Spangler Mortuaries

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.

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.

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.

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:
, 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,

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

I guess I’ve been thinking about the meaning of life a lot lately since 3 people close to me have passed away in the last 2 months. Spangler Mortuary has been around for a very long time. Situated in a small architecturally pleasing building, I guess it wouldn’t be so bad to have one’s funeral service here. For all the years I’ve lived in the area and have driven by this place, I’ve never once seen a funeral or even signs of one — never seen anyone outside of this place. However, first place still goes to Hawaiian Memorial Park for anyone wishing to be buried in a gorgeous spot.