Sarah was outstanding in helping me manage my husband's arrangements, not only during the time shortly after his death, but in supporting many other needs long after his funeral. Very compassionate, very much appreciated. It is a solace to know your husband's cremation remains are treated with respect and sent to me. Thank you very much. read more

My dad passed and we acquired the services of Spanglers for the second time in my family. They were prompt in picking up dad from our house, and made all the arrangements in a span of 3 days after death. The funeral home was bright and airy not gloomy and dark like the other funeral homes that I've been to. Dad looks handsome and peaceful. They provided us with a handsome casket and glorious bouquet. They were courteous professional, and friendly. read more

Spangler Mortuary - Dads - Cremation Services Near Me - Mountain View, California

See all

First let me say it's pretty shocking to see how much it costs for the services provided by a funeral home. Once you get over this fact, Spangler did a good job for us (and their prices were similar to a few other places I called). We dealt with Nathan in the Los Altos office, they have a Mountain View, Menlo Park, and one other office. Very kind and patient people, and everything went pretty smoothly. You can save a little money and do the obit submissions yourself, it's pretty easy online now. One small nit: The room we were in had an open window to the street. This can be a pretty upsetting time for your loved ones, so some frosted glass or a semi-opaque curtain would be nice. A neighbor also recommended this place: http://www.bayareacremations.com/, but I wasn't able to get to them in time. If you are picking a funeral home in a rush, you will just go with the first one you like. If you step away from the fact that you are very emotional when you are going through this, it's a business and a sale like any other business. They ask probing questions. Listen. Have patience. Offer up solutions that fit the needs. They have many options and prices, the funeral director is the sales person, and they do a good job of reinforcing the decisions you are making. I didn't feel like I was getting a hard sell ever, read more

Spangler Mortuaries is a local institution in Mountain View, Los Altos, Sunnyvale and Menlo Park. They started the business in the 1930's and have been serving the local community with grace and compassion ever since. I have needed to use their services several times and they have always been so helpful, gracious and caring. They help and advise every step of the way. Their fees are very reasonable and I would highly recommend them to anyone who needs funeral services from a simple cremation to full services. They even have a "Pre-need" program to make it easier for survivors: everything is all planned out ahead of time. read more

My father passed away recently. It's always hard and doubly sad to lose a family member suddenly. All is made harder when you lose that family member in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, which creates commotions and confusion. The discharge process for the body was chaotic and not according to procedures. There were miscommunications between the County, doctors, hospital, mortuary and family. Through all this, Kevin at Spangler Mortuaries in Sunnyvale, CA went above and beyond his duties to help our family sort out the bureaucratic hurdles. Kevin was kind and sensitive to our family's grieving process and steady with his assistance with the funeral and cremation process. If you find yourself going through a loss in the family, and need assistance, I would recommend Kevin at Spangler Mortuaries. read more

My mother-in-law passed away unexpectedly and we had to find a mortuary to assist us with handling all the required activities. We needed a mortuary that could work with another mortuary in Ohio since the casket had to be transported back to Ohio for burial. Kevin and the entire staff at Spangler Mortuary assisted our family and made the entire process easy. Kevin made a few recommendations which we appreciated because we never had to plan a funeral and had no idea what was required, including picking up the body, embalming, dressing, scheduling a small viewing for the family and coordinating the transportation to Ohio. Kevin handled all the details including coordinating everything with the Ohio mortuary, which made things so much easier for our family during this challenging time. We were able to communicate easily over email, which was extremely convenient. The family had a few items we wanted placed in the casket before it was closed and transported and Jim Spangler said he would personally do it himself. I would strongly recommend Spangler Mortuary for their compassion, helpfulness and professionalism. read more

While we found the staff at Spangler Mortuaries to be helpful and professional, we are totally disappointed in the ownership, particularly Jim Spangler. We found Mr. Spangler to be a very cold and business focused individual, which we just wrote off. However, things became ugly when we opted to purchase our mother's casket from an outside source (which saved us almost $2000!). When we advised Mr. Spangler of our decision, he became very curt and abrupt with us. His only comment was that we "better check with the Cemetery to make sure your Chinese casket will fit". We did not even tell him where it was coming from, could easily have been a local manufacturer. His other comment was that he would be sending us a revised invoice to reflect this change. Two days before our Services we received the revised invoice to not only find the removal of the original casket quote but an added fee of $300 for what was described as "Director of Graveside Services". When we questioned this, we were told it was added due to the purchase of the casket from someone else. According to the FTC, this is illegal. Additionally, we were already paying a sum of $1,200 for staff to handle the Funeral Services (two people for 3-4 hours, which works out to nearly $200/hour each!). When we objected to paying this additional fee, Mr. Spangler threatened to cancel the Services. How's that for customer service! We have filed a complaint with the Dept of Consumer Affairs and will update this review when their investigation is complete. Our hope is that this tactic of preying on grieving families by charging not only outrageous fees to begin with but also added illegal charges will be dealt with by the authorities properly. read more

My family wasn't shocked because we knew about what to expect for a full embalming and service nowadays. In fact I found the cost to be quite reasonable considering that we expected to pay far more for a formal funeral for my father. They've been exceptionally helpful in all things - from organizing the funeral and taking a lot off of my own mind on how things should be done, to actually sending a very nice man to our own home to discuss the arrangements. In every way possible they have been amazing. As for the caskets, I did look at prices outside of the funeral home and found the prices to be comparable, in fact the casket I chose for my father from Spangler was far nicer and less expensive than I was finding elsewhere. They were kind, considerate, and in fact have been exceedingly helpful and thoughtful all the way through my father's death. I can't recommend them enough. read more

As each of us must deal with the death of a loved one at some point of our lives, I would like to say that the care and respect taken when Jim Spangler & the Spangler Family met me after my fathers passing I was relieved. I was beside myself during this period, the process of burial and all that goes with it were taken care of carefully, respectfully and professionally. If all American companies trained it's customer service personnel as well as the staff at Spangler's the business world would beat a path to our door. When the unfortunate day comes when you need such a service-you will serve yourself wisely in this company as your chosen provider. Sincerely, Chris Koulouris read more

Tim Price helped my father and I, and I was impressed with how professional and low-key he is. He explained the process and prices, told us our options, stayed in the background when we selected the casket and services we needed, and followed up with us as needed. He never tried to up-sell us. I came away with the feeling that he's genuinely concerned about helping the survivors. I'm also in a service industry that deals with stressful situations, and I was impressed. read more

This is really in regards to Janie W.'s comment. That casket display is not part of Spanglers. Its a totally different company. I work on Castro St and that store opened a few months ago. I don't know if it's a casket outlet or an actual funeral home - but it does not have anything to do with Spanglers. They even have a tacky sign out front with their name on it (or they did when I stopped at Starbucks last week). So - yeah. That's all. Um, 3 stars for the cute, old style building that Spanglers is in. read more

I had a horrible experience with Jim Spangler, at Spangler's Mortuary. he was very rude and unpleasant with me in my time of sorrow when my husband passed March 2011. I wound up moving my husband and engaging another funeral home. He insulted me and it was very upsetting. He quoted me one price for transport, $700, and when the bill came he said it was $1050. There were other instances such as this. Under his father's management, my family had been using Spangler's mortuary for years. I would not advise using Spangle'rs Funeral Services. Very Unhappy Customer. read more

I had a wonderful experience purchasing a keepsake through Spanglers. Larry handled everything for me with excellent customer service. His communication was frequent and clear. He followed through on everything he said he would. read more