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Testimonials

Our customers say it best!

Here's what funeral home owners say about why they choose to join with Homesteaders.

"They are there to help."

 “The customer service team really is customer service, they are there to help.”

Dale Groce
Groce Funeral Home & Cremation Service
Asheville, North Carolina

"Proven record of service and integrity.”

 “We choose Homesteaders because of their proven record of service and integrity.”

Justin Smith
President of Smith Family Mortuaries
Derby, Kansas

"Homesteaders product options meet our needs."

"We recently built a new funeral home and are looking forward to growing our business. It’s great to know we have a product choice that meets our current goals. Even better is knowing that as we grow, Homesteaders has product options to meet our future needs."

Theresa Thielen
Thielen Funeral Home
Burlington, Iowa

"Great customer service"

"We partner with Homesteaders because of their great customer service and people who provide us with products we can trust."

Kelly Roberts
Managing Partner
Roberts Family Funeral Home
Forest Lake, Minnesota

"No better pre-need company"

"We think there’s no better pre-need company than Homesteaders.”

Dan Funchess
Citadel Management
Greenville, SC
 

"Exceeds in its commitment"

"Homesteaders really exceeds in its commitment to funeral service. They are passionate about the value of a funeral."

 

Marty Mitchell
Mitchell Family Funeral Home
Marshalltown, IA

"Peace of mind"

"Homesteaders provides families with peace of mind that their investment is safe."

Jess McDougald
McDougald Funeral Home & Cemeteries
Anderson, SC

"Homesteaders always does what is best."

"Homesteaders always does what is best for the customers."

Spencer M. Larkin
Larkin Mortuary
Salt Lake City, Utah

"Homesteaders does what it’s good at."

 "Homesteaders does what it’s good at so that funeral  professionals can focus on serving families well."

Jeannie Browning Hester
Browning Funeral Home
Evansville, Indiana

 

"Homesteaders is, to me, unsurpassed."

"If you look at the sum total of what is provided, Homesteaders is, to me, unsurpassed."

David Deuth
Weerts Funeral Home
Davenport, Iowa

 

 

"Homesteaders is synonymous with service."

"As a new funeral home, we chose to partner with companies rich in history, synonymous with service and secure for the future. That’s why we join with Homesteaders and Aurora."

James D. Heald – Partner & Manager
Heald & Chiampa Funeral Directors – The Sumner House
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

"We're proud to join with Homesteaders."

"We’re proud to join with a firm like Homesteaders that shares our commitment to celebrating the lives of those we serve."

Ken Varner
Cypress Lawn
Colma, California

"Homesteaders is focused beyond writing policies."

"Homesteaders is focused beyond the writing of policies, to the well being of the client-funeral home as well as the client-family."

Justin Baxley
President, Hiers-Baxley Funeral Services
Ocala, Florida

"Bottom line, they take care of us."

"Homesteaders is committed to our firm with the same committment we have to our families. Bottom line, they take care of us."

Richard Dugger
Dugger Family Funeral Homes
Perry, Oklahoma

"Aurora and Homesteaders are a good fit for us."

"Being a family-run funeral home is a benefit to our families and community, and we try to partner with people who share this belief. Aurora and Homesteaders are a good fit for us."

J. Tolleison Morriss VI
J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home & Cremation Service
Virginia Tri Cities Area

"Two strong companies."

"The alliance is great because you have two strong companies who care about funeral directors and the families we serve."

David L. and Pam Owen
Owen Funeral Homes
Louisville, Kentucky

"Committed to helping the families we serve."

"Homesteaders is responsive, capable, conservative in their thinking and committed to helping us help the families we serve."

Frank Joyce
Joyce Funeral Home
Boston, Massachusetts

"...A secure, affordable funeral funding product."

"We joined with Homesteaders because we want to work with a company that can provide a secure, affordable funeral funding product with a death benefit growth that doesn’t have a lot of risk for us or our clients. We were also looking for marketing support, easy paperwork and a quick claim process."

Daniel L. Eckhoff
Immediate Past President, Iowa Funeral Directors Association
Christy-Smith Funeral Home, Sioux City, IA

"I know my families' claims will be paid."

"It was very simple -- I looked for a product that I felt would meet everyone's needs. With Homesteaders, I felt my customers were protected. I know my families' claims will be paid."

Linda Mitchell, Owner
Black and Clark Funeral Service
Dallas, TX

"A single commitment to the funeral industry."

"We joined with Homesteaders due to the fact that they were a mutual company with a single commitment to the funeral industry. They also had a casket protection program as well as an early payoff option for my families."

Stewart Walker, Owner
Walker Mortuary
Spanish Fork, UT

"The number one reason is their stability."

"We talked to funeral directors and compared other insurance companies, the more we researched, the more we leaned toward Homesteaders. The number one reason to work with Homesteaders is their stability."

Amy Wappner-Bove, Funeral Director
Wappner Funeral Directors
Mansfield, OH