Four generations of caring for Carrow Springs families.
When someone you love dies, you should not have to figure out what comes next alone. We will walk you through every step, at your pace.
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How we can help
Every family is different. These are the services families ask us for most, and each one can be shaped around the person you are honoring.
Traditional funerals
Visitation, a service in our chapel or your church, procession, and burial. We handle the paperwork, the clergy, the flowers and the cemetery.
Cremation with a service
A viewing or memorial before or after cremation. Urns, keepsakes and scattering arrangements are all handled here.
Veterans honors
Flag presentation, military honors, and help filing for VA burial benefits and a national cemetery placement.
Graveside services
A simpler gathering at the cemetery, with a tent, chairs and a director on site so the family can simply be present.
Shipping and receiving
If your loved one died away from home, we coordinate transport to or from Carrow Springs with the other funeral home.
Monuments and markers
Granite and bronze memorials ordered through us, with proofs you approve before anything is cut.
Our General Price List is available to anyone who asks, in person, by phone or by email, as required by the FTC Funeral Rule.
A family business, still on Maple Street.
Harold Whitcombe opened the chapel in 1952 with one hearse and a promise that the phone would always be answered by someone who knew the town. His son joined in 1978. The Lyle family joined in 1994. We are still here, in the same brick building, answering the same phone.
We have served more than twelve thousand families. Many of them we served twice, three times, across generations. We take that trust seriously.
Thomas Whitcombe and Margaret Lyle, owners
Our family
You will meet one of us the day you call, and that same person will stay with you through the service.
Thomas Whitcombe
Third generation. Serves on the Carrow Springs library board and coaches Little League every spring.
Margaret Lyle
Has helped more than two thousand people write down their wishes so their children would not have to guess.
David Okafor
Licensed since 2011. Leads our veterans services and is a Navy veteran himself.
Planning ahead is a gift to your family.
Write down what you want, lock in today's prices if you choose, and spare the people you love from making hard decisions on the worst day of their lives. A planning meeting takes about an hour and there is no obligation.
Request a planning meetingGrief support
Our care does not end after the service. Everything below is free, whether or not we served your family.
Tuesday grief circle
Every Tuesday at 6:30 pm in the chapel library. Coffee, a counselor, and people who understand.
Daily grief messages
A short, gentle email each day for one year after a loss. Sign up at the front desk or by phone.
Holiday remembrance
Our candlelight service on the first Sunday of December, for anyone missing someone during the holidays.
Help with the paperwork
Death certificates, Social Security, life insurance claims. We will sit with you and make the calls together.
Visit or reach us
- Address
- 418 Maple Street, Carrow Springs
- Phone
- (555) 014 2200, answered 24 hours
- Office
- Monday to Friday 8 am to 6 pm, Saturday 9 am to 1 pm
- Parking
- Free lot behind the chapel, with covered drop off at the side door