Harvey Funeral Home

When my father passed away earlier this month, as you can imagine I was overwhelmed. Thankfully, my family already knew the Harvey family through my grandmother’s church and the fact they had taken care of my grandfather’s funeral services.
As my father passed away in his home, the Harveys had to come out to his house after midnight, and were incredibly professional.
When we came in the next day to discuss the arrangements Tom was helpful, asking questions to help formulate exactly the kind of funeral I felt was appropriate. There was no ‘upselling’ or pushiness, just sensitivity. He helped draft an obituary, and let my family know he was there if we needed him.
We held my father’s celebration of life service along with a viewing in their chapel. It fits over 100 people and was a lovely venue. It sounds odd to say, but my father looked wonderful and peaceful and very ‘him’ — none of the exaggerated makeup TV has raised me to fear.
Needing a funeral home is never a happy experience. I wish I could have written this review twenty years from now… but the Harvey staff made a terrible experience a little bit better.

Bad first experience, but finally found an empathetic soul to try to help me.

My mother picked Hoffner Fisher & Harvey because she always thought that Jack Harvey was so nice. When she passed away Jack was out of the country, but we were treated to his son Tom who was kind, compassionate, patient (you have to know my pain in the ass siblings to appreciate how patient.) Having never had to go through this before it was comforting to have someone who was so knowledgebale and supportive. I can’t say enough good things about Tom and Hoffner Fisher & Harvey, Five Big Fat Stars.

How does one pick a funeral home? Is this something anybody ever thinks about before it is needed? We had appointments to meet with a few to see which we wanted to use when my father died, but we didn’t get the chance to go to the appointments because he died so quickly. On a Sunday morning at 5:30 am, we called Hoffner Fisher and Harvey because my sister thought they were nice when she talked to them. She was right. They were so respectful, kind, helpful and gentle. They came and got my dad and treated us with such kindness. We went two days later to do the paperwork and again felt like they were honestly interested in making sure we were ok and my dad’s wishes were respected. They even faxed things for us to help with getting my dad’s ashes into the National Cemetery. I can’t recommend them highly enough. Death is never pleasant, but Hoffner, Fisher and Harvey made the details of what to do after so much easier.