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.

My family and I had a family members funeral and wake here and the funeral director was extremely…read morerude. Each time my family was consoling each other and grieving, he only cared about his "checks" and belongings. Very disrespectful throughout the entire process and would not recommend going here. He made my family's and personal experience worse than it had to be. The level of respect was extremely low and that is something that he NEEDS to work on. It was noticed by several family members and he will always be remembered that way.

I can only speak for the character of the management of this funeral home, which is clearly…read morelacking. This funeral home has a small parking lot across the street that holds perhaps a dozen cars. Additionally, there is a large, mostly empty, town lot less than one block away. Baran and Son funeral home, however, also believes that they own all of the parking along 119th street as well. This morning, they sent the police to bang on doors in the neighborhood and demand that people move their cars so that the funeral home could also use the street. Do you know what else would achieve this same result and be less traumatic than having the police banging down the doors of the local elderly at 8am? PUT UP A FLIPPING SIGN the night before. Just put up a sign asking people not to park. Also, you have "no parking" pylons that I have seen...those would also work. Place them in the parking spaces the night before. OR if you wanted to actually be a good representation of the Christian Soldiers that your obnoxious church bells proclaim you to be, you could try being a good neighbor, directing your guests to the city lot that is literally 2 minutes away, and not demanding ownership of the entire street. I am actually appalled that the Whiting police complied and took the time to shake down the block to demand cars be moved. What a small-town embarrassment this is all around. Shame on everyone involved. #policestateusa

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.

Deminia Walker is an absolute ANGEL, she went above and beyond to help with my mother in laws…read morecremation. She chased old death certificates for us. They were very reasonable. The respect and service we received was a 10 PLUS! I would recommend Emmanuel Funeral Home to anyone. Thank you Deminia The Barden Family

From the owner: We provide and offer services to families of all faiths regardless of race, ethnicity, or…read morebackground. Emmanuel Funeral Home provides: at-need, pre-need, pre-arrangements, traditional services, adaptive services, and memorial services. We also offer keepsakes. We will accept transferrable pre-needs from other Funeral Home if it is "transferable." There are services to meet the needs of every family. We are also providing at no charge Cremation and Funeral Service for Baby’s and Infants.

If I could give more stars, I totally would. Anthony Geisen made the whole process from start to…read morefinish so easy, stress free and very accommodating . We live in Illinois so we had to do everything over the phone. Anthony went above and beyond to make sure we were comfortable with everything and that we understood the whole process. I can't thank him and his staff enough for all their help. I HIGHLY recommend this funeral home. Trust me, you're in good hands. They are on point with every detail and plus communicated with me every day to make sure everything was taken care of before the set day. Let me just add, this was the first wake/funeral I have ever planned for a family member who lives in a different state than me and he made it a very pleasant experience. Thank you again.

Although we met with Lily Cremation and Burial, they are owned by Gleisen. I needed to publish my…read moremom's obituary and they never offered to do it until I logged on to Memoriam.com and they will publish for you, in every newspaper available. I was told by Gleison that this website was for funeral homes only. That is a lie. You can setup your own private account and pick and choose what newspaper you want/need. Further, on a Saturday, the funeral director told me that they were very expensive, reiterated they publish on their own website, and after enough pushing on my part, I wanted to know if she could find out about doing it, since she said it was a service that they offered. I couldn't believe it, because they never offered it. Over a week later, they never bothered even following up. When I tried to address it, I was ignored, them telling me, "I don't know who you spoke to." Very unprofessional and a waste of time. It's a good thing I took it upon myself to just do it on my own.

Both of my grandparents were buried by them. First when my mom went to view my grandmothers body,…read morethey showed my mom the wrong woman. 2nd whatever company they used to cremate my grandfather did not ask the family we wanted his wedding band an other rings that he was wearing. The funeral home stated he was cremated in it.

Minority owned businesses must do better when they are in SERVICE of their communities in any…read morecapacity. Arrogance and ignorance plagues simple interactions. Unprofessional gestures, condescending tones, overt uncouth attitudes, in this specific industry is unconscionable. Lack of grace and compassion should not be anyone business model.