Woyasz & Son Funeral Home

“Friends of mine had a great funeral service for the family member. It was a great memorial and a nice beautiful and clean funeral home and the team there worked hard to make the family feel very comfortable. Thank you Woyasz & Son Funeral Home”

— Abigail Perez

“This is about the death of my Father. He was 82 years old, and my Mother and I were the only people handling the funeral arrangements. Although Woyasz employees took care of things in a seemingly-professional manner, there were two things that were handled very wrong. 1) After the church mass, we were led to the wrong cemetery plot; 2) I requested that a lock of my Father’s hair be cut before cremation so that I could put it in a keepsake necklace, but that request was not honored. After the church mass, we were led to the WRONG cemetery plot, and the entire end-event was held at the incorrect location. This was embarrassing, gut-wrenching, and it put a dark cloud on the final funerary/mass rites. Fortunately, Woyasz credited us, when asked, for the $550 fee for the cemetery charge. The written instructions from Woyasz to the cemetery was that my Father was to be buried in the “Family plot”; the cemetery assumed that the plot was one of two plots with the same name, and they did not confirm with Woyasz which plot was correct. We provided Woyasz with the detailed diagram of the plot along with the names of the interred. The cemetery employees should have noticed that there were multiple plots with the same name, and they should have sought to confirm which was correct. To this day, my Mother and I do not know where, exactly, my Father is buried - it is so sad ): When my Mother and I met with Woyasz the day after my Father died, I requested that a small clip of hair be retrieved from my Father to be put into a keepsake necklace. My Mother, a Catholic, was adamant that all ashes be buried into the earth which is why I needed a piece of hair for my necklace, to remember my Father and keep him close to my heart. When we met with Gavin at Woyasz, the day after my Father died, I requested this but Gavin didn’t write it down. A week later, I tried to communicate with Gavin about this as I wanted to have the necklace filled with my Father’s hair before the funeral. Finally, on the morning of the funeral, Gavin gave me the necklace and said that for some reason he wasn’t able to get my Father’s hair, but he put a tiny bit of ash into the necklace. I wore it until the end of the funeral rite, and, staying true to my Mother’s Catholic beliefs, I gave it back to be included with the other ashes to be buried. I am absolutely LIVID that Gavin FORGOT to snip a piece of my Father’s hair to stay with me in that necklace. In summary, I am so angry and frustrated to have to write this review, given that my Father just died. This funeral-service company is NOT to be trusted. Even though they have been in business for years and years, the current employees are not at all competent.”

— Dianne Brown

“This week we lost the backbone of our family, Debbie Jodoin. It was completely unexpected and the worst experience of our lives. When asked to choose a funeral home we went solely based on reputation and THANK GOODNESS WE DID. Gavin was absolutely, without a doubt, the exact person my mom would’ve wanted to guide us through this. He was compassionate, reassuring and so supportive that it honestly felt like another member of the family helping us. We will NEVER, and I do mean never, forget the kindness and dedication to honoring our mom that we experienced with Gavin and his family. Though I do not wish this pain on anyone, we highly recommend Woyasz& Son in Norwich.”

— Denielle Beaudet-Sandoval