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Hippensteel Funeral Home has a long tradition of being the most well respected provider of funeral services in Lafayette, Indiana and knows the uneasiness one feels after losing a loved one. We genuinely strive to understand your wants and needs. Our professional staff will listen to you before providing funeral arrangement suggestions. We promise to take care of you and your family at the time when you need us the most.
After 70 years of service, we have formed strong ties to many Greater Lafayette Area families. Why not allow our family the opportunity to provide your family the same compassion, experience, and guidance.
Our mission is to provide the highest quality of service for our families in their greatest time of need with the utmost sincerity, dignity and compassion.
Real people. Real life.
Quotes from staff:
“We’re in the grief business. I want Hippensteel to be known for our compassionate understanding. Anyone can sell caskets and vaults. I have an amazing staff who understands that our families are grieving. Someone they love has just died. Their world will never be exactly the same. It is an honor that the grief journey begins here.” Donna M. Pridemore, Owner
“I wish families knew that the Hippensteel staff has “walked the walk”.
My dad died when I was only 21 after a very long illness. I was expected to be grown up, strong for my mother. I didn’t feel grown up or strong. My work helping families at Hippensteel is very satisfying.” Real life. Real people. Barbara Nevitt
“My 16 year old daughter, Lauren, died in a tragic car accident in 1999. My mom had died of brain cancer shortly before Lauren. It never occurred to me then that I would someday be on staff at Hippensteel. Some days I still can’t believe it! Walking my own grief journey makes my work at Hippensteel more compelling. I’m always looking for new and better ways to help families. It is very rewarding.” Real life. Real people. Marcy Wastl
“Our Dad died suddenly in 1987. Our Mom, Nola, died in September 06. She was an inspiration, surviving life-threatening disease 5 times since 1994. To serve families for many years, then to be served, was life-changing. We’ll never see our co-workers, or the families we serve, the same. We are sad, but thankful.” Real life. Real people. Paul and Greg Dunbar, brothers, on staff at Hippensteel.
“I miss the way things used to be in my family. The youngest of 3 daughters, my sister, Jackie, died of breast cancer. My other sister, Patty died suddenly of a heart attack 10 years later. Patty and I had worked together in the same office for 27 years. I could not stay there. The opportunity to work at Hippensteel seemed strange, yet strangely comforting. Healing by helping has proved true for me.” Real life. Real people. Carla Ellis
“My dad is a retired cardiologist and very involved with hospice and bereavement. I have a new understanding and respect for his passion since joining the staff at Hippensteel. Very challenging, very rewarding.” Real life. Real people.
Joe Canaday
“My life experience in the Army and in the business world convinced me to pursue a more meaningful career. I chose funeral service and I’m glad.
A freak burn accident in the Army literally melted my face and arms. That slow, painful healing experience was preparing me for the patience and personal resolve needed to understand grieving families every day. Somehow this makes my life make more sense.” Real life. Real people.
Vic Nelson
“I majored in Psychology at Purdue and hadn’t planned on adding another degree in Mortuary Sciences, but I’m so glad I did. Working with families at Hippensteel makes my life more satisfying. I’m glad I pursued my passion.” Real life. Real people. David Rowe
“Born and raised in New Orleans, I lost everything in Hurricane Katrina. I lived in a FEMA trailer on the cemetery grounds of the funeral home I worked for. Moving to Lafayette in February of ’06 was a very difficult decision. I return to New Orleans to visit family as often as possible. My Katrina experience fuels my passion to help grieving families. I understand unexpected transitions. Lafayette has been a very welcoming community and seems more like home every day.”
Real life. Real people. Guy Poche’
“My family is most important to me. Growing up in Lafayette, I see people I know each day at the funeral home. They seem surprised that I chose funeral service for my vocation. It suits my commitment to the community and the energy and focus I have to help hurting people. I am young, only 21, happy for the opportunity to be part of the Hippensteel family.” Real life. Real people. Renee’ Spitznagle
“It is not always easy to acknowledge the expectations of being the 4th generation Pridemore at Hippensteel. Time, maturity and life experiences have helped me see that to continue the tradition of helping families is the only choice for me. Expanding services and preparing for a future sure to be different from my Dad and Grandpa’s, I believe I am ready to meet those
challenges with the partnership of a competent, compassionate staff and a caring, loyal community.” Real life. Real people. Scott Pridemore
“An interesting turn of events, I was on staff at Hippensteel over 30 years ago, before I worked for the Tippecanoe Co. Sheriff. After retirement I rejoined the Hippensteel staff. There is such a need for attention to detail in funeral service. I know that I make a difference and that is important to me. I continue to serve my community in a different, yet significant way.” Real life. Real people. Bob Brown
“Each day at Hippensteel is a reminder to choose what’s really important in my personal life. Seeing death” up close and personal” is an opportunity to see how beautiful life is. I am encouraged as I see people find healthy ways to cope with loss. It is true, love always wins.”
Real life. Real people. Cyndy Yoder
“I have been a funeral director for 40 years. I worked at Hippensteel before owning my own funeral home in Williamsport for several years. After retirement, I missed serving people. Hippensteel needed me and I needed them! I’m happy to return to 822 N. 9th St., where the commitment to compassionate care for families never changes.” Real life. Real people. Phil Fisher
“I had an interest in funeral service but hadn’t pursued it. Busy with 16 year old twin daughters and a 13 year daughter, I was pleasantly surprised when I was given the opportunity to join the Hippensteel staff. I passionately believe in preplanning funerals. I see every day the benefits
to families. It is very rewarding.” Real life. Real people. Julie Pope
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