Funeral Homes in Saratoga , CA

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Monday, March 22, 2010

Who Rates Best (& Worst) in the San Francisco Bay Area? Now You'll Know.

Funeral Homes in Saratoga, CA and Nearby

It is a subject no one wants to think about. But sooner or later, most of us have to make funeral arrangements for a loved one. This article will guide you through the decisions you'll need to make and provides evaluations of 35 area funeral homes.

From Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine

	Name	Number of ratings	Checkbook's top rating ()		What percent of customers rated firm "superior" on our survey for "overall quality"
			for quality	for price
1.	Alameda Family Funeral & Cremation 12341 Saratoga Sunnyvale Rd Saratoga, CA 408-257-6262	16 ratings	How does "Alameda Family Funeral & Cremation" rate compared to other funeral homes in Saratoga , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
2.	Darling Fischer Chapel of the Hills 615 N Santa Cruz Ave Los Gatos, CA 408-354-7740	33 ratings	How does "Darling Fischer Chapel of the Hills" rate compared to other funeral homes in Saratoga , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
3.	Cusimano Family Colonial Mortuary 96 El Camino Real W Mountain View, CA 650-968-4453	38 ratings	How does "Cusimano Family Colonial Mortuary" rate compared to other funeral homes in Saratoga , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
4.	Chapel of Flowers Funeral Home 900 S 2nd St San Jose, CA 408-294-9663	17 ratings	How does "Chapel of Flowers Funeral Home" rate compared to other funeral homes in Saratoga , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
5.	Berge Pappas Smith Chapel of the Angels 40842 Fremont Blvd Fremont, CA 510-656-1226	14 ratings	How does "Berge Pappas Smith Chapel of the Angels" rate compared to other funeral homes in Saratoga , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
6.	Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park & Funeral Home 32992 Mission Blvd Hayward, CA 510-471-3363	34 ratings	How does "Chapel of the Chimes Memorial Park & Funeral Home" rate compared to other funeral homes in Saratoga , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
7.	Albert Brown Mortuary 3476 Piedmont Ave Piedmont, CA 510-652-1873	14 ratings	How does "Albert Brown Mortuary" rate compared to other funeral homes in Saratoga , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.
8.	Chapel of the Chimes Funeral Home 4499 Piedmont Ave Oakland, CA 510-654-0123	36 ratings	How does "Chapel of the Chimes Funeral Home" rate compared to other funeral homes in Saratoga , CA? Subscribe Bay Area Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine to find out.


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Sample Subscriber Comments/Reviews About Funeral Homes

CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

As You Can See Below, Some Funeral Homes Get High Praise from Their Customers. Some Others Don't. So Choose Carefully.
Here Are a Few Samples of the Thousands of Comments CHECKBOOK Has Collected on Hundreds of Different Funeral Homes.

Subscriber from HILLSBOROUGH, CA wrote Another Firm: HAVE USED SEVERAL TIMES. THEY ARE VERY GOOD. GENERAL MANAGER MR GENTILE IS SUPER........
Subscriber from SAN BRUNO, CA wrote Another Firm: Superior service from the staff. Costs seem expensive........
Subscriber from WALNUT CREEK, CA wrote Another Firm: I'm not gone yet but I called for info and the rep (Ray) was very..........
Subscriber from FOSTER CITY, CA wrote Another Firm: This mortuary and their staff were so supportive and caring during one of our family's..........
Subscriber from SUNNYVALE, CA wrote Another Firm: Jefferson Lee did an excellent job of handling the funeral services of my mother. He..........
Subscriber from MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA wrote Another Firm: I bought a "pre need" funeral services for my 95 year old mother. No service..........
Subscriber from EL SOBRANTE, CA wrote Another Firm: Very nice staff you can feel they are working extra to helping you. Very nice..........
Subscriber from CLAYTON, CA wrote Another Firm: the people running oakmont today is like the difference between night and day compared to..........
Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote Another Firm: Very low key, answered questions straight forward, no pressure for extras, cost was reasonable, enjoyed..........
Subscriber from CONCORD, CA wrote Another Firm: I've used the services of Sinai Memorial Chapel located in Lafayette, CA. I found the..........
Subscriber from SUNNYVALE, CA wrote Another Firm: Last year, my spouse died and had the funeral service and burial at Chapel of..........
Subscriber from SAN JOSE, CA wrote Another Firm: Very reasonable; very helpful; very respectful. I highly recommend them..........
Subscriber from HILLSBOROUGH, CA wrote Another Firm: PEOPLE ARE SUPER..........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Firm: extremely caring and competant. Three locations in the Bay Area........
Subscriber from RODEO, CA wrote Another Firm: Very considerate handling of my wife's cremation and good service on documents, etc........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Firm: This service is hard to rate as in a cremation one receives a box of..........
Subscriber from OAKLAND, CA wrote Another Firm: Nice people in a time of need.......
Subscriber from SAN RAMON, CA wrote Another Firm: We found them to be very caring and helpful at an awful time. There was..........
Subscriber from MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA wrote Another Firm: Staff is knowledgable and sensitive........
Subscriber from EL CERRITO, CA wrote Another Firm: Patty Smith is a wonderful, caring woman who along with her partner, Mr. Witter, runs..........
Subscriber from SANTA CLARA, CA wrote Another Firm: I made up my mind checking out their referances. They were nice over the phone...........
Subscriber from NOVATO, CA wrote Another Firm: Very dirty run down facility. Cold impersonal attitude........
Subscriber from ALBANY, CA wrote Another Firm: We called three funeral homes when we needed cremation and return of ashes without any..........
Subscriber from SAN FRANCISCO, CA wrote Another Firm: Honored my mother's pre-purchased services, knowledgeable about Chinese funeral practices, was accommodating and pleasant........

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