Thompson & Kuenster Funeral Home

Yup, I’m writing a review for a funeral home. I came here last night to attend a wake for my aunt’s father who had passed away. I was just a «guest» at the wake so I can’t comment on the pricing of their services. Is guest the correct word? The place does have the décor of a grandma’s house but that seems to be the trend of funeral homes. I didn’t have any trouble finding the place but I am familiar with the area.

Let’s face it-​no one wants to have to deal with this place. It’s something none of us look forward to, but unfortunately death is a part of life.
My father in law passed away a few weeks ago and we made arrangements with Thompson Kuenster as my mother in law had done in the past with other family members. We couldn’t have asked for better service.
The owner, Bob Kuenster, was with us every step of the way. He was accommodating, helpful, and respectful. He answered any and all questions that we had, and made a difficult process easier on all of us. I’m hoping we won’t have to do something like this again for a while, but if we do, I’d definitely use Thompson-​Kuenster.

WOW, I love the reviews that Michael and John posted. Michael’s (filtered) review says he was a cheapskate and was shocked that since he didn’t place his casket order with the funeral home that he had to unload it himself. Shocker, the funeral home didn’t charge you for unloading service thus you got what you paid for.
John, not sure what happened with the wake and/​or funeral you attended was but those «garage sale sofas» are very comfy and to me are WAY BETTER than the non-​padded folding chairs found at most funeral homes.
Not that I’m trying to discredit other reviews but I have unfortunately been at Thompson and Kunster more times than I care but that’s a good thing for them I guess. It seems that for my family and my wife’s family that Thompson and Kunster is the funeral home of choice.
I have met the director and he is always pleasant and easy to deal with. The rooms have always been clean and well organized. I personally wish people would send less flowers but that just because I have a allergies to flowers and it makes it an even more tearieyed situation.
Judge this place for your self!

Now, here’s the place if you really don’t want to accept the fact that your loved one, has in fact, shall we say, um, passed on.
For those that can’t deal with the icky task of the reality of death, this unusual funeral home is set up just for you.
It’s not a death, did somebody die? It’s a celebration of life, there’s no need to mourn at this funeral home. Why create a scene all teary eyed, when you’re invited to gathering of friends shall we say. How delightful!
This funeral home is so ridiculous, it’s laughable! It’s stuffed with Homemaker’s looking furniture of all sorts; sofas, chairs, love seats, curios, tables and middle class nick knacks from A to Z, generic paintings, vases and silk flowers festooned throughout. What a garage sale this would make!
They’re placed, every which way and in all directions. I guess to turn you around so many times, you might get dizzy and just forget there’s, a real corpse, tucked away in a corner. There needs to be some signage here, for Pete’s sake! Body on display in neon or some easy to follow, those glow in the dark, orange neon appliqué footprints on the carpeting to get you to the casket. Something!
It took me 30 minutes to discover the body! Now mind you, the place was seductively lit and you had to dodge this bulky furniture, it was an obstacle course, of the highest degree.
I noticed that the dearly departed looked kind of peculiar. They had the body cranked up so high in the casket, you wondered whether the poor soul was floating on air or if David Copperfield had just performed a magic trick. The body itself, well, I won’t even go there out of respect for my friend that passed away, we’ll leave it at that.
In this dimly lit parlor menagerie of more is more furniture were missing two things, as I spoke with a lady present with me… We were waiting for someone to pass the hors d’oeuvres and get us a cocktail as we shook our heads and snickered.
We decided this is the best place to have a wake after the remains have been cremated and placed in a bronze urn. And then, they could put another long sofa where the casket should have been. No unsightly corpse to contend with any more! Solves that!
We were a thinkin’!