Charles Schralla

Testimonials

• We cannot thank you enough for your most generous love and support with the passing of our dad.  May God continue to bless you and give you His peace to carry on to others with your care, love and hope of strength to continue to serve.

  —G.H.

• Just wanted you to know how grateful we are when you advertise the Blood Drives in our community…. Thanks for your generosity

  —Adams County Red Cross

• I felt we were able to really celebrate her life so nicely with all your help.

  —N. & J.A.

• They are very efficient,   professional & caring.  I would recommend them to anyone.

  —B.W.

• I want to say that Will Spear and Hansen-Spear Funeral Home are awesome. The Give Back program has helped so many smaller Organizations in and around the Quincy area. I can’t say enough good things about them.

  —D. U.

• My family and I would like to extend a most sincere thank you to Hansen-Spear Funeral Home. It is never easy to say goodbye to someone you love but they took the utmost care in arranging my father’s funeral, putting us at ease on what could have been a very stressful day. They were professional [...]

  —L.W.

• Thank you for taking such great care of our family and the details of the visitation and service.  God bless you!

  —K.K.

• Hansen-Spear has always had an excellent reputation in Quincy due to the managing of details, from start to finish. They anticipate the families needs before they are asked, which relives the strain of the situation greatly.

  —R. H.

• The staff make you feel as if you were family.  They seemed concerned with our feelings.

  —M.B.

• Thank you everyone for all the help and kindness you have shown me and my family!  May God bless you all!

  —L.E.

• When the time comes and the good Lord takes my father-in-law home with my mother-in-law, my wife and I will be knocking on your door again for your awesome service

  —B.H.

• Hansen-Spear are caring people who continue to try to comfort people and celebrate lives, long after the funeral.

  —E.B.

• Jeff was so patient beyond belief with Dad and extended family when planning the funeral for “hours.”

  —M.

• It was difficult for us to do so much by ‘long distance’, the whole difficult process went better than I ever could have expected.

  —B.I.

• How well is was treated, with everything, so professional yet personal too.

  —L. G.

• Jeff, Theresa and their staff did everything they could to make this difficult time easier for all of us.

  —T.D.

• Even though, I know it is their business to be helpful and pleasant, this family goes above and beyond – they always seemed genuine.

  —L.L.

• I got to be with Will, who will always be one of my favorites. Seeing him work now as a capable and intelligent adult was so gratifying. Having him orchestrate the event and even driving our vehicle meant a lot to me.

  —M.

• All was extremely professional.  From beginning to end we were treated with much respect.

  —R. M.

• Thanks for all you did to make my dad’s funeral as special as it was.  You did a great job and we appreciate all you did!

  —P.E.

• The situation of death is never easy, but Hansen-Spear provides a comfortable and comforting process for grieving.   Thanks a lot.

  —B.B.

• I am grateful to you all for your sincere kindness and help in my time of need! I was so very lost as to what to do and how.  I could not have gotten through this half as well without your help!

  —L.E.

• They were professionals who did a great job! at allowing our family to honor my mother.

  —L. M.

• I want you to know that all of my expectations were met, and then some.

  —W.R.P.

• The service arranged at the gravesite was awesome since it was all the way to Rockton. Jeff and Theresa Spear drove Grandpa up personally and that meant a great deal to us. They also planted a tree in his memory.

  —G.A.

• Jeff and Theresa were wonderful and the rest of their crew did a super job on my Navy man husband. They will forever be in my thoughts. Thank you so much. I want them for my services when it is time.

  —J. D.

• The staff was very kind. I would expect nothing less from Hansen-Spear.

  —C.M.

• Mother had slipped from us for months.  Her appearance at the funeral home was amazing.  She looked like she did years previous.

  —D.M.

• ..make you feel like you were the only one they were taking care of.

  —L.H.

• We’re a 3rd generation to have used Hansen-Spear Funeral Home. The staff has always been caring professional, yet very family oriented. All details tended to and even beyond for last minute needs. Their website was also up to date and user friendly with online obituaries. Communication skills were exemplary (hard to come by these days).

  —S.G.

• Will, Thank you for all your help, kindness, and expertise.  Everything was perfect!  Mom would have been very pleased.

  —M. H. & D. N.

• Hansen-Spear treated me with the same gentleness they would for family. It was a comfort to use a home that has served this town and our family for generations. Jeff, Theresa and Will exhibit the highest degree of professionalism. George’s quiet dignity and love was such a help. Charlotte would have been proud of her [...]

  —C. S.

• On behalf of myself and my sister, I wanted to thank you very much for all your help when we were organizing our brother’s funeral.  Your attention to detail and thoughtfulness were greatly appreciated.  When we arrived in America, we were not expecting to be arranging our brother’s funeral  but you made everything come together in [...]

  —J.P. & R.M.

• This funeral home is head and shoulders above the other funeral homes in this area. They do an excellent service and are highly respected in this community.

  —S.S.

• Our mothers memorial service and burial were beautifully handled. Our family is very grateful to Brian for his professionalism and helpfulness.

  —L. A.

• The simplicity and lack of pressure.

  —N. S.

• I wanted to let you know how well you made Mom’s visitation and funeral go. I had been dreading this event, and from my first call to Theresa it was just an easy progression. Your concern and attention to details made me feel so comforted.

  —M.

• Your gift of planting a tree is such a wonderful idea!  I am so grateful and so is the rest of the family!

  —L.E.

• You have seen us at our worst.  Words cannot describe how grateful we are to you for everything you’ve done for us and our beautiful children who’ve passed.  From the bottom of our hearts – Thank You.

  —M. & A.

• I am a Pastor who has done countless funerals and worked with many different funeral homes, but your services were second to none!

• Jeff and Will Spear were wonderful. Very caring and compassionate.

  —W.G.

• I just wanted to thank you for the wonderful services you and your organization provided for our family, in the passing of my mother. She looked beautiful in her resting peace. And the service was beyond expectations. I would recommend Hansen-Spear to anyone that has had a loss of a loved one. You were there [...]

  —G.O.

• When both of my children were unexpectedly born still (just two years and two days apart) I was devastated. I didn’t know where to begin the process of laying my children to rest let alone what that process entailed. Will Spear at Hansen & Spear funeral home was extremely helpful. He went above and beyond [...]

  —M.M.

• I cannot even put into words how wonderful a job you did in making my mother-in-law look like a queen after all she had been through and looked like.

• Every need was met in a caring, and very understanding, manner.

  —R. L.

• Most of our arrangements were by phone at the onset, and everything was done very well upon our arrival to town for services.

  —V.G.

• Thank you for the great care you provided our family after my brother passed.  God bless you as you serve and minister to the Quincy-area families.

  —K.F.

• I always thought it was so odd when people remark how natural the deceased looks, but in Mom’s case, she did look beautiful and we have you to thank for that.

  —M.

• No-one else could have possibly done this as well as Hansen-Spear.

  —L.S.

• We had never planned a funeral before. The Spears and their staff made it completely comfortable and quite easy for our family to arrange a funeral to honor my husband. I and my family could not have made I through this time without them. I will recommend them to everyone.

  —S.B.

• Everyone felt you did a wonderful job in everything you did to make my husband look natural and were wonderful to our family.

  —D.K.

• My dad lived a good life and you helped us with the ending process in a very special way.

  —B.L.

• You and your family make the business successful, but you personally are what is so special

  —M.

• You were always there for us, lending support, offering suggestions, and yet being unobtrusive. With appreciation to the Spear family — and their ‘crew’.

  —C.M.

• I appreciate reading all you have written on your funeral home’s website as I walk through the valley of the shadow of death with my mother, and with my father who is walking with her too.

  —M. R.

• Everything was just perfect!   Nothing was left out.  We were so pleased.

  —M.M.

• Thank you for your help and concern.  I’ll never forget sharing the passing with our dog.  The information brochures were a very real help.  Thank you for the memorial ree planting.  So much – so appreciated.

  —R. N.

• They were very helpful and kind. I used them before and will again. Not interested in anywhere else.

  —C. M.

• We appreciated the Spear family and staff very much.  They handled every detail in an efficient and caring way.

  —M.S.

• The people there were wonderful!!! They bent over backwards to please – and that they did.

  —C.L.

• I didn’t hesitate – I chose Hansen-Spear.  I am so glad I did – everything was done in such a caring, loving way!

  —A.D.

• Special thanks for all the kindness you showed the morning Mom died. Words cannot fully express how much we appreciate all you did for us at the time of Mom’s death. Everything was perfect!

  —J. B & M. B.

• I can’t say enough about the Spear’s experience.  It was professional all-the-way.  Even the follow-up has been more than expected.

  —S. S.

• The experience with Hansen-Spear could not have been better. Everything was absolutely perfect. They were very caring, considerate and respectful.

  —L. S.

• Thank you for caring and all compassion extended to me, my sister and brother during my mom’s funeral…It is such a beautiful memorial that you give through the planting of an oak tree.  Thank you for your grieving tools in the booklet.  You go the extra mile to comfort.

  —A. K.

• Thank you so much for your guidance and support during the past couple weeks.  You helped make a sad time very special.  Family and friends have truly made this experience a very positive one.

  —R.B.

• Thank you for the wonderful information in regards to grieving/healing.  What a wonderful way to minister to families after the loss of a loved one.

  —K.F.

• Hansen-Spear made a very uncomfortable loss in our family more easy to accept and cope with. Been to other funerals and these guys are way ahead of the game. Top of the ladder. Will always use their services for our family’s needs.

  —J.M.

• …treating you like family and went out of their way to help ease the pain.

  —S. V.

• Thank You for helping us to provide a beautiful service and celebration to honor our father.

  —N. F.

• Our family will always be grateful to your family for the many kind things you did during dad’s illness and passing.  You were more than professional – you were truly compassionate and caring.  He would have been proud and pleased.

  —M.S.

• Hansen-Spear made every decision personal.  Special consideration for private viewing and concern for the family dog – this was both invaluable and memorable.  They followed up with on-going information and phone calls.  Very appreciated!

  —R. N.

• Dear William & Hansen Spear – Thank you so much for starting the “GIVE BACK” community initiative.  We are grateful to receive the recognition and monetary award associated there-with.

  —J. O.

• I would recommend these good people “The Spears” to anyone. I do speak highly of them to my friends and business associates. They were great in my time of need. They treated my mother of 90 with respect. I cannot than them enough. They truly are a blessing.

  —L.H.

• The staff was very caring and patient with us in our time of sorrow.

  —C. W.

• Thank you for your wonderful service you provided with the loss of our son.  We can’t fully express how much your support and help was appreciated.

  —A.B.