wedding day. No decision is more important than who you choose to officiate your ceremony. Your vows and the words & rituals of the service are the heart and soul of the wedding ceremony. I would be deeply honored to be your Celebrant. I will work closely with you to bring your vision to life. Your wedding will be as creative, fun, traditional, edgy, conservative, religious, secular, multi-culturally, spiritual, or outrageously unique as you are. As a Life-Cycle Celebrant®, I am familiar with many wonderful rituals & readings that can add dimension, depth and meaning to a ceremony.

This is the local cemetery in Mt. Washington and it's small, but is quite beautiful…read more The cemetery entrance is off of Sutton Road right next to the local Post Office. The cemetery's grounds stretch all the way from Sutton to Beechmont Avenue. You can also view the cemetery from Beechmont Avenue on the sidewalk, but there is a tall fence that prevents you from entering on that side. There is a big building in the center of the cemetery and there are roads so you can drive around inside. There are some beautiful grave stones and monuments ranging from highly elaborate to barely marked. I don't know how early the graves go back, but would be interested to find the oldest one!

My parents and brother are all buried here and I will likely be next . It was chosen as it was…read moreclose to where our family lived and was charming , historic and small . Lots of early settlers and civil war buried here . Very few spots remain and it has a devoted group of caretakers who offer tours once a year . I always try to stop and take my dog on a walk around as I enjoy the peace and beauty and think of all the many stories of lives lived now resting here.