I found Carewell as I was searching for funeral homes to help me repatriate my grandmother's…read moreremains to her home country - so international transportation of a loved one's body. I was working with a different funeral home who had no idea what they were doing, and Katherine and her sister Amelia came in as lifesavers - truly. Katherine was incredibly competent, knowledgeable and most importantly compassionate. When I first reached out to her, she didn't think she would be able to help me, but she kept trying to even after we had hung up the phone. When she reached back out, she had solutions, options, and knew exactly what needed to happen. Carewell was exactly what we needed, and my family and I are incredibly thankful to have found them. If they went above and beyond for a complicated case, I know that they will do the same for everyone else they work with. I cannot recommend Carewell more highly. Incredible service and wonderful people. Thank you.

I originally reached out to a different funeral home but just wasn't getting the right vibe from…read morethem. As soon as I reached out to Carewell, I knew it was everything I would want to handle my father's cremation. I spoke with Amelia and she was so reassuring, genuine, and kind. They offer affordable services and a very easy process for arranging everything. Amelia even went way out of her way to accommodate a special request I had. When you're grieving, finding a funeral home that makes you feel secure in handling your loved one is important, and Carewell is it. Thank you, Amelia and the Carewell team, for everything you did for us.

The service provided by Columbia Gardens was exceptional. The staff very professional and…read morecompassionate. They were forthcoming with information concerning my wife's burial as well as providing me with guidance to follow as a Veteran to by interned with my wife. I'm not sure of the value seemed expensive. Otherwise I was satisfied with the services we received,

No one informed us that the cemetery was under construction. There were no signs to guide attendees…read moreat my father's funeral. Relatives had to walk approximately 1/2 mile over rough terrain to get to the burial site. Not easy for older or disabled people. Addressed me by the wrong last name. Sloppy.

I highly recommend this funeral home. Anthony never said no to any request. Jennifer did a…read morefantastic job with dressing up my dad. Both Anthony and Jennifer were willing to learn our culture. The place was clean and big.

Everly Wheatley took such wonderful care of our family during one of the most difficult times of…read moreour lives.

Alex and team were true professionals who were very pleasant to work with, but they really went…read moreabove and beyond in handling the funeral for my late grandfather when they were able to get the Air Force to provide burial services. It was unclear if the Air Force could attend as they were heavily booked and my grandfather was discharged many years ago -- but at the last minute they were somehow able to recruit the Air Force to attend, which provided our family with a great sense of pride and made for a special ceremony. We're deeply grateful that we had Alex and the Gawler's team to help us get through a difficult time, and highly recommend that anyone choose them if looking for a funeral home in the DC area.

Absolutely recommend Gawler's for all funeral needs. Kennedi and Zachary were an exceptional team,…read moreextremely responsive to every question and took care of every detail from start to finish. We had an out of state funeral and everything was taken care of. And their pricing/packages are flexible to add customized items we needed and not do the things we weren't interested in.

The cemetery employee, Rene, went above and beyond to ensure the plaque was installed on a clean…read moremarble surface. He took the time to help me carefully remove the adhesive residue and prepare the area before reinstalling the plaque. I truly appreciate his professionalism, patience, and willingness to help. His kindness gave me great peace of mind. Thank you, Rene!

My family and I have personally had a wonderful experience working with Mr. Mike Gadell, in late…read more2024. Dealing with the loss of a loved one is difficult especially when it comes very unexpectedly but Mr. Gadell's friendly and understanding service and personality helped make the process run smoothly.

tl;dr: beautiful facilities but horrible, dare i say disrespectful, service…read more i will say everything preneed was fantastic. the two cathy's (at the funeral home and the cemetery) were amazing and helpful. they were very understanding and cooperative. the only negative i have to say (not about them) was that the process took a long time. i was there for about 5-6 hours going over funeral and cemetery plans. here's where things went downhill - the day of the viewing service and the day of the graveside service. this was for my father, by the way. we had ordered two guest books for the day of the viewing service. when guests starting arriving they were nowhere to be found. ben had left us with what i can only assume was an intern to take care of us. when asked where the guest books were. she did not know and it took her a while to find them. also, turns out the casket spray was different than what we had selected. ben's response was they had misread the spray selection. even though it was typed up on the contract? he said they would not be able to compensate us for their mistake but would try to get the correct spray for the burial service the next day, which, to their credit, they did provide the next day. we just had the wrong casket spray for the viewing service. the last HUGE mistake they made during the viewing service was technological. they were playing the slideshow of my dad but kept it playing during the WHOLE SERVICE. that means that pictures of my dad were playing while we were singing hymns and while the pastor was giving a sermon. super distracting. so i go to the back of the room to see if they could turn the slideshow off and turn it back on after the service ended. there was no one back there! i clicked pause on the slideshow to stop it and went outside to find the intern to help turn the tv's off. i eventually found her and she had no idea how to work the computer. she ended up closing the slideshow which made the desktop picture show up on the screens. if the desktop picture was the fairfax memorial funeral home logo or a landscape photo, that would've been fine. but the desktop picture was a cute little baby hedgehog in a bed of flowers/grass. so the pastor is giving the message and for, i kid you not, 5 minutes, this desktop photo is on the screens behind him. now i understand some funeral services would welcome moments of levity like this but this was a very serious service. his death was sudden and unexpected and this just felt disrespectful. fast forward to the next day. we are waiting in the processional behind the hearse to go to the gravesite for the burial service. we had told everyone to arrive at 10:00am for the service. the hearse starts leaving at 9:50am to which my brother-in-law asks them if they could wait for 15 minutes because people were still showing up. at 10am the hearse driver gets out of his car and comes up to me (the driver of the first car of the processional). he says, it's 10:00 we have to go. i ask him if we can wait just 5 more minutes because people are still showing up. we didn't want them to get lost because the cemetery is very big (and beautiful). he huffs and gives me an attitude when he says, "i guess we'll wait then." like i'm inconveniencing him by waiting 5 more minutes. i was shocked how rude he was. so like i said, the facilities are beautiful but the day of the viewing service and burial service, the customer service was absolutely horrible. if their goal was to get my mind off of the death of my father by how bad their service was then they partially succeeded. again, we received no apology or compensation for any of the issues we faced on the service days.

The funeral home is beautiful and clean, employees helpful and kind. I would consider using them in…read morethe future, I was attending a funeral.

Northern Virginia cremation Society is a very professional organization with superb employees…read moreproviding services in a caring manner. I especially would like to commend Sienna and Doug for their excellent and customer-centric handling of a cremation. I also found that cremation is far less expensive than a traditional funeral. Highly recommended.

DO NOT GO WITH THIS COMPANY! This is easily one of the worst experiences I've ever had with a…read morecompany. My father-in-law died on Sunday and it has been a one way game of phone tag ever since. After giving tons of information over the phone I was told that we would be sent paperwork within an hour via email. The paperwork never came. When I called back I was told it would be another 30 minutes. Still nothing. When I called back a few hours later I was directed to an answering service who told me they were closed. This morning I called and was told they would call me back in 15 minutes. That was over an hour ago. You would think that a company offering cremation and burial services to a family would understand that communication is key in a time of grief. This group has been atrocious. Avoid the added stress and go with a company that knows what they are doing.

We just had my sister's Memorial Service at Cunningham Turch. Everything was absolutely perfect and…read moreI can't recommend them more. The space was extremely clean and lent itself to a comforting event. Gary served as the point of contact and helped with the logistics during the day.

These are the folks you want to work with when someone you love dies!…read more We had hired another funeral home when my husband passed. They dropped the ball and left us in the lurch. Then we hired another one. They backed out two days before the funeral. Thank goodness we found Cunningham Turch! They not only took care of all of our needs, but THEY REALLY LISTENED TO US. They made sure we had just want we needed. Gary Maxwell, our funeral manager, treated us with warmth, compassion, and a sense of humor (which was sorely needed!). If you need a funeral home, call Cunningham Turch. You'll be pleased you did. :)