Oceanview Cremations

We are Hindu — Indians by ethnicity and the only requirement we had was to get my grandfather cremated as early as possible. I met numerous crematory houses and all of them said that the process atleast takes 4 – 5 business days and anyone who says they can do it faster than that would not be telling the truth. I came across Oceanview Cremations on Unilocal and got in touch with Robert. From the moment I got in touch with him till the time my grandfather was cremated, I received nothing but phenomenal service from him. He was extremely patient and kind through this process and promised to get us the permits as quick as possible (he got us cleared to get my grandfather cremated in 36 hours). I cannot thank Robert enough to help us through this and he was definitely a god sent gift to us in this hard time. I would use his service and recommend him to anyone going through this hard time! You will not be disappointed, I can guarantee you that.
Robert — thank you for all your help! We all really appreciate everything you did for our family.

I have actually used Oceanview Cremation services twice now. Both times they responded to my needs within record time and handled everything with the utmost respect.
I would absolutely recommend them to anyone who has had a family member pass on and require cremation services.
Robert handles everything. There was nothing more that I needed to do other than make that initial phone call for help. (From the initial pick up, to the cremation, to death certificates being processed and delivered, and then returning the ashes back to me). Robert was kind, patient, and helpful every step of the way. And, Oceanview services are so thankfully very affordable.

Robert was supportive, professional, informative, sincere — and literally went a number of extra miles on my behalf. I felt a great burden was lifted from me, and appreciated the real kindness, patience and thoroughness of this business at a very difficult time.

If I could give them no stars, I would. Mother — in — law passed last Monday-​they didn’t even have a modern gurney to take her body from her apartment.. They carried her down in a sheet. We should have known there would be an issue when we first contacted them.. We had so many issues with just sending even a fax to their phone line… The worst part about them is how unorganized and insensitive they are to people who have recently suffered a loss… They scheduled an appointment for my husband to pick up his mother’s ashes and death certificate from their Hayward office.. He drove 60 miles to Hayward, and without giving him any advanced notice… He gets there and is told his mom’s ashes and certificates aren’t even there. .guy tells him that his son is still in San Francisco and her ashes are in Sacramento-​come back at 6pm or the next morning! !! Really? ?? You couldn’t call a grieving client in advance? Couldn’t save him time, gas, or even the frustration of a completely wasted trip? The father blamed his son, but at the end of the day, they are just unprofessional, unorganized, and definitely not sensitive to the grieving. No discount, gas card… not even a genuine apology was offered… if you’ve suffered a loss… Do yourself a favor and choose a different cremation service… You don’t need the additional headache these folks will cause you.

I had a very positive experience. They were so personal and helpful. And a great price.
It was so much better than the experience I had with another cremation company a few years earlier.
I highly recommend.

My father-​in-​law passed away in end of June and I didn’t have any idea how the funeral and last rites are performed in USA, because I am from India and came to USA only 6 month back. I checked out few funeral homes and found that its very expensive. Then I searched on google and found Oceanview Cremations, initially I was a little sceptic because of big price difference. And very straightforwardly I asked the question to Robert and he assured me that «high price does not mean better service». So, I chose to go with Oceanview and I am very satisfied with entire experience.
Robert respected our religious rituals and helped us in performing the last rites (we arranged a Hindu priest to come).
I am sure I would have called Robert almost all different times of day, late night, early morning and I am always greeted with same tone as he does not sleep at all.
My father-​in-​law passed away on 24^th, I chose Oceanview on 26^th, we got the cremation done on 27^th and Robert himself delivered the ashes to us on 29^th.
I am absolutely impressed. Thanks Robert.

I recently worked with oceanview cremations and had a great experience while also saing my family several thousand dollars. I found Robert to be responsive and respectful. He always kept me informed and stayed in touch every step of the way. I highly recommend.

Oceanview was able to meet our request in less than 4 days after the death of my mother in law. Every where I called they said it would take 8 days to cremate the body and return to the family. Robert expedited the process and delivered the death certificates in record time. He keep me informed regarding the process daily and the funeral services were able to proceed as scheduled.
This is a very difficult time for the family and he made the whole process run smoothly and very professionally.

My partner was in hospice care and his doctors gave him 3 months. He wanted to be cremated, so then and there I started research on crematories in the Hayward, CA area. i called several to get pricing and what their services would include. I then contacted Oceanview Cremations, and spoke with Robert. On the first call, he was very professional, knowledgable and concerned about my feelings during this time.
Robert emailed all the paperwork needed in advance, which helped me greatly.
When my partner passed away on May 2, I called Oceanview at 8:15am, and by 9:45am, his staff was at my home to remove the remains of my partner.
I truly appreciate the care and comfort the staff provided me.
My partners remains were personally delivered to my home by Robert, which I felt was personal touch.
I thoroughly endorse Oceanview Cremations!

My mother passed away 12/21/12…following her death we were unsure of which funeral home we were going to use. It took us about 24 hours to figure out which one to go with. after several rude people, high prices for cremations, and just several answering services, I had to make a decision! I choose Oceanview because they were straight up with us and weren’t rude as several others! But anyways we choose my mother to be picked up at night because we didn’t wanna deal with nosy neighbors. He and his son were very polite and gave us all the time we needed to say our goodbyes. After my mother was picked up I wanted to make sure she was in the best care possible, (I do believe in karma and that souls travel and get even with those whom done wrong…). As it was the beginning of the holidays i knew she wasn’t going to be cremated right away but I didn’t stress it too much on their end, but when it came to my moms doctors office (Bayside Medical Group-​Oakland Dr. Eichel) signing to papers they took forever and gave us and them so many excuses! I had to give them a call and get ANGRY at them to finally sign the papers, yet I don’t believe that she died from what they put on the papers… oh I’m getting carried away now, back to Oceanview he kept in touch with me several times a week to let me know what was going on which I appreciated! After everything was done paperwork wise my mom was cremated and brought to us about 2 weeks later due to holidays and Bayside! But after everything I can say yes I and my family were please to have had Oceanview take care of my mom! Thanks for everything!!!
My mom passed at home, she was on hospice threw Sutter.
If anyone has any questions please feel free to send a message! My review is long over due to so many things going on since her passing…
Love and Miss You Mommy!!!

My mother passed away in october and i was reffered oceanview by the hospice group we used. they were very nice over the phone allthough their brochure didnt have clear details and i ended up paying more for the same package than was advertised on the brochure, next when i contacted them 2 WEEKS later they were just proccessing her paperwork to be creamated. i had asked for her ashes to be split into 2 urns that he said he would not charge me extra for in the beginning {which was a small plastic box} the standard one. and so when i wanted to come in person to talk to them they avoided it at all cost and ensured us that everything was going to be taken care of over the phone and her ashes were going to be returned back to my house, after another 3 days of waiting that would be 17 days after she died and went to their place of business i finally insisted on going to pick her up she had spent enough time there and we wanted her ashes back home where they belong. the gentleman was still very insistant that i didnt come to the hayward office because she was in VALLEJO. and i said that was no problem ill come there and still he insisted on bring her back to my home.
i was very uneasy about this whole situation and i would recommend everyone to choose another business than this.
i would never EVER do business with these people ever agian, nor would i reccomend them to anyone. but i guess you get what you pay for.