I just want to let anyone thinking of using Funeral Alternatives to ask for Lyndsie she was very…read moreprofessional and kind. she went over and beyond her duties. by doing everything we asked for. The funeral place was very clean and well decorated. She helped us with arranging a Military Service, by given of the flag and by having Taps played at the funeral.the body was outstanding. They did an awesome job on him , He seemed like he was sleeping. she took care of everything. The Vaule was just right. Thank you so much Lyndise and everyone that was involve.

We were looking to plan our cremation and met with Lucia Malo. She was very helpful explaining the…read moreprocess and our options. The prices quoted were within our budget. We signed a contract and were pleased with the outcomes. When we had some questions after the meeting, Lucia was quick to respond and gave the information we needed.

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.

First of all when they say affordable they mean it. My friend lost her son unexpectedly. She needed…read morehelp finding a place to do his cremation. My daughter and I called at least 6 places, all promising reasonable prices, not true we were quoted from $1450 +add'l charges to over $2000 quote from The Neptune Society ( the most expensive of them all), I finally saw Oakwood Hill at a price of $795 which includes pickup of body. And we were able to make arrangements online. What a life saver, there is a fee of $100 charged by King Co that everyone told me about and there was no way getting around it since he died in King Co, but still, the purchase of death certificates and it came out to be well under $1000, $958 to be exact. Now that to me was very reasonable. Most places charged and extra fee if the body weighed over 250lbs, unfortunately because if circumstances he gained a lot of fluid weight and it put him slightly over that weight max without the extra weight charge. Well, Oakwood Hill had a max of 300lbs so there was not the extra fee charged, which I noticed their extra fee was not as expensive as the others quoted. Once everything was ordered and paid, we filled out the death information which was extremely easy, the online order form made sure all necessary information was put in before we sent it on. We did need to call Oakwood and let them know and they then had us call where his body was to give them permission to pick up the body. The staff member I spoke to was extremely kind and helpful. She showed her compassion. I did let her know how the online ordering was so easy and really made a stressful and sad situation much easier to navigate through. Thank you Oakwood Hill and know that I will always recommend you for anyone needing your services. And, readers do yourself a favor if you are considering cremation for yourself or someone they do prepaid so that whenever the time comes you or your loved ones do not have to stress trying to get services and possibly paying extremely high fees.

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.

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.

Lacey's Landscaping keeps my yard perfect. They have done my weekly lawn service for several years…read more Always is friendly and punctual. My yard looks great. He even built me a great fence to keep it all safe. His rates are great and the quality is great. I definitely recommend him!

This update is more about who we got on the phone to have an elderly pet that passed cremated…read more Whoever answered on the phone while trying to get a cremation time set up seemed very put out that she even had to answer the phone. She was highly noncommittal to us coming that night or even the next day to make arrangements. She said that maybe somebody would be in the office and maybe nobody would because they were just so very busy. It didn't help that she was distracted the whole time on the phone making her responses very unclear to our questions. She could've said "no" that they were too booked but she wasn't committed to saying that either. Perhaps the cemetery changed management which resulted in this service decline. At any rate we went with a different company which resulted in a positive outcome to a somber situation.

This cemetery is right across the street from my dad's house. It is a cool old cemetery that is…read morevery well kept. I think most of the graves here are very old as there is never many visitors. They have a huge crypt which my dad has already reserved a space in for his ashes and a very efficient crematorium onsite. There is also an interesting derelict area of the graveyard that may contain the remains of historic Figures from Tacoma's sordid past.

These guys had the best price around for my cedar fence project and were a total pleasure to work…read morewith. From the front office to the yard man, not a rotten apple in the bunch. When it came time to build a 65' long water feature, I went straight back to C.P.C. for my rock, gravel, and topsoil. I highly recommend these guys. I've never driven off their lot without feeling good about my purchase.

CPC Landscape just finished our concrete parking pad and sidewalk. They did an outstanding job. The…read morecrew were very professional and skilled. It was a pleasure having them work on our property. Not only does it look great, they also made a real effort to preserve the many plants abutting the walkway. I highly recommend this group. A class act and a fair price.

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.