Storke Funeral Home - Arlington Chapel

I have never left a review for any business, but my exceptional experience with Storke Funeral Home warrants an exception. I am overwhelmed by the degree of care, humanity, attention to detail, and professionalism with which Storke has handled the keeping and burial of my father. Throughout this difficult passage for our family, Storke has been a consistent foundation, providing both superior service and sage counsel at every step of this challenging process. No detail was missed and every contingency was planned for. I am indebted.

My father unexpectedly passed away in January and we needed someone to reliably help us navigate services at Arlington National Cemetery. We found Storke Funeral Home online and I don't know what we would have done without David Storke. David was available within minutes to answer our questions and remained highly accessibly throughout the process. His caring, professional demeanor put us at ease immediately on the phone and in person. He was detailed oriented and took time to explain the process (multiple times) making sure we understood the time lines and unfamiliar Arlington protocols. David facilitated transporting my father's remains from more than 500 miles away and respectfully sheltered him until the services. Words can't express the relief we felt knowing that David had everything covered. He personally handled the services at Arlington and treated us like we were his only client. We are forever grateful and highly recommend Storke Funeral Home.

I feel very fortunate to have chosen Storke Funeral Home for my fathers Arlington National Cemetery burial. David Storke personally handled every detail of my fathers arrangements. David walked my step-mother and I through every step and ensured we understood the process from the Time of Death in Delaware to the Internment at Arlington Virginia. The most important thing to me during this process was trusting the funeral home. David exceeded my expectations from the first phone call, and earned my trust by delivering everything he promised. The picture I attached shows David's dedication. That is him standing at the transfer point at Arlington making sure every detail of our fathers funeral was perfect.

Despite not being a customer, owner David Storke has gone out of his way twice to advise me regarding matters involving my deceased father's (a 102 yo WWII vet) pending interment at Arlington National Cemetery. I greatly appreciate his valuable help‼

David Storke went out of his way to help with my Mom's interment at Arlington National Cemetery. She passed away across the country and had to be flown to DC to be interred. On the night of her flight, I woke up sensing something wasn't right. I called the funeral home in Virginia that I thought was to receive her and found they didn't have her on their radar. I began calling funeral homes throughout the DC area. David Storke got the call from the answering service early that Saturday morning, reached out to me, got my Mom's information, and found her at Reagan National Airport. It was a profound relief to know where she was so that I could let the funeral director in Washington know of the gaff to correct it. If he has that sort of compassion to help someone who isn't even a client, I can only imagine the attention offered to those who are. My Mom's interment at Arlington National Cemetery went smoothly, thanks to the kindness of David Storke.

I have written this over and over again and nothing seems to be able to convey the gratitude and respect I have for David Storke and his team. To make a very long story short – I started a job as an executive assistant and on my first day my boss’ father passed away. He was going to be buried in Arlington cemetery which has a 3 month average wait if not more. My boss asked me to do everything I could to make this happen immediately. I worked endlessly for the next week and a half to make this happen.

David Storke was one of my first calls to the DC area after some very discouraging calls to Arlington. He helped me every single step of the way. He assured me from the beginning that I could call him day or night anytime and he would help me if he could. This was also while assuring me that he did not expect me to use his funeral home – he genuinely just wanted to help me. I have never experienced such kindness; not to mention his knowledge on Arlington and the process was beyond any single other person I spoke to, including Arlington cemetery.

Some way, somehow I was able to secure a date within the week at Arlington cemetery. This all happened very quickly and with decisions changing every second I had not even thought to double check that David Storke’s Arlington location had a place to hold a wake. (Keep in mind they do – it was just not possible for our day/time). David Storke helped me think of every solution and while it seemed that if we were going to do the wake the only possible outcome was to switch funeral homes my heart was crushed. This man helped me for hours and hours. I couldn’t imagine telling him we now had to switch. But of course HE EMAILED ME to let me know he completely understood that we may need to switch and there were no hard feelings. He had worked HOURS on my case.

Highly recommending truly seems like an insult for how I feel about this man and his business. This is the ONLY place to go for funeral homes in DC/Arlington Cemetery. He even checked in on the day of services to ask how everything went. He recommended other funeral homes for me. I am bewildered by this man’s professionalism, kind heart and overall clear conscience to do the right thing. You will not find a more genuine business ANYWHERE in ANY INDUSTRY. I owe David Storke and his team a lot. My hope is that people read this and know this is the best business I have ever come into contact with and will exclusively use them.

THANK YOU DAVID STORKE AND TEAM I will be forever grateful.

David Storke handled all of the arrangements for a burial at Arlington National Cemetery with the utmost professionalism. David is knowledgeable, experienced and thorough in his attention to detail. He made the process seamless and at all times we felt confident in his guidance. We recommend David highly and without reservation.