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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.

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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"
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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5. Baker Funeral Home
10001 Nokesville Rd
Manassas, VA
703-368-3116
Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes.
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6. Barber Funeral Home
21525 Laytonsville Rd
Gaithersburg, MD
301-948-3500
13 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes.
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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.
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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.
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9. Cunninghams
811 Cameron St
Alexandria, VA
703-549-1800
11 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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15. Donaldson Funeral Home
313 Talbott Ave
Laurel, MD
301-725-1690
16 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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25. Going Home Cremation Svc
PO Box 784
Clarksville, MD
301-854-9038
Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes.
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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.
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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.
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28. Jefferson Funeral Chapel
5755 Castlewellan Dr
Alexandria, VA
703-971-7400
68 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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38. Murphy Funeral Home
4510 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA
703-920-4800
96 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes.
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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.
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40. Northern Virginia Funeral Svc
14522 Lee Rd
Chantilly, VA
703-378-6896
Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes.
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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.
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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.
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43. Pierce Funeral Home
9609 Center St
Manassas, VA
703-257-6028
23 ratings Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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52. Thibadeau Mortuary Svc
933 Gist Ave
Silver Spring, MD
301-495-4950
Washington Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 49 local funeral homes.
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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.
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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.
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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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