Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home is proud to be a locally owned and operated funeral home that offers a full range of services and merchandise. Whether your family chooses a traditional service or a cremation, we can satisfy your needs at an affordable price. Pre-need arranging also offers everyone the opportunity to make necessary decisions under less stressful conditions.
The staff would like to thank you for visiting our website, and we invite you to visit our obituary listings daily.
The staff would like to thank you for visiting our website, and we invite you to visit our obituary listings daily.
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Vankirk Funeral Home was founded in 1955 by Alvia S. Vankirk and his wife Helen Cottongim Vankirk. They devoted over 40 years to serving families in the Corbin area, both in ambulance work and funeral service. He attended the University of Kentucky and was a graduate of the Kentucky School of Embalming.
As death can occur at any given moment, we provide 'round the clock', efficient care, in your time of need. We are a complete, full-service funeral home, providing counseling on all aspects and options of funeral services and merchandise. We offer choices to memorialize your loved one that gives you the look and memory you desire.
The staff of Vankirk-Grisell Funeral Home all are dedicated to providing the service you need. A short biography accompanies each staff photo. In the fall of 2001, after meeting and visiting with Alvia and Helen Vankirk, Eric and Dawn Grisell and their three children, Erika, Evan, and Kara, moved to Corbin and purchased the Vankirk Funeral Home.
No matter if a death is sudden, or if it is something that was a long time coming, the loss of a loved one makes us feel emotional and overwhelmed. No amount of preparation can fully prepare you for the loss of a loved one. When you are in a heightened emotional state, even the most basic decisions can seem staggering.
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Roger Alsip
Dec 25, 2020
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Richard Carter
May 17, 2020
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My family has been loyal to Vankirk-Grisell funeral home for generations. During our recent loss of both my parents (within five days of one another), however, Evan Grisell and the entire staff at Vankirk-Grisell went above and beyond. He and his team ensured my parents were given the most beautiful and proper funeral services, as well as assisted my family as we sorted out complex details and issues my family experienced. I can’t thank them enough, and my family members agree.
Thank you Evan, from our hearts with love. May god bless you.
Thank you Evan, from our hearts with love. May god bless you.
Jeff Gallimore
Dec 07, 2019
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Joseph Grubb
Oct 07, 2019
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I took a lady with cancer today to vankirk funeral home incorbin make her arrangements and this lady there was rude as could be and told us she was too busy to help her after we tried to leave she decided she would talk to us we walked out and went to hart funeral home.they treated us with compassion and respect .they are horrible and rude
Philip Mallott
Aug 22, 2019
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Peggy Roberts Engle
Oct 04, 2018
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Beverly Hamp
Nov 13, 2017
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Although this funeral home has supported their reason for leaving out my name and those of my two surviving sisters in my father's obituary by sharing Kentucky's back woods law regarding next of kin... They lack compassion and understanding from his grieving daughters! This is a little snippet of their response when my sister and I questioned the law: "Both your email and your sister's have insulted us first without having factual information. Because of this, we will no longer correspond with either of you and we consider our conversations over. " They're insulted?!?! Wow... way to show grace
Yvonne Cornett Sanders
Oct 11, 2017
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I used Vankirt-Grisell Funeral Home When my husband passed away. That's were he had requested to be taken. They are great people who are there for you when you are suffering the loss of a love one to help you out in anyway you need them. And they strive to take care of & do their best with your love one.They did an outstanding job on my husband. And that's were I have requested to be taken also. I highly recommend them.
Susie Cornett
Nov 04, 2016
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We have used vankirk funeral home many times and also have been there many times to pay our respects.We have always been treated with respect and couldn't of asked for better service.the staff treated us like family.we have made vankirk our family funeral home.thank you for your kindness and caring people.
Jennifer Gregory White
Oct 21, 2015
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