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Funeral Homes

	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 34 area funeral homes. From Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine
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	Name	Number of ratings	Checkbook's top rating ()		What percent of customers rated firm "superior" on our survey for "overall quality"
	Name	Number of ratings	for quality	for price
1.	Adams-Green Funeral Home 721 Elden St Herndon, VA 703-437-1764	71 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
2.	Advent Funeral & Cremation Services 7211 Lee Hwy Falls Church, VA 703-241-7402	131 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
3.	Affordable Funeral Service 6600 S Kings Hwy Alexandria, VA 703-876-1755	15 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
4.	Arlington Funeral Home 3901 N Fairfax Dr Arlington, VA 703-522-1441	54 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
5.	Baker Funeral Home 10001 Nokesville Rd Manassas, VA 703-368-3116		Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
6.	Barber Funeral Home 21525 Laytonsville Rd Gaithersburg, MD 301-948-3500	13 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
7.	Chambers Funeral Home & Crematorium 5801 Cleveland Ave Riverdale, MD 301-699-5500	18 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
8.	Colonial Funeral Home 201 Edwards Ferry Rd NE Leesburg, VA 703-777-1414	14 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
9.	Cunninghams 811 Cameron St Alexandria, VA 703-549-1800	11 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
10.	Danzansky-Goldberg Memorial Chapels 1170 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 301-340-1400	64 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
11.	Demaine Funeral Home 520 S Washington St Alexandria, VA 703-549-0074	112 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
12.	Devol Funeral Home 2222 Wisconsin Ave NW Washington, DC 202-333-6680	66 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
13.	Devol Funeral Home 10 E Deer Park Dr Gaithersburg, MD 301-948-6800	69 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
14.	Donald V Borgwardt Funeral Home 4400 Powder Mill Rd Beltsville, MD 301-937-1707	42 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
15.	Donaldson Funeral Home 313 Talbott Ave Laurel, MD 301-725-1690	16 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
16.	Edward Sagel Funeral Direction 1091 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 301-217-9400	85 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
17.	Everly Community Funeral Care 6161 Leesburg Pike Falls Church, VA 703-532-5161	12 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
18.	Everly Funeral Home of Fairfax 10565 Main St Fairfax, VA 703-385-1110	82 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
19.	Everly Wheatley Funeral Home 1500 W Braddock Rd Alexandria, VA 703-998-9200	61 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
20.	Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home 9902 Braddock Rd Fairfax, VA 703-425-9702	39 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
21.	Fort Lincoln Funeral Home 3401 Bladensburg Rd Brentwood, MD 301-864-5090	25 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
22.	Francis J Collins Funeral Home 500 University Blvd W Silver Spring, MD 301-593-9500	144 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
23.	Gasch's Funeral Home 4739 Baltimore Ave Hyattsville, MD 301-927-6100	50 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
24.	George P Kalas Funeral Home 6160 Oxon Hill Rd Oxon Hill, MD 301-567-9424	40 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
25.	Going Home Cremation Svc PO Box 784 Clarksville, MD 301-854-9038		Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
26.	Hines-Rinaldi Funeral Home 11800 New Hampshire Ave Silver Spring, MD 301-622-2290	83 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
27.	J B Jenkins Funeral Home 7474 Landover Rd Landover, MD 301-322-2300	18 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
28.	Jefferson Funeral Chapel 5755 Castlewellan Dr Alexandria, VA 703-971-7400	68 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
29.	Joseph Gawler's Sons 5130 Wisconsin Ave NW Washington, DC 202-966-6400	55 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
30.	Lee Funeral Home 6633 Old Alexandria Ferry Rd Clinton, MD 301-868-0900	33 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
31.	Loudon Funeral Chapel 158 Catoctin Cir SE Leesburg, VA 703-777-6000	13 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
32.	Marshall's Funeral Home 4217 9th St NW Washington, DC 202-723-1250	16 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
33.	McGuire Funeral Service 7400 Georgia Ave NW Washington, DC 202-882-6600	33 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
34.	Miller Funeral Home & Crematory 3200 Golansky Blvd Woodbridge, VA 703-878-2273	22 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
35.	Molesworth-Williams Funeral Home 26401 Ridge Rd Damascus, MD 301-253-2138	11 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
36.	Mountcastle Funeral Home 4143 Dale Blvd Dale City, VA 703-680-1234	25 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
37.	Murphy Funeral Home 1102 W Broad St Falls Church, VA 703-533-0341	55 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
38.	Murphy Funeral Home 4510 Wilson Blvd Arlington, VA 703-920-4800	96 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
39.	National Funeral Home 7482 Lee Hwy Falls Church, VA 703-560-4400	52 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
40.	Northern Virginia Funeral Svc 14522 Lee Rd Chantilly, VA 703-378-6896		Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
41.	Old Town Funeral Choices 1205 Belle Haven Rd Alexandria, VA 703-465-1800	39 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
42.	Philip D Rinaldi Funeral Svc 9241 Columbia Blvd Silver Spring, MD 301-585-4050		Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
43.	Pierce Funeral Home 9609 Center St Manassas, VA 703-257-6028	23 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
44.	Pope Funeral Home 5538 Marlboro Pike District Heights, MD 301-568-4100	12 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
45.	Rapp Funeral & Cremation Services 933 Gist Ave Silver Spring, MD 301-565-4100	131 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
46.	Robert A Pumphrey Funeral Home 7557 Wisconsin Ave Bethesda, MD 301-652-2200	87 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
47.	Robert A Pumphrey Funeral Home 300 W Montgomery Ave Rockville, MD 301-762-3939	78 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
48.	Robert E Evans Funeral Home 16000 Annapolis Rd Bowie, MD 301-464-8836	27 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
49.	Simple Tribute Funeral & Cremation Center 1040 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 301-545-0960	18 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
50.	Stewart Funeral Home 4001 Benning Rd NE Washington, DC 202-399-3600	23 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
51.	The Money & King Vienna Funeral Home 171 Maple Ave W Vienna, VA 703-938-7440	121 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
52.	Thibadeau Mortuary Svc 933 Gist Ave Silver Spring, MD 301-495-4950		Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
53.	Torchinsky Hebrew Funeral Home 254 Carroll St NW Washington, DC 202-541-1001	29 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
54.	Witzke Funeral Home 5555 Twin Knolls Rd Columbia, MD 410-992-9090	10 ratings	Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.

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Funeral Homes in Alexandria, VA	Funeral Homes in Arlington, VA	Funeral Homes in Chantilly, VA
Funeral Homes in Dale City, VA	Funeral Homes in Fairfax, VA	Funeral Homes in Falls Church, VA
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Subscriber Comments/Reviews

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).

Subscriber from FALLS CHURCH, VA wrote about MURPHY FUNERAL HOME, Arlington, VA on 09/16/09: We were pleased with their service. Staff was most helpful........

Subscriber from ANNANDALE, VA wrote about MURPHY FUNERAL HOME, Arlington, VA on 09/16/09: Murphy's includes what they call usual fees for specific Catholic Church services that at least..........

Subscriber from STAFFORD, VA wrote about PIERCE-PRICE FUNERAL HOME, Manassas, VA on 09/10/09: Helpful, understated and caring. They worked within our budget and kept everything running smoothly during..........

Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote about FRANCIS J COLLINS FUNERAL HOME, Silver Spring, MD on 09/10/09: Wonderful family to deal with during stressful times........

Subscriber from ARLINGTON, VA wrote about FAIRFAX MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, Fairfax, VA on 09/09/09: Very pricey but they did a good job........

Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote about OLD TOWN FUNERAL CHOICES, Alexandria, VA on 09/09/09: Excellent service; fabulous price. In an industry of such excess cost, this was a blessing...........

Subscriber from SPRINGFIELD, VA wrote about MOUNTCASTLE FUNERAL HOME, Dale City, VA on 09/09/09: Services of this nature should not be rushed. It was for us and the sense..........

Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote about HINES-RINALDI FUNERAL HOME, Silver Spring, MD on 08/24/09: Rip-off artists........

Subscriber from VIENNA, VA wrote about MURPHY FUNERAL HOME, Falls Church, VA on 08/10/09: The very best!!!!!.......

Subscriber from ARLINGTON, VA wrote about ADVENT FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICES, Falls Church, VA on 08/08/09: Advent was very professional and yet warm and sincere in their service they provided. The..........

Subscriber from SILVER SPRING, MD wrote about JOSEPH GAWLER'S SONS, Washington, DC on 08/07/09: Highly recommended. No pressure for services beyond cremation.......

Subscriber from LANHAM, MD wrote about GASCH'S FUNERAL HOME, Hyattsville, MD on 08/03/09: Used cremation services only.......

Subscriber from DUMFRIES, VA wrote about MILLER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY, Woodbridge, VA on 08/03/09: My dad passed away last October and we used Miller Funeral Home. During this tragically..........

Subscriber from SILVER SPRING, MD wrote about EDWARD SAGEL FUNERAL DIRECTION, Rockville, MD on 08/03/09: Repetitively recommended removing a religious need based on cost. In my opinion, the religious need..........

Subscriber from ALEXANDRI, VA wrote about DEMAINE FUNERAL HOME, Alexandria, VA on 07/22/09: Made typos on the death certificate. Poorly written obit. Generally sloppy........

Subscriber from WASHINGTON, DC wrote about ADVENT FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICES, Falls Church, VA on 07/16/09: I have made my own funeral arrangements in advance with Advent and found them very..........

Subscriber from SILVER SPRING, MD wrote about FORT LINCOLN FUNERAL HOME, Brentwood, MD on 07/15/09: DISAPPOINTED WHEN THEY "CALLED TO SEE HOW WE WEW AFTERWARD" WHICH WAS REALLY JUST A..........

Subscriber from MC LEAN, VA wrote about ADVENT FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICES, Falls Church, VA on 07/13/09: We wanted a very simple cremation because our family spends the money on the living..........

Subscriber from ALEXANDRIA, VA wrote about MURPHY FUNERAL HOME, Arlington, VA on 07/07/09: Military funeral so they didn't have to do as much. However very knowledgable and helpful........

Subscriber from GAITHERSBURG, MD wrote about ROBERT A PUMPHREY FUNERAL HOME, Rockville, MD on 07/07/09: They were very professional and compassionate throughout a difficult time and even after the funeral........

Subscriber from ARLINGTON, VA wrote about PRICE FUNERAL HOME, Manassas, VA on 04/30/09: It is actually "Pierce Funeral Home" not "Price".......

Subscriber from BURKE, VA wrote about ARLINGTON FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION CENTER, Arlington, VA on 03/31/09: We have used this place for my father (12/80), step-father (3/04) and recently for my..........

Subscriber from BURTONSVILLE, MD wrote about ADVENT FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICES, Falls Church, VA on 01/13/09: Pleasant staff, very professional. Up front with all the costs, no surprises. Did everything right..........

Subscriber from ANNAPOLIS, MD wrote about ADVENT FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICES, Falls Church, VA on 10/30/08: They have helped me previously and ALWAYS are up-front with the costs and options. Very..........

Subscriber from FX STATION, VA wrote about ADVENT FUNERAL & CREMATION SERVICES, Falls Church, VA on 10/30/08: Highly recommended........

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