Grimes and Akes Family Funeral Home

After reading Patrick Akes recollection of events it is even more evident that my family and I simply and sadly did not hire someone in the right profession. No insincere apology, warped version of event nor excuses will change our experience and entertaining Mr Akes version with further discussion is not my desire. I did, however, add more of how he handled the post services as well as update my review to include that a «seemingly» hung over Patrick nonchalantly placed blame on his brother. My apologies for not clarifying that this was simply what I deduced from Patrick Akes’s appearance and behavior.

We used Grimes-​Akes Family Funeral home for a family member. I know we had chosen the right place when we walked into the door. We were greeted by Patrick Akes. The whole time we were there he took the time and explained everything to us and answered all questions we had… even the dumb ones. the whole service was just as we expected. Patrick was with us the entire time and was very compassionate with our entire family. The transition to the cemetery went very smooth. And once again went planned better than we expected. Hats off the the Grimes Akes Family Funeral home. They went above and beyond for our family during this sad time.

It is unfortunate when you have to plan the funeral of a loved one, but at Grimes-​Akes family funeral home they make the process as gentle as possible. My family has used the services at this funeral home many times and have always received heart-​felt service and compassion. The staff here are professional, focus on the needs of the family and show the upmost respect and kindness. I am truly grateful to the Akes family whom have helped us celebrate and cherish our loved ones who have passed. I recommend them highly.

Recently I had the opportunity to work with Patrick at Grimes & Akes funeral home. They arranged a wonderful service and handled all the families funeral affairs. They did an awesome job with lots of emphasis on the immediate family. I recommend them highly.

Horrible customer service and rude! Chip on his shoulder and treats people like they’re stupid. Apparently thinks they’re the only game in town. I can take my business elsewhere!

Horrible place to do funerals at! Very strict! Even after explaining to them about how cultural funerals were planned and even showing them videos on YouTube how we do them. They agreed to it until after the contract. They started becoming very upset and angry at the things we did.
This place isn’t very cultural friendly. They don’t respect the grievers … Very rude and disrespectful. It’s a nice place but the service is very disrespectful and rude.
Don’t recommend this place to anyone !!!

how do you write a review on a funeral home. other than the wonderful people that are there to help you during this process.

Unfortunately, I’ve had to come here before. You don’t usually say that about places, but this is a funeral home. I came here because an elder of my old church died and her funeral service was held here. All went smoothly. Only downside is parking. There doesn’t seem to be a lot of it because of the neighborhood it’s in. Good parking is first come first serve.

Admittedly dealing with end of life planning and funeral arrangements are not the most pleasant things to do but working with the family at the Grimes & Akes Family Funeral home has been about as pleasant as it could be. They professionally and humbly made arrangements for a veterans funeral that was easy as it could possibly. Moreover, the costs where very fair. They have more flexibility in their pricing than many of the other local funeral homes offer in the costly ‘packages’ that they try to push on grieving families. With Grimes Akes they walked you the through the process of each piece that you could select so that everything was covered and options and frills were just that, optional. With the strict rules placed on military funerals (regarding flowers and casket pieces) this made the process much smoother. The chapel and funeral home in Corona is much more spacious and modern than their location in Riverside and was the reason we selected this venue. The funeral director and his staff was attentive, kind and supportive. Recommended.