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January 2024 by anne greenwood
My MIL is buried somewhere on a hill on their property. They lost her. Yup, no marker we paid for. This place needs to be reported for scamming and shady business owners. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS PLACE!!! Hopefully we find my MIL someday. Repeated phones calls, promises to have marker…still nothing after years.
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January 2024 by Frani Gannon
This place is the biggest scam ever better off taking your money somewhere else. ? it took them 7 months to return money on a service they no longer offered
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November 2023 by Frances Gannon Arthur
This place is a big scam honestly better off just taking your money somewhere else
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July 2023 by Kayla Souvannarath
We buried my mom in Fall of 2019 and paid for a headstone. It's 2023 and we've already accepted that this place is a scam and will never be providing this headstone we paid for. It's terrible how there are services like this that prey on families during their most vulnerable hour.Her tree is still alive but not because of any grounds maintenance, there is none. If you look around at the other trees in this cemetery they are dead. We basically paid thousands of dollars to bury our own mother's ashes with a tree in a grassy field. They don't follow through on any of the other promises.They will sell you on their services very nicely and efficiently and then once you cut the check they never respond to your emails, calls or anything.Do NOT write a nice review for these guys based on upfront services, wait and see that they will not provide any of the services as promised.
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March 2023 by Katherine
I first reached out to Prairie Oaks Memorial last year when a friend of mine found them online. I met with Jonathan last fall where he walked me through the available options, how they maintain the grounds, etc. and I also had the chance to go see it and pick the plot where we would want to plant the tree. He made sure to let me know how far in advance to notify him once we decided on a date to ensure the headstone was ready. Jonathan has always been very welcoming, friendly and responsive anytime I’ve had a question. I can tell he takes pride in what he does. Thank you Jonathan for all of your help throughout this whole process. I had a great experience and would recommend them.
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March 2021 by Carter McNamara
We don’t advise using this service, especially since there are other green burial options now in Minnesota.1. Our friend selected a specific spot at the edge of the trees where the wildflowers were growing at their cemetery (marked by GPS coordinates). She loved trees, flowers and birds.2. After she died, her grave was mistakenly dug in the middle of a mowed field. No trees or native flowers. (Of course with a green burial, there isn't really an option to wait for another grave to be dug and hold the burial on a different day.)3. The proprietor apologized and said he’d plant a tree next to her grave.4. Four years later, there is still no tree, despite separate conversations with the owner and the owner's son that included a description of where the tree was coming from and when they expected to plant them, two years in a row.5. Her contract included a headstone for her. It took over a year to get the headstone. Now it’s been laying near the shelter for over two years, even though the deceased's partner approved the headstone and confirmed the spot to install it in 2019. Has the proprietor lost her grave?
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March 2021 by Derek Glenna
the staff at Prairie Oaks are kind, caring, and empathize with every family they work with. I'd recommend them any time. Thank you for what you do.
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March 2020 by mike spears
This owner Tony Weber is so disrespectful. He started an argument with a couple people in my family over the service a week after the passing on my family member. He refused to refund any money after we told him we did not want to continue with his company. Since he would not refund any money we had a private service at the cemetery they have. I have contacted him several times over 9 months to get the headstone placed and that has not been done yet. This place is a scam, go to another eco cemetery.
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March 2019 by Jim Spindler
Looked pretty good at first. Everything seemed to be going well as I made regular payments. The owner explained how it would work in fine detail and florid descriptions. Once the payments were complete, I went to the owner's office to discuss the paid-for services: memorial service, stone engraving, appropriate procedures, etc., and other ideas. However, the meeting was mostly chit-chat about superficial or irrelevant matters; we talked briefly about the memorial service but the meeting was cut short by the owner. None of the other details had been addressed. I was advised to call back or return for more discussion at a later time. Thenceforth, my calls were not returned or I was advised, by the owner, if he answered the phone, that he didn't have time to talk, that he was "in a meeting." I continued to call and was rebuffed repeatedly. Voicemail messages were not returned. This went on over at least 6 months, maybe more. At last, one time the owner picked up and listened to me very briefly. After 5 to 10 seconds, he cut me off and declared angrily that "Our business is through," and "Don't call me back, we're done!" and quickly hung up. Feeling scammed, I thought it over for a few weeks, then contacted the police in the city where the office is located. They contacted him. The owner called me immediately and in his "nice guy" voice said he didn't remember anything about any communications problems, my phone messages, etc., didn't remember what he'd said to me, that he'd angrily hung up on me, said he had been very busy, even overwhelmed, and that I must have caught him at a bad time when he wasn't feeling well. Ha ha. He offered to meet to resolve the matter. Not trusting him at all at this point, I said I would be willing to meet with someone else about it but not him. It was at this point that I told him that I had been advised by someone at the Attorney General's office that his modus operandi was a common one, that their office deals with these kinds of apparent scams often, and that they were confident they would be able to get my money back. The owner dropped the baby-talk voice and asked me if I wanted a refund, and when I said "yeah," he hung up. No apologies. I did get a check in the mail for the full amount several days later. As a former probation/parole officer, I recognize this behavior as that of the classic white-collar criminal. Once he had the money, he was not interested in fine-tuning the deal as promised (engraving on stone, memorial service details and other important matters). I figure it's possible the whole "Weber Group" outfit (real estate, insurance, green graves, whatever) may be rife with fraud and full of ill-gained profits. Tony Weber and his cohorts (his sons). Beware of The Weber Group and Prairie Oaks. Another thing: viewers of this review should know that I was alone in this transaction. This may have been a different matter if I had had others involved, such as family and friends. As it was, I was alone throughout and may have appeared to be easy prey or in some way vulnerable, and maybe this was a factor that influenced the sociopathic behavior of the owner. Also, I have heard other funeral homes in the TC area provide eco-friendly burials.
