I watched the video of an exchange between the funeral director and a grieving family. If that…read moreindividual represents the level of service and sympathy your funeral home extends to families after the tragic loss of a child, I highly recommend you close your doors.

Based on a phone call with a grieving family, I would never recommend this funeral home to anyone…read more They lost a child and all the funeral director, Wes, did was accuse, judge and belittle the family member who called to make arrangements. Ultimately, because of this rude, unfeeling old man, they chose another facility to handle the arrangements for their loved one. In all my years, I've always found funeral directors, and funeral staff in general, to be warm, caring compassionate people. Until the day Wes no longer is associated with this business, I will make it my mission to educate people as to what type of person will be handling the arrangements for their loved one. If I could've left zero stars, I would have.

They are very nice and caring people. In a rough time for me you could tell they really care about…read morepeople. Absolutely appreciative of these people

Reid Millard and his staff have nothing been but amazing to our fraternity this past week…read more Everything they did for the young men was perfect and way over expectations. From offering them a space to have a ceremony. To printing programs and bookmarks. To creating beautiful flower arrangements. And being so kind and gifting everything. Thank you.

Kevin Playle, (of Davis-Playle-Hudson-Rimer funeral home) is the rudest, most unethical, and…read moredishonest person I've ever had the misfortune to encounter. My cousin, Michael, died unexpectedly on July 2nd, 2016, and due to him picking Coder Funeral Home in LaBelle, MO (probably due to it's closeness to the LaBelle Nursing home he was admitted to), he ended up at Davis Playle Hudson Rimer Funeral Home in Kirksville some 40 miles away. A friend of his, Desaere, first made contact with the Coder funeral home, speaking with Alan Rimer. She is neither family, executor nor authorized to make any decisions about the disposition of Michael's body. She states that she told them that. She also told me they quoted her $3800 for cremation and memorial service. In a subsequent conversation, they told her $2500 but no lower for cremation only. I am the executor for my cousin and told Desaere that was a ridiculous price and I pursued getting pricing at other funeral homes. I found several where the cost, (including cremation, transportation and addition fees for excess weight), was under $1600. We decided to transfer Michael's body. Alan Rimer, the initial contact at Hudson-Rimer (aka Coder), had told Desaere on July 5th, that the fees were $250 to release the body, and that included both transportation and refrigeration.( Michael died on July 2nd.) I called the Davis Playle Hudson Rimer funeral home on July 6th and had a horrible verbal exchange with Kevin Playle. He told me it would now be $1000 to release Michael's body. I asked why the increase? And he said there was an additional $750 in "staffing fees." I said you've done nothing. Michael's been in a refrigerator for the last 4 days. I argued with him that no one had ever authorized any services to be done on or for Michael. He was both rude and insulting since he knew we planned on transferring Michael's body to another funeral home. He seemed hell bent on making sure that didn't happen. Karen from the Cremation Society of MO, whom I had talked with, also called DPHR on July 6th and was also insulted by Kevin Playle. She said no one had ever talked to her so rudely. He even called her "stupid." She tried to get him to charge a reasonable rate for the transportation and refrigeration but was told the same $1000 fee by Kevin. Karen and I went ahead and did the paperwork to pick up Michael's body the next day, July 7th. Karen called DPHR and informed them they were coming for his body. It's a 2 1/2 hr. drive and they had to hire a transportation company at a significant cost. According to MO Statute 333.330, the funeral home MUST release the body and cannot hold it for monies. When the CSM transport team arrived, Davis Playle Hudson Rimer funeral home would NOT release his body! In addition, they now said it would cost $2,100 to release his body now! So the price went from $250 to $1,000 to $2,100 over the course of 2 days! The police were called since they were in violation of that MO statute. The police (it's a small town) said they would need a court order to FORCE DPHR to release the body. So CSM returned without Michael's body. To this day, July 13th, they are STILL holding Michael's body for "ransom". We have NEVER signed any contract for their services. And they are in violation of both State and Federal Law. This is the horror story you always hear about funeral homes. While Cremation Society of MO was absolutely wonderful and helpful, Davis-Playle-Hudson-Rimer was quite the opposite. Kevin Playle and his funeral home are rude, price gougers, law breakers, and liars.

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Making funeral and burial arrangements for my loved one has turned into a complete nightmare. No…read moreone should have to go through this when they're trying to lay their loved one to rest. No one knows what their doing and management is just as bad.

All the best here with Phil Z and Cassie! Thank you for…read moreyour compassion and kindness with our family.

They do an amazing support to family . Very good folks. They did my mother in law & father in law…read morefunerals.

Watch Out! Memorial Cemetery will attempt to get every dollar out of you they can possibly squeeze…read moreand say anything to get it. The first big shock was they wanted to charge $500 to drive my mother from their memorial offices a few hundred feet to her grave. When they agreed to lower the fee they said we could use the office van instead of the hearse. They finally decided on the hearse on the day of her funeral. The one request my mother had before she died, which we shared with Memorial Funeral Home, was to be buried under the shade of a tree. We asked to see plots near trees. Memorial guaranteed my mother would be buried under the tree we chose. Memorial said they could not guarantee what would happen to the grounds fifty years or more in the future, but that in the near future, my mother would have her tree. Horribly, one year later, the tree has been removed to make room for more graves. We would have chosen a different park if we knew of their plans. Extremely disappointing!

Beautiful cemetery, especially during Memorial Day. Please let the staff of Memorial take care of…read moreall your cemetery needs, and do not hesitate to complain. Complaints are welcome and improvements are always the priority.