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Hillside Cemetery - William Carlos Williams
 (poet and physician) - was born on September 17th, 1883

Hillside Cemetery

(2 reviews)

Shannon walked me through the whole process and did everything besides hold my hand which I'm sure…read morewith her kindness she would have . Having someone like her help was a blessing.

I'm going to start my review of a cemetery (why? some might ask) by giving a (very) brief…read moreautobiography. (Actual review of cemetery starts in the next paragraph, for those uninterested in my trip down memory lane). I was adopted during an era when all adoptions were closed ones. In my early 20's, I got my non-identifying information, which indicated I was born in Newark to unmarried teenagers; one was Irish-Catholic, one was Irish-German Protestant; etc. etc. In the years after I obtained this limited information, I'd play a game with myself. I'd be somewhere in NJ, and wonder, "Did somebody I'm genetically related to ever come here where I am now? Did they ever walk where I'm walking now? Did they ever eat in this restaurant? Did they ever stay in this hospital? Did they ever attend a movie at this theatre, in this town?" Ironically enough, this cemetery was the place where a lot of the people responsible for me ended up, although I didn't know that when I first came here, which was the early-to-mid 80's (my birth mother didn't track me down and contact me until 2004). I came to take photographs because it provides wonderfully clear, unfettered shots of the NY skyline. But after taking those photos, I didn't see any pressing need to come here again. Until, as I mentioned, my birth mother contacted me (for those who are adopted, or gave someone up for adoption, and are daunted by the anticipated process of finding your genetic relatives; my birth mother simply contacted the agency through which I had been adopted, paid the money for the detective they had on staff, and a day later they knew my identity) and I became aware of the family history. This is a pleasant, sedate cemetery, with abundant trees and foliage, although I've always found it a little nondescript. I'm not sure how many acres it is, but it's pretty big. It's peaceful, but I also have to note that it's hard to ignore Rt 3 traffic passing to and from NY (or passing to and from whatever they're calling Meadowlands Stadium now). The cemetery sort of slopes down towards the actual Meadowlands, where the Rt 3 Drive-In used to be (there's an office building there now). In the upper portion of the cemetery, my genetic maternal family is buried--- grandfather, great grandfather and grandmother, great aunt (who was very nice to me in the few years I knew her), etc. It's a mixture of old and new gravesites. At the other end of the cemetery, my birth father and genetic paternal grandparents are buried. So, obviously, the cemetery is invested with personal meaning for me. For others? It's clean, well kept, well maintained. It's not extravagantly beautiful or especially unique, but it's a more than adequate, respectful place to mourn and remember the dead, or to quietly contemplate life and that eternal reward we're all ultimately heading for. Or the majestic NY skyline. Or the Rt. 3 traffic rushing by. I have to admit that I used to sometimes seek out specific cemeteries because of the famous (and/or infamous) people buried there. As I've mentioned in another review, cemeteries can be great repositories of history, architecture, art, beauty. And, when I was younger, it was cool to see the graves of people i had admired--- James Cagney, Billie Holiday, Johnny Thunders, Malcolm X, John Garfield, etc. Here? Some local "celebrities" like Fairleigh Dickinson and William Carlos Williams are among those interred. Of more immediate interest to me, Joey Ramone is buried here. I was never the biggest "fan" of the Ramones, but I respected them, liked a lot of their music, and always liked that they always put on a good, exciting show the few times I saw them, no matter how much they may have hated each other. They always gave their fans their money's worth, and then some. Hillside has its own Jewish section, and you won't be able to miss Joey's monument. I met him in life, but if you didn't, this is as close as you're going to be able to get to him (and unless these "ghost hunter" types are correct, and your spirit or entity or whatever lives on after death, you aren't getting an autograph...). The monument is quite large (it has the name "Hyman" on it), and usually covered with small rocks (the Jewish tradition of placing small rocks on a grave when you visit to show that the deceased are still remembered is one I've always liked) and other memorabilia. I'm not sure how respectful such things are...I'm always a little troubled by the memorabilia cluttering the grave...but I imagine Joey probably wouldn't mind. So I come here often enough because I have a personal investment (relatives buried here). Outside of that, I don't find it as distinctive or as lovely as I do such cemeteries as Greenwood in Brooklyn, or Woodlawn in the Bronx, or Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery upstate, but it is a nice, pleasant, peaceful cemetery. If it weren't for busy, annoying Rt. 3 traffic running alongside it, I'd probably appreciate it even more.

Kamienski Funeral Homes

Kamienski Funeral Homes

(2 reviews)

I can only say the absolute best about Anthony and Kamienski's. My mother passed away at our home…read morein another state. Explaining that flying my mother home, would cost more than if he was to pick her up, I agreed and he drove 4.5 hrs to our local funeral home and brought her back to Wallington. Because my mother was on hospice, he & I connected a couple weeks before her passing. From picking her up in my state, and everything forward, he made the process so easy, as I had never done this before. He will walk you through everything that is needed and doesn't try to upsell you on anything. He was always available to talk and if he was busy with another family, he definitely returned my calls, texts or emails in more than a timely fashion. In our discussions, I was concerned about the cosmetology but his team did an excellent job with my mother. A morbid thought, I know but truly they did & my praises go out to them. A month and half later, my brother passed away. Because there was going to be two services--one in the town my brother lived in and another in Wallington, Anthony, without hesitancy, picked my brother up at the first service and brought him back to his hometown. Again, he made the process so easy for my brother's children, right down to arranging the military honors. Again, I can only proclaim my high praise for him & Kamienski's and would highly, above highly, RECOMMEND this funeral home for the services of your loved ones. One last thing: one of my friend's commented that they were so glad I had the services at Kamienski's because they have shown professionalism and shown dignity in everything they do. Anthony, thank you so much for making the process so easy and comforting.

Anthony was very professional and very accommodating. We had nothing prepared for our husband's and…read morefather's funeral, and he had died during the coronavirus pandemic. Anthony helped us with everything. He recommended a florist and gave us her cell phone number in order for us to order flowers; others who tried to send us flowers had a very difficult time finding a florist during the pandemic. He contacted the cemetery for us so that we could buy a plot. He picked up the mortal remains from a hospital 20 miles away at no extra cost, and since he was near our house doing so he fulfilled a last minute request to drive by our house with our husband and father. He helped set up a livestream to the funeral home so that we could watch the funeral Mass by his casket since we could not go to church. He made several more accommodations which we asked for. Anthony promised to be always available by phone and text message and he was. We are very pleased, and highly recommend Kamienski Funeral Home.

New Mt Zion Cemetery

New Mt Zion Cemetery

(1 review)

An old, well-kept Jewish cemetery that is part of, but separate from, non-sectarian Hillside…read moreCemetery (which I wrote about in another review). Its most famous "permanent resident" is Jeffrey Hyman aka Joey Ramone, who died way too early in 2001. Years before Joey died, and before my re-union with my genetic family, I came here with my camera to take pictures of the NYC skyline, not knowing I had a connection to some of the people buried here. At the time, I thought of it as "once and done" cemetery visit. When I first started visiting cemeteries way back when, I experienced some confusion as to Jewish cemeteries "attached" to non-sectarian ones. When I visited California and tried to find Bugsy Siegel's grave in Beth Olam Cemetery, it took me longer than it should have to realize Beth Olam was, technically speaking, a section of Hollywood Memorial, now known as Hollywood Forever. Hillside was founded in 1882, and Mt. Zion, if anything, appears even older, and much smaller. You enter through a separate gate, drive down to the end, make a turn, and drive back up the other side. I drove through Mt. Zion once. I thought it was a perfectly nice, scenic and historic cemetery, but, like Hillside, I didn't think I'd be returning after taking my photos. Then my birth mother located and contacted me. I started a relationship with my genetic family and learned that a majority of my relatives from both sides of my family were buried in Hillside. My birth father and paternal grandparents are buried in one section, and my maternal side is buried in the other. When my maternal great aunt (who was very nice and welcoming to me in the unfortunately short time I knew her) died, I came here to mourn. So too when my maternal grandmother, who I loved, died about a year ago. And, on a less personally somber note, I came here when Joey Ramone died. I wasn't the biggest fan of the Ramones, but I appreciated their groundbreaking role in what became known as punk rock, their influence on subsequent generations of musicians, and the fact that...even though they seemed to hate each other...they always put on an energetic, entertaining show (I saw them in concert several times and met them once; I almost got into a fistfight with Johnny, but that's perhaps another story for another place and time...). After Joey died, I visited his grave, which is hard to miss in unostentatious, low-key Mt. Zion. His gravestone is large, his name prominently displayed on it, and adorned with all sorts of memorabilia/paraphernalia. Once was enough for me, though. As much as I admired and respected Joey, I was more of a Stooges or NY Dolls fan, than I was a Ramones fan. I visited Hillside often, but not Mt. Zion. My old friend, however, is a Ramones fanatic. He hung out with them and relates...constantly...how Dee Dee once tried to buy an old-fashioned leather jacket that my friend had borrowed from his father for a concert and was annoyed when my friend wouldn't sell it (although my friend was sorely tempted). Recently, around the anniversary of Joey's death, my friend decided to make an impromptu visit to the grave, with me along as company. We parked on the edge of Hillside, walked across the grassy border area, and came to Joey's final resting place. A woman was standing alongside it and introduced herself as Judy. She'd been visiting the grave every day for a week. I've heard of dedicated, devoted fans, but that astonished me. Look, Legs Diamond was my childhood hero, but I've only visited his grave a handful of times over the years. Like my friend, Judy knew the Ramones and said they had written a song that mentioned her (not "Judy Is A Punk" but a later one; I stopped buying Ramones records after "Road To Ruin" so it wasn't a song I'm familiar with). She was friendly, a bit of a character (in a good way), and we took pictures of each other standing by the grave and they (she and my friend) started exchanging stories. My friend is long winded under the best of circumstances, and as I've heard these stories a million plus times, I walked over to Hillside to visit the graves of my family members and paused to meditate on the beauty of the NYC skyline. Walking from one end of Hillside to the other took some time. When I returned to Joey's grave, Judy and my friend were still talking (she was complaining that she had left items at the grave that had been stolen). At that point, it was getting late. A Hillside employee in a cemetery truck drove by several times, pausing at the edge of Hillside to watch us. He wasn't intrusive; I guess they're used to this sort of thing, given that Joey's grave has become a sort of shrine. But it was near closing time. Finally, we said our goodbyes and left. For those with loved ones buried here, it's a peaceful, sedate cemetery with an aura of history and of families going back for generations. And for those searching for Joey's grave...it'll be easy to find. Just be respectful and remember where you are.

Ivy Cremation & Memorial Services of NY

Ivy Cremation & Memorial Services of NY

(16 reviews)

Clinton Hill

It pains me to write this as it is very fresh, but I needed to express the work they did for my…read morefamimy. Our daughter unexpectedly passed away and upon my first contact with the funeral director Sept it was like no other calls mattered. Sept from the first call made us feel comfortable ( a warm hug kind of comfort). Once we decided to go with Ivy Cremations, it was constant communication, whether it was calls or via text. We did not communicate via emails which was greatly appreciated and was not an option for us. That was a big plus as communication was consistent. We met Alex tonset up the final arrangements and that interation was pleasant and due to prvios patrons we were not able to bring food, but light refreshments and finger foods were allowed. The day of, which was Monday. From the limo driver Larry, who was early and waited for everyone, and opened each individual door. GREAT JOB LARRY: GOING AND RETURN. The place was clean, set up well. Nicole welcomed us and assisted where needed. Everything on Monday was perfect, accomodating and thoughtful. We cleaned up the entire venue which Nicole was so happy to express this was a first for her...lol Samantha the billing/invoice department was also availa le via text. Mr. Sept...there are no words to express how you made us felt. Larry we made him laugh on our drive back home. It was exceptional..Our baby was done right. From the bottom of our hearts...thank you Ivy and staff

Ivy Cremation & Memorial Services were very caring and listen to my concerns and they were there…read moreright away to pick up my love and Sept explained step by step and he was true to his word. The staff was very courteous and my brother Cremation was done as promised. They also checked to insure that all documents we filled out correctly. I highly recommend them to take care of your departed love ones. Thank you all for guiding me through such a difficult time. Best regards Barbara Jamison

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