Rowe Funeral Home inflated our family's bills for cremation at a sad time when we assumed we didn't have a choice.
They sent us an estimate for my Mom's service in January 2024 for $3,720. This amount includes $3470 for Professional Services. Their only service was to call Yoder Cremation in Kansas, where our Mom had passed away. Yoder charges $895 for cremation. So the phone call and paperwork by Rowe Funeral Home would cost $2,575.
We had her body moved to Affordable Cremations Plus where a cremation costs $875 total!
I called Rowe Funeral Home and told them I was disappointed in their dishonest business practices and they said they would have the owner call me, but they never did.
We were going through my Mom's paperwork, which shows they also scammed my Mom for $1,785 for Professional Services when my Dad passed away in 2012. $1,785 to call a crematorium?
I guess the lesson learned is to make sure you understand funeral home charges and determine if they are reasonable. read more