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Karen S1mo ago
5930 Southwest Ave, St. Louis, MO 63104
Services
Michel Funeral Home structures services around personalization, with directors collaborating directly with families to reflect the unique bond with their loved one.
Michel Funeral Home has operated in St. Louis since 1953 as a locally family-owned firm. The current owners, Calvin and Chris Whitaker, acquired the business and maintain a distinctive operational model: they serve only one family at a time. This policy ensures undivided attention during arrangements and services.
The Whitakers emphasize listening to family wishes and explicitly state they will never pressure families into plans that don't suit their needs. This approach has generated consistent customer feedback highlighting fair pricing and personal attention that exceeds corporate funeral home standards. The firm handles both immediate need and pre-arranged services, with online planning tools available for advance preparation.
Wall Street Journal just did an expose on funeral homes that artificially gouge customers, adding extra expenses, hiding costs, and basically charging twice what they should. The govt allowed them to take a "class" basically in being honest and giving customers the real price and...
We recently had lost a friend of ours and while the "main" memorial service is not in St Louis we had called and talked with Lisa about a memorial here too for the friends and family of Brent in the area. Lisa couldn't be nicer and more understanding. Every person we've spoken wi...
Lisa Did an awesome job helping my sisters and I to make funeral arrangements for our dear mother who passed away on Dec 5, 2019. I would recommend this Funeral Home to anyone In the St. Louis MO area. Thank You for all your compassion and helping us plan the most beautiful funer...
My family has had many funerals here for many years and remember the many times I was there for family members since I was very young over 60 years and my family used their services years before that.
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