My boyfriend just passed away and Browns was there in 20 mins to pick him up. They impressed me even more when Nathen brought him home to me. I can't thank you enough for your compassio. read more

Nick was great when my mom died. Super compassionate, professional, and timely! I'd definitely use him again, though I really hope not to for a while. read more

Given that there are relatively few reviews for Brown's Funeral Home, I thought I'd offer a fuller review. My family first used Brown's in 2015 when our mother died. We selected Brown's based on the recommendation from a pastor at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center, who spoke favorably about their service and reasonable pricing. Brown's came through for us. While the services they provided were straightforward (cremation and obtaining death certificates without any hosting any memorial service), they did their job with care and compassion and at a reasonable cost. Pleased with their prior service, my family used Brown's again in 2019 when our father died. While I hadn't been present in 2016 when Brown's had taken possession of my mother's body from the hospital, my sister and I were present in 2019 when Brown's took possession of my father's body from Ray Hickey Hospice House (which BTW is an excellent hospice that I highly recommend). Ron Brown, the owner, and Gretel, his assistant, did a stellar job of performing this seemingly simple service. Ron and Gretel began by offering their words of sympathy to my sister and me. Since Dad was a veteran, Ron draped my father's body with a custom quilt that Ron had made for the funeral home that shows the symbols of branches of the nation's military. At the Hickey House, the staff has a tradition of lining up at the front door when a body of a resident is taken away. When we passed through the lines of staff at the front door and arrived at Brown's hearse, Ron, as is his custom, paused and offered a short expression of thanks on behalf of our family and his funeral home to the assembled staff for their care of our father. The words and the sentiment were sincere and hit the mark. Again Brown's did an excellent job with arranging the cremation and obtaining death certificates. Beyond that, they helped out later in other ways. Our parents wished their ashes to be co-mingled in one urn, which Ron easily arranged. When it came time to transport our parents' ashes to another state to be interred, Ron offered to arrange the transport and when we decided that my sister would carry the urn with her, Ron (without any cost to us) prepared a 'To whom it may concern" letter to the T.S.A. for my sister to carry, attaching the death certificates and documenting that the urn contained our parents' cremains. I note that a couple of reviews from a few years ago noted some shortcomings in Brown's service. I can only say that we did not experience anything like this ourselves. One of the prior reviews mentioned that Brown's owner only wanted to talk about himself. While I wouldn't put it that way myself, I understand the point since Ron did talk a good bit about himself, including his father, his own health issue and a dispute with a son, on the occasions when I've met with him at his funeral home. For better or worse, if and when you select Brown's, you're choosing an old-time small-town family-owned funeral home rather than a corporate funeral home that's very likely part of a regional or national chain where you're dealing with an employee rather than the owner. As for myself, I happen to prefer the personal service that Ron offers. I should also note that, unlike experiences some people have with other funeral homes, at no time whatsoever did I feel in any way whatsoever that Ron was pushing to "upgrade" any service at a higher profit to him and a higher cost to our family. When it came to selecting the services and related materials like the urn, Ron simply laid out the options and the pricing and did not push in any way. And the prices that Ron quoted were quite reasonable. Brown's originally came recommended to us in 2015 as a good local funeral home that provided caring service at a reasonable price. Having chosen to use Brown's twice, I'd say that this recommendation to us has proven spot on and I pass along the same recommendation to you. read more

Brown's Funeral Home - Funeral Services & Cemeteries Near Me - Camas, Washington

We recently used Brown's for our father's funeral. The programs were printed incorrectly and without a proofread. My sister ended up sitting down at the computer in the funeral home and did them herself. The flowers were the wrong color and we paid for roses. We received carnations in the wrong color. We felt they were overall unprofessional--we were told by Gretel she had a chest cold when questioning the programs. And the owner, in discussions, only wanted to talk about himself. read more

The owner of this establishment is racist. When dropping off a check last week, Ron spewed racist language about the Black Lives Matter movement. I could not wait to get out of his horrible presence. The professional services he provided were satisfactory. Overall, the racist language ruined the experience for me. read more

We just used browns to bury my grandmother. The service was good except for a few major things. During the entire service we could hear their phone ringing through out the sound system. It rang about 8 times before someone in the back got up and went into the office to talk to the receptionist. She said their trying to fix it just as it started ringing again! Our friend told her to just take it off the hook (a simple solution) and the receptionist just gave her a cold glare! There was also a cell phone ringing through the system as well. They were also operating the slide show in the back on their computer during the service show you could see the computer mouse moving up on the projector! Totally unprofessional! read more

My husband died after a short illness at the age of 61. I had no idea how to proceed. Browns was so wonderful. They cared about our family wishes and not all the extras that cost more. I would send my most loved ones here for their honesty and compassion. Since my loss I have personally become acquainted with Gretel. Knowing her character and compassion, I would have no problem leave every detail in her hands. When your life is devistated it is important to be able to trust. Browns is this. read more

I had the honor of working with Gretel at Brown's funeral home after my mother's passing. Rarely have I every met someone like Gretel who has such amazing professionalism, sensivity, and compassion to family members in every way. I agree that Gretel is amazing at her job. Thank you for doing the work you do. This business is highly recommended. read more

Good People! Hundreds of families have brought their deceased to Browns Funeral Home for the past 32 years that I have lived in Camas & Washougal. They've always been professional, compassionate and satisfactory in serving these two communities. read more

My family has used browns funeral home whenever we have a death in the family, we will always appreciate and support this local business. Ron and gretel are amazing and we're so patient with us through the entire process. Gretel was and is amazing at her job, she went above and beyond her duties to make sure my family was taken care of and was so kind/thoughtful. I would recommend them to everyone. read more

Would not recommend!! They almost dropped my dead aunt off the gurney coming out of the house. Then they misspelled names of the family on the legacy site. When they finally got the death certificate in for my Aunt my Uncle went down to pick it up and her remains because he didn't want to go there twice. When he got home, he realized they had his name wrong and a completely different name for him on the certificate. Not only that, my parents had paid to have her remains put in a decorated box with easy poor for spreading her ashes and they sent him home with a plain cardboard box! Horrible! Someone going through grief should not have to deal with such lack of professionalism and care. There is no attention to detail. DO NOT GO HERE!!! read more