I grew up in the funeral industry, and my father's still a funeral director. (In other words, I know what I'm talking about here.) Great folks to work with at Vondel Smith -- friendly, conscientious, attentive, and thoroughly professional at all times. High praise? Yes, most assuredly. read more

We had my Mom's funeral here yesterday. The family prepared a video picture presentation to be shown at the start of the service. I brought the mp4 file the day before to ensure that it would work with their AV equipment. Initially the picture on their 70" TV was extremely purple but the AV tech said he would fix it. We arrived an hour before the service to ensure that it worked and it did. Once everyone sat down, the AV tech started the presentation (audio but no video) then a second file ran on top of the first file (video with two different soundtracks). This went on for a few minutes until my wife went back to their computer and suggested pulling the flash drive and starting over, which worked. However, the screen was too small for the chapel and the picture was very faded, making it hard to see the presentation. As if that wasn't bad enough, the two recorded hymns during the service started off too soft for approximately 10-15 seconds before the sound was turned up. The only reason I gave Vondel Smith Mortuary a second star was because the funeral director and Christy were friendly and professional. read more