Comments on: Are Funerals a “Rip Off?” 5 Myths Debunked

By: Krystal Penrose

Krystal Penrose — Thu, 13 Oct 2022 17:47:09 +0000

In reply to Ryan. Well, are the reviews not the most accurate representation of a business? Unadulterated experiences shared by people who used the funeral home for the services.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 12 Oct 2022 18:40:02 +0000

Wow…so for “funerals are just trying to rip you off”, the way you debunk it is by basically say “most aren’t like that, just Google the reviews”…

Good argument…

By: Krystal Penrose

Krystal Penrose — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 13:52:38 +0000

In reply to Joe Blow. Hi Joe, I'm sorry that you're hurting so much inside that you need to take the time to put others down online to make yourself feel better. The bad news is, that will never work. The good news is you can decide to do something about that. We wish you the best :)

By: Joe Blow

Joe Blow — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 05:22:46 +0000

Rochelle, you sound like a waste of air.

By: Lori Halderson

Lori Halderson — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 00:31:39 +0000

This whole industry should have already been ended. The populations on this planet are not worth the existence of their own life. Landfills, drugs, atrocities, animal torture, polar ice caps melting, destroyed engineering, grocery stores filled with food with poison and no nutrition. A bunch of the worthless inbred/hybrids tortured me in my life and sent me to Krause funeral home. I just started to get fragments of memory back and took a look at these idiots’ website in Greendale, WI. They are actually giving them a wake with tons of bells and whistles in addition to tons of other resources when someone dies. I personally know these mongoloids have done nothing in their life of any importance on earth. All of this work was done with torture prisoners. Just send the beasts bodies to the morgue and have a simple book signing.

YOU ALL LIVE A VERY SICK DELUSION

By the way have you seen all that disgusting black and green mold crawling all over your cemeteries…

By: Kate Walker

Kate Walker — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 16:26:16 +0000

I wholeheartedly agree with all of this, 3 and 5 especially. Being part of the industry on the low-cost side of things, I’ve seen plenty of beautiful, inspiring services that were done for very budget-friendly prices. I think that there’s often the underlying feeling that one MUST spend a lot of money to show how much they loved the deceased when in reality, this isn’t the case at all.

“But unfortunately, when families choose an option like a direct cremation, they stop there and leave it at that. They don’t explore the options for celebrating their loved one’s life.”
This is something that I wish more people knew about. Direct cremation is an excellent option and it absolutely doesn’t rule out a memorial service or celebration of life.

By: Allan Stearns

Allan Stearns — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 14:10:09 +0000

Denying the need for a celebration of life, based upon “mother never wanted a service” is denying your self, the living the first opportunity to start a closure and also to allow grieving that can be beneficial. The service is not for mother, it is for the living who wish to commemorate her life and to remember the stories, the acts of kindness, the love that was shared over the many years of her life.
Those that shut the door and decide not to look back, are hurting themselves, because down the road a feeling of guilt will creep into the subconscious and will find its way out. When friends in 6 months say “I wish I had had a chance to honor your mother for all she meant to me”, you will start to realize that your mom was far bigger than yourself. If there is no church affiliation in your life, seek a certified celebrant. The funeral home may have a list of names they trust. The other reason for denial of a service is the perceived cost. This should not be a roadblock, because you can do a celebration in your back yard, in a public park, on the beach, or in a rent a hall. As a celebrant, I have done all of these and the closure seen on the faces of the families, is worth the small price paid..