Vereb Funeral Homes. Pittsburgh. Natrona Heights, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Philip Marrone

2 months ago

I was messed up -- still am -- over the recent passing of my 29-year-old parrot. But it was a huge help and great relief that Patrick made himself available that sad morning, at the funeral home, to make arrangements for cremation and selecting the perfect urn. -- In a week's time my little feather-butt was ready to be brought home, in the stunning looking urn that Patrick's associate Trista special-ordered for me. -- Anyone who has lost a loved one or a beloved pet knows how therapeutic it is to just sit and talk things over with a sympathetic friend. In this regard Patrick is a real pro! And if you are one who needs to know the status of the preparation along the way, Trista and Patrick keep meticulous records. -- Thank you both for making this rough time a little easier to navigate.

Nice Katch

2 days agoNew

My fiancé passed in the middle of December, 2024. There were no pre-arrangements made and this was my first loss and my first time having to plan a funeral. I was completely lost. I felt like I was walking through a dream. My mind was in a complete fog, I could not think of focus. My daughter and I went into the funeral home and met with the Funeral Director, Patrick Vereb a few days before Chas passed. From that point on, Patrick handled everything for me. When decisions needed to be made, Patrick would reach out to me and give me my options, if I needed guidance and asked for his advice, he shared his experience with me, which helped me make a decision. The viewing was 2 full days. It went as well as a funeral can go. There were no “issues” or problems that arose. I was walked or, better yet carried through the process by Vereb Funeral Home and specifically Patrick Vereb. He was my angel and my children’s angel in our time of need. I highly, highly recommend him and Vereb Funeral Home.

Mary Chessey

5 months ago

Our dear Zivi, was like a daughter to us. She was a feral cat that came into our home for 10 wonderful years. When she fell ill, we were given Eternity Pet Memorial Cremation Services. We brought our baby girl home and we were so comforted and pleased with their services. Our hearts are filled with sorrow, but were calmed by the way they took such wonderful and compassionate care of our dear Zivi.

Audrey Ulrich

3 months ago

I could not be more happy with how my cats ashes were handed back to me. Everything was perfect. Would definitely recommend them for the cremation of your beloved fur babies.

Lorena Hovan

5 months ago

My 75 lb lab passed away at my home at 12:45AM. I was at a loss as to handle this. Vereb funeral services answered my call immediately and came to my home around 2:30 AM. The gentleman was so kind and respectful. I'm forever greatful.

Juliana Kriner

11 months ago

this review is about a year too late but I just wanted to thank this company for making a very hard time a lot easier! After my Romey passed, we received his ashes about a week later, along with a shadowbox containing his picture, some clippings of his fur, a paw print keepsake in a frame, sympathy cards, and keychains with his picture. I cannot thank them enough for their compassion during this time. Extremely affordable and Krista was so kind and handled my baby with so much care. I truly appreciate it and would recommend them to anyone.

dj hague

a year ago

Thank you for the kindness and courtesy in handling the cremation of my cat Vivian. All was well explained, kept simple, conducted with care, respect, and attention to detail. Knowing that she was in caring hands was of great solace in that difficult time. The package in which her ashes were returned is thoughtful and elegant. Thank you so much.

Debra Polujan

a year ago

My Prissy was brought home today. I cannot say enough about their work and kindness. This is our 4th cremation and I will never have anyone else take care of our beloved pets. Thank you so much!

Rob F

10 months ago

We were from out of town visiting our son when our Dog Macie died in her sleep (she had been battling an illness). Being from out of town and it being a Saturday morning we were unsure of where to go. We decided on Vereb Funeral Home after reading some reviews and we were completely satisfied with our entire experience. Nothing but a positive experience during a stressful time. Thanks for all your help and assisitance

Tracy Gates

2 years ago

Thank you so much for the beautiful frame and ceramic paw print of our beautiful Puffer. I love the added gold to the paw print. We really appreciate your kind words during this difficult time. It' was so important to us to know that she was in loving hands. The keychain is lovely too. Thank you so much for everything......

Dee

a year ago

I really wanted to like this funeral home but I simply cannot. I’ll begin with his awkward and wayward banter when we initially met him after seeking him for my mother’s untimely passing, to his communication being very poor and rude. The funeral director, Mr Vereb has a very morbid personality and my experience with him should have been better. This was a human, not a pet. I had to remind this man of that during a phone call. I have no doubt that this individual might be great at pet cremation but dealing with HUMANS and having good customer service, he lacks. He was just HORRIBLE! We as a family do not reside in Pittsburgh and had to suddenly drive 13 hours PA on 12/11/23 to seek a funeral home for cremation. Initially, he seemed compassionate but after the monies were paid and paperwork signed, he was absolutely weird and rude. Even the Medical Examiner’s office questioned my family about releasing our loved one’s body to him. I pray that he does better with other families in the future. He mentioned that he only does about “70 bodies a year” and when I asked him questions about cremation and making sure it was my mother as any grieving daughter would. He stated “This business is 100% trust.” with a smirk. I would hate for anyone to have our experience. I hope to never see this man or funeral home ever again!! I only provided 2 stars because he seemed to do the paperwork correctly and we had cremated ashes delivered to our home state. That’s it. I would not recommend this funeral home for your precious loved ones. The thought of him personally handing my mother’s body actually disgusts me. Pets maybe but I would not. But again he boasts on his booming pet business!UPDATE: Read the owner's response, this should speak volumes! No apology for his crass and rude behavior. He was paid all dues (we have receipts) up front and he nickeled and dimed us to death for a "non-viewing" cremation service. The price got higher and higher with each word he spoke and mentioned weight, and overnighting ashes could would be additional fees. Sheesh. He did not go out of his way as he stated. Just unprofessional and tactless. This guy has been paid more than enough for doing not much at all. Do better with HUMANS in your business or retire!

Joe Marino

a year ago

We had a mixed experience with Vereb. We contacted this funeral home to pickup and cremate our 130 pound Rottweiler. I made sure to alert the funeral home of his size before they came and they assured me that they had a stretcher and multiple people to help take him away. The “stretcher” was actually a rusty old furniture dolly with bungee cords. The “extra help” that they sent was a woman named Krista who didn’t find it necessary to help lift my dog, I ended up helping move him. If he hadnt been laying on our moving blanket, which ended up getting cremated with him, I do not have much confidence that they would have been able to get him in the bag. So after all of the money we spent on the service, I still had to lift my dogs corpse into the body bag. And when it came time to move the stretcher down the small set of stairs in front of my house, the man by himself clunked my dogs dead body down the stairs like it was a washing machine being tossed in the trash. I was going to help myself but he went ahead and just did it without asking anyone for help…it just showed a bit of a disrespect for my dogs body that I didn’t appreciate. The day was already hard enough but the general lack of respect for my dogs body made it a bit harder. We really appreciate them showing up on time and doing what they said they would do for a fair price but the experience was definitely a lot more difficult than it needed to be because of the things done and said by the funeral director. Mr. Vereb, if you’re reading this please know that I appreciate your service and that this review is for your own good…I hope that you read this and take my words as a challenge to better yourself and your practices. You are a nice man but your morbid funeral home director personality came through pretty hard during this experience and for us normal folk it can be a bit tough to handle on such a hard day.Edit: Krista, the vial woman working for Vereb, called us this morning….not to apologize, but to argue that she “can lift the dog”. She was because she thought I was insinuating she could not lift the dog because she is a woman (which I was not). We are back to being in tears again from having to talk to this despicable women who can’t even swallow her pride enough to apologize but rather would focus on her offense over a perceived gender issue. This woman has zero self awareness. Mr Vereb if you would like to call me yourself I would be happy to elaborate on all of this but DO NOT have Krista call me again.

george tenney

2 years ago

We had our beautiful Beau cremated here and the job they did was absolutely gorgeous !We were in awe of the beautiful case and picture that held Beaus ashes and the hand painted ceramic paw was unbelievable ! There was a lot of compassion and heartfelt emotion in the work they did ! We could not be happier ! Thank you so very much ! George & Vicki Tenney

Noreen Rachuba

a year ago

I couldn’t be more happy. Thank you for taking care of our Kona and returning her to us so quickly.

Victoria Leonzio

4 years ago

Honestly can’t say enough how impressed I am. We got our beloved furry friend cremated & upgraded to the package with the gold paw print and fur clipping and everything turned out very nice. I love having him home with us with his shadow box displayed. They were so kind on the phone and explained all my options, picked him up in no time, and we already have him back home.

Nichole Feller

4 years ago

Wonderful service- my Jack passed late on a Sunday evening, you showed within an hour- spoke compassionately & felt as if you really cared for your job. Hand delivered and returned Jack's remains quickly.Thank you, the gold pawprint is absolutely beautiful.

Lisa Kuchta

2 years ago

There was a mistake on my dog's date of birth on the shadow box. I called and spoke with the owner and informed him and reviewed the dates several times. He said he would correct it and mail me a new one. I received a new certificate, again with wrong dates and no shadow box print! So, i called again and reiterated dates again. I was told i would be sent the correct one. That was 10 days ago and I still haven't received it. I would think a simple date change would not be this difficult.

Mary Noe

2 years ago

We want to thank you for all you did to help us during this difficult time.What a beautiful way to display our precious Little Girl. Her picture and paw print are lovely and have been placed on our mantel for all to see. Thank you again and God Bless!!!

Lori Dalby

9 months ago

Thank you for everything you did for our fur baby. Very professional and compassionate. Would highly recommend .

Sadie Himber

4 years ago

We had my sweet pup cremated here and I highly recommend them. They did more than what we expected. They are incredible. I appreciate their work so much. I cannot wait to set it up in my home to remind me that she will always be with me and my family. Thank you guys so much

cheryl burtoft

7 months ago

I called them when my kitty passed away. They did such a beautiful job with everything

Patty Tanner

4 years ago

Patrick and his team took care of everything for our pet. They were compassionate and caring. They lessened our stress at a sad time. Thank you.

Saverio Strati

6 years ago

Great job to Patrick Vereb, who is the man in charge here. At a very difficult time of sorrow and sadness, this guy gets it. Kind, caring, and service all the way. My siblings and I having been raised in and since left the neighborhood years ago while my parents remained.Unfortunately, we all returned to have a funeral for one of them.We were tentative about this place knowing it had changed hands years ago to a new supervisor. Well, worry not,. Although communications with outside entities, ie cemetary, church, can improve, , This place is well maintained and the standards have been kept high. Perfect intimate neighberhood funeral parlor with a professional at the helm. Thank you Patrick for helping my Family and I through our hour of need.

Monique Stewart

a year ago

Patrick and his crew showed nothing but the upmost compassion for me and my family once we lost our beloved CoCo. I will definitely refer them to my friends and family!!

Emily P

6 years ago

Patrick came and picked my cat up the same day I called him and was really nice thank you Patrick so much for helping me and my mom with everything! Now we can have stash with us forever. ❤️

Jennifer Tyler

4 years ago

Thank you for taking care of us. They were so kind when our dog passed away at home. Coming in a timely manner.

Nancy Deemer

4 years ago

The staff was caring and courteous. Everything promised was delivered in good condition. It's nice to know my cat was in such good hands!

Shannon Deasy

4 years ago

Other than the beautiful casket . I pray that no family has to go thru the experience myself and my family went thru with Patrick. I highly doubt anyone in my immediate or extended family will ever use this funeral home again.

Karen L Miller

4 years ago

I’m extremely impressed. Thank you for doing such a good job on Bailey’s paw print.Services Service not listed …More

Joanne Reeve

4 years ago

The most thoughtful package and care was put into the cremation of our Bullwinkle. We cannot thank you enough.

Philip Marrone

2 months ago

I was messed up -- still am -- over the recent passing of my 29-year-old parrot. But it was a huge help and great relief that Patrick made himself available that sad morning, at the funeral home, to make arrangements for cremation and selecting the perfect urn. -- In a week's time my little feather-butt was ready to be brought home, in the stunning looking urn that Patrick's associate Trista special-ordered for me. -- Anyone who has lost a loved one or a beloved pet knows how therapeutic it is to just sit and talk things over with a sympathetic friend. In this regard Patrick is a real pro! And if you are one who needs to know the status of the preparation along the way, Trista and Patrick keep meticulous records. -- Thank you both for making this rough time a little easier to navigate.

Nice Katch

2 days agoNew

My fiancé passed in the middle of December, 2024. There were no pre-arrangements made and this was my first loss and my first time having to plan a funeral. I was completely lost. I felt like I was walking through a dream. My mind was in a complete fog, I could not think of focus. My daughter and I went into the funeral home and met with the Funeral Director, Patrick Vereb a few days before Chas passed. From that point on, Patrick handled everything for me. When decisions needed to be made, Patrick would reach out to me and give me my options, if I needed guidance and asked for his advice, he shared his experience with me, which helped me make a decision. The viewing was 2 full days. It went as well as a funeral can go. There were no “issues” or problems that arose. I was walked or, better yet carried through the process by Vereb Funeral Home and specifically Patrick Vereb. He was my angel and my children’s angel in our time of need. I highly, highly recommend him and Vereb Funeral Home.

Mary Chessey

5 months ago

Our dear Zivi, was like a daughter to us. She was a feral cat that came into our home for 10 wonderful years. When she fell ill, we were given Eternity Pet Memorial Cremation Services. We brought our baby girl home and we were so comforted and pleased with their services. Our hearts are filled with sorrow, but were calmed by the way they took such wonderful and compassionate care of our dear Zivi.

Audrey Ulrich

3 months ago

I could not be more happy with how my cats ashes were handed back to me. Everything was perfect. Would definitely recommend them for the cremation of your beloved fur babies.

Lorena Hovan

5 months ago

My 75 lb lab passed away at my home at 12:45AM. I was at a loss as to handle this. Vereb funeral services answered my call immediately and came to my home around 2:30 AM. The gentleman was so kind and respectful. I'm forever greatful.

Juliana Kriner

11 months ago

this review is about a year too late but I just wanted to thank this company for making a very hard time a lot easier! After my Romey passed, we received his ashes about a week later, along with a shadowbox containing his picture, some clippings of his fur, a paw print keepsake in a frame, sympathy cards, and keychains with his picture. I cannot thank them enough for their compassion during this time. Extremely affordable and Krista was so kind and handled my baby with so much care. I truly appreciate it and would recommend them to anyone.

dj hague

a year ago

Thank you for the kindness and courtesy in handling the cremation of my cat Vivian. All was well explained, kept simple, conducted with care, respect, and attention to detail. Knowing that she was in caring hands was of great solace in that difficult time. The package in which her ashes were returned is thoughtful and elegant. Thank you so much.

Debra Polujan

a year ago

My Prissy was brought home today. I cannot say enough about their work and kindness. This is our 4th cremation and I will never have anyone else take care of our beloved pets. Thank you so much!

Rob F

10 months ago

We were from out of town visiting our son when our Dog Macie died in her sleep (she had been battling an illness). Being from out of town and it being a Saturday morning we were unsure of where to go. We decided on Vereb Funeral Home after reading some reviews and we were completely satisfied with our entire experience. Nothing but a positive experience during a stressful time. Thanks for all your help and assisitance

Tracy Gates

2 years ago

Thank you so much for the beautiful frame and ceramic paw print of our beautiful Puffer. I love the added gold to the paw print. We really appreciate your kind words during this difficult time. It' was so important to us to know that she was in loving hands. The keychain is lovely too. Thank you so much for everything......

Kristopher Gould

4 years ago

Very caring and compassionate with our Jasmine and returned her remains very well taken care of!

Brian Forejt

4 years ago

Very professional. Kindness and compassion for our loss. Nice memorial in a difficult time.

Fran Aliberti

7 years ago

Patrick did such a wonderful job. I highly recommend him.

Christy Cibrone

4 years ago

Thank you for helping us get through the loss of Calvin and for all the memories you provided for us

Zachary Munn

4 years ago

All this stuff you do for the animals is amazing and worth the money

Dottie Macdonald

4 years ago

Very appreciative of how kind and caring they were.

Randal Zorn

5 months ago

Shara Bahur

9 months ago

Carol Marraccini

3 years ago

Susan Hornack

4 years ago

Dee

a year ago

I really wanted to like this funeral home but I simply cannot. I’ll begin with his awkward and wayward banter when we initially met him after seeking him for my mother’s untimely passing, to his communication being very poor and rude. The funeral director, Mr Vereb has a very morbid personality and my experience with him should have been better. This was a human, not a pet. I had to remind this man of that during a phone call. I have no doubt that this individual might be great at pet cremation but dealing with HUMANS and having good customer service, he lacks. He was just HORRIBLE! We as a family do not reside in Pittsburgh and had to suddenly drive 13 hours PA on 12/11/23 to seek a funeral home for cremation. Initially, he seemed compassionate but after the monies were paid and paperwork signed, he was absolutely weird and rude. Even the Medical Examiner’s office questioned my family about releasing our loved one’s body to him. I pray that he does better with other families in the future. He mentioned that he only does about “70 bodies a year” and when I asked him questions about cremation and making sure it was my mother as any grieving daughter would. He stated “This business is 100% trust.” with a smirk. I would hate for anyone to have our experience. I hope to never see this man or funeral home ever again!! I only provided 2 stars because he seemed to do the paperwork correctly and we had cremated ashes delivered to our home state. That’s it. I would not recommend this funeral home for your precious loved ones. The thought of him personally handing my mother’s body actually disgusts me. Pets maybe but I would not. But again he boasts on his booming pet business!UPDATE: Read the owner's response, this should speak volumes! No apology for his crass and rude behavior. He was paid all dues (we have receipts) up front and he nickeled and dimed us to death for a "non-viewing" cremation service. The price got higher and higher with each word he spoke and mentioned weight, and overnighting ashes could would be additional fees. Sheesh. He did not go out of his way as he stated. Just unprofessional and tactless. This guy has been paid more than enough for doing not much at all. Do better with HUMANS in your business or retire!

Joe Marino

a year ago

We had a mixed experience with Vereb. We contacted this funeral home to pickup and cremate our 130 pound Rottweiler. I made sure to alert the funeral home of his size before they came and they assured me that they had a stretcher and multiple people to help take him away. The “stretcher” was actually a rusty old furniture dolly with bungee cords. The “extra help” that they sent was a woman named Krista who didn’t find it necessary to help lift my dog, I ended up helping move him. If he hadnt been laying on our moving blanket, which ended up getting cremated with him, I do not have much confidence that they would have been able to get him in the bag. So after all of the money we spent on the service, I still had to lift my dogs corpse into the body bag. And when it came time to move the stretcher down the small set of stairs in front of my house, the man by himself clunked my dogs dead body down the stairs like it was a washing machine being tossed in the trash. I was going to help myself but he went ahead and just did it without asking anyone for help…it just showed a bit of a disrespect for my dogs body that I didn’t appreciate. The day was already hard enough but the general lack of respect for my dogs body made it a bit harder. We really appreciate them showing up on time and doing what they said they would do for a fair price but the experience was definitely a lot more difficult than it needed to be because of the things done and said by the funeral director. Mr. Vereb, if you’re reading this please know that I appreciate your service and that this review is for your own good…I hope that you read this and take my words as a challenge to better yourself and your practices. You are a nice man but your morbid funeral home director personality came through pretty hard during this experience and for us normal folk it can be a bit tough to handle on such a hard day.Edit: Krista, the vial woman working for Vereb, called us this morning….not to apologize, but to argue that she “can lift the dog”. She was because she thought I was insinuating she could not lift the dog because she is a woman (which I was not). We are back to being in tears again from having to talk to this despicable women who can’t even swallow her pride enough to apologize but rather would focus on her offense over a perceived gender issue. This woman has zero self awareness. Mr Vereb if you would like to call me yourself I would be happy to elaborate on all of this but DO NOT have Krista call me again.

george tenney

2 years ago

We had our beautiful Beau cremated here and the job they did was absolutely gorgeous !We were in awe of the beautiful case and picture that held Beaus ashes and the hand painted ceramic paw was unbelievable ! There was a lot of compassion and heartfelt emotion in the work they did ! We could not be happier ! Thank you so very much ! George & Vicki Tenney

Noreen Rachuba

a year ago

I couldn’t be more happy. Thank you for taking care of our Kona and returning her to us so quickly.

Victoria Leonzio

4 years ago

Honestly can’t say enough how impressed I am. We got our beloved furry friend cremated & upgraded to the package with the gold paw print and fur clipping and everything turned out very nice. I love having him home with us with his shadow box displayed. They were so kind on the phone and explained all my options, picked him up in no time, and we already have him back home.

Nichole Feller

4 years ago

Wonderful service- my Jack passed late on a Sunday evening, you showed within an hour- spoke compassionately & felt as if you really cared for your job. Hand delivered and returned Jack's remains quickly.Thank you, the gold pawprint is absolutely beautiful.

Lisa Kuchta

2 years ago

There was a mistake on my dog's date of birth on the shadow box. I called and spoke with the owner and informed him and reviewed the dates several times. He said he would correct it and mail me a new one. I received a new certificate, again with wrong dates and no shadow box print! So, i called again and reiterated dates again. I was told i would be sent the correct one. That was 10 days ago and I still haven't received it. I would think a simple date change would not be this difficult.

Mary Noe

2 years ago

We want to thank you for all you did to help us during this difficult time.What a beautiful way to display our precious Little Girl. Her picture and paw print are lovely and have been placed on our mantel for all to see. Thank you again and God Bless!!!

Lori Dalby

9 months ago

Thank you for everything you did for our fur baby. Very professional and compassionate. Would highly recommend .

Sadie Himber

4 years ago

We had my sweet pup cremated here and I highly recommend them. They did more than what we expected. They are incredible. I appreciate their work so much. I cannot wait to set it up in my home to remind me that she will always be with me and my family. Thank you guys so much

Deborah OConnor

7 years ago

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