Good service at a reasonable price. Everything was done exactly as I requested. All the staff were…read morepolite, helpful, and compassionate.

We have unfortunately had to partner with Scanlin twice these last few months. I am grateful for…read morethe team here. They took great care of my brother in law, and my dad! Respectful, no pressure and worked with our needs!

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.

I want to thank Robin for taking care of us in such a difficult time. She made sure I had the right…read moreinformation to travel with the remains of my brother. She was professional, informative, sensitive and most of all caring. The saying is always, "you pay for what you get." But in this case that was not true! The price was extremely affordable and professional! Thank you Robin you are amazing. We are home with the remains of our brother. It all worked out.

I've been standing outside their door for 30 minutes waiting for ANYONE to show up. I had a 9 am…read moreappointment to pick up my mother's remains so I can bring them for her burial and no one is here. I've called and spoke with 5 people that are apologetic, but are unable to help me. We've given them thousands of dollars and I may have to show up to my mother's funeral late and without remains. THE WORST.

I feel my family had a very complicated and unorganized string of events and Mountain View was…read morepatient throughout the entire process. Thank you for making this time easier on us during this difficult time. The building and grounds are also very beautiful.

They left Auntie Barb in a closet for five years!! They said we didn't pay for her internment even…read morethough she pre purchased a funeral package. They never called, emailed, or sent a bill. There was no communication ever. We are in the process of putting our Poppa to rest in the family plot at Mountain View. So we went to see the family plots and couldn't find Auntie Barbs plot. We asked on three separate occasions. Auntie Barb paid for her funeral expenses in advance. She purchased one of Mountain Views packages including cremation and a memorial service. At her passing over five years ago, my husband took care of the arrangements. On our third try asking, Lakisha finally told us Auntie Barb was in the back room and her cremains had never been buried. They said we owed 1100.00 for her burial. NEVER A PHONE CALL, EMAIL, BILL IN FIVE YEARS! NEVER! When we went in to pay and discuss the issue, we were told they couldn't find any of her paperwork. They were relying on a note in a computer. After a few weeks they miraculously found an internal document showing us the cost of internment was not checked off. They initially asked for 1100.00 to inter Auntie Barb. After going back and forth, out of the graciousness of their hearts, they only charged us 495.00. The price it would have been five years ago. Five years! We're mortified. This has greatly impacted our trust. Shame on you Mountain View. Just SHAME. I have doubts about the cremains. Were they even Auntie Barbs?

minus 1000 stars , i do not recommend.... i am appalled at…read morethe care my wife received with getting her mother cremated. because we are out of state this funeral home took 2 weeks taking their sweet time to cremate her mother. not only that they did not call my wife one time in these 2 weeks. each time it was my wife reaching out to them to get updates. i will never use their services agian. they drug out this for as long as they could. mind you they got paid the day they took her body to cremate her. the way my wife was treated was shitty not professional services at all. no i do not care to speak to anyone who works there. the last 1k you get from me you frauds ! y'all make me sick! would highly recommend going some where else any where else but this crappy place!!!!!!!!!

When I lost my husband to a massive heart attack on February 4 2024, I was trying to get…read moreeverything done alone and was so grateful for Miranda who was so helpful to me. After receiving the many forms needed to proceed and arrange for his honors ceremony, I was told that she no longer worked for them and that was when the nightmare began, I was completely ignored and when I called to turn in my paperwork with Cady, I was informed that they had already done the service and his ashes weren't there and I should just move on. They then blocked my calls and refused to further communicate with me, nor offer an apology for anything. I strongly recommend that you NEVER USE THIS COMPANY AND INFORM YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS TO AVOID THEM AT ALL COST.

My brother died unexpectedly in Spanaway WA. After reading the review from Sandi F., I called…read moreNatalie Kenan. I also live in Hawaii and wasn't sure of what to do. I was devastated and heart broken but she was so kind, and helpful every step of the way. From sending me the necessary forms to complete and advising me on how the body would be handled from the hospital to the cremation services, I was so reassured. They also delivered the death certificates and ashes to my hotel because I was overwhelmed handling his affairs including cleaning out his house. She also prepared a letter for the airline in compliance with TSA-airline regulations. I did call a few places before selecting A Life Remembered so did compare prices and services. Their prices are very reasonable, and the personalized service was so much more than I expected. I'm so grateful to have found this company via Yelp, and would highly recommend them.

My Mom passed away suddenly in September. I live in Hawaii and she lived in Tacoma WA. I arrived in…read moreTacoma that same night and the next day my daughter found Natalie's business card on the table next to my Mom's chair. Natalie took care of everything! She arranged for my mom to be transferred to the mortuary, she was able to get the death certificate signed quickly and hand delivered certified copies to the family within a few days. She then had all the proper documentation for me to bring my mom's ashes back to Hawaii which I didn't even know to ask about. I had asked about jewelry to put some of the ashes in and she took care of that as well. It feels strange to even talk about pricing but the cost was way less than what we would have expected and to have someone caring and respectful that comes to the home twice, once to discuss your wishes, and the second time to hand deliver your loved one's ashes so you don't have to go through the pain of visiting the mortuary itself meant so much. Natalie even followed up with a card to let us know she was thinking of us. I would highly recommend her service to anyone.

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.

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.