It is always unfortunate when a person takes to the internet to air their grievances for a company when in all reality, the issue is with another person.
Tim did everything the widow had asked for in the planning meeting that all family members were invited to attend (and some chose not to). At no time, did any decision come from anyone except the widow. Tim was attentive, took detailed notes, asked probing questions and wrote the most beautiful obituary for the deceased.
Tim and the entire staff are ethical and very caring people, from the time they arrived at the home to take the deceased to the funeral home, the planning meeting and the day of the funeral from the private, immediate family visitation before the graveside funeral to making sure that flowers and food were all safely packed for transport after the luncheon. It is apparent that they take their role in the end-of-life process very seriously.
Let this be a lesson to use Pederson Funeral Home to pre-plan your (or your loved ones) funeral and share those plans with all family members. All of the non-sense could have been easily avoided between family members.
DO NOT use Pederson. After a long family history of using Pederson we will NEVER use them. Tim did not listen to the widow. Instead, he took direction from someone else (without the widow's permission) and turned people away from the visitation stating it was "for immediate family only" when that was not true. The level of disrespect showed to the widow, the family, and friends of the deceased is unconscionable! People drove hours only to be turned away for no reason. The contract, check, and funeral plans were all signed by the widow. The owners of Pederson need to sell to someone who is ethical and caring! Please do not put your family through this.
My mom pre planned her funeral, but she had to be transported from Missouri back to Michigan. We were able to make one call and Pederson funeral home did the rest. So amazing. I worked mostly with Tim. He was so kind and professional. He took care of everything we needed since I was in Missouri. He made the entire process go smoothly. We are eternally grateful.
The young men who came after my step father passed, were amazing! Professional, tasteful, caring and so careful with their actions and words. I was so impressed with them. I can tell they were trained extremely well.
Thank you so much for your handling of my father's funeral. My father was in hospice care for a few months and during that time I would get overwhelmed thinking of planning his service after his passing, but Pederson's handled all the details and made it so easy. They took all the stress off of our shoulders. Amazing people who care about their clients. Bless all of you for being the angels we needed during our grief and planning.