Our baby son Mason recently just passed and Peter helped us tremendously with everything. A professional and very compassionate Director.
Adreanna Remick
Apr 2026
My father passed away on 2/5/26 and was taken directly to Welsh's to be creamated. Since then, our family has called 3 times a week asking for a call back from the funeral director asking for the cost so we can go pick his ashes up. We have not received ANY communication from the funeral director. Every.single.time we call them, and I mean EVERY TIME we call them, the receptionist says that he is in a meeting and will get back to us. This is the first time I have lost a loved one, and I don't know how long things take, but the unprofessionalism is absolutely astounding. We just want our dad home.
Jomayra Julmeus
Jan 2026
We are incredibly grateful to Welsh Funeral Home and to Peter for the exceptional care and compassion shown to our family during one of the most difficult times of our lives. From start to finish, Peter and his entire staff were professional, kind, and attentive, guiding us through every step with patience and understanding.
My father looked absolutely wonderful for his viewing, and that meant more to our family than words can express. The care taken in preparing him, along with the overall attention to detail, brought us great comfort. It was clear that everything was handled with dignity and respect.
We are beyond thankful for all of the support, guidance, and kindness provided in laying my father to rest. I would highly recommend Welsh Funeral Home to any family seeking compassionate and exceptional service during a time of loss.
— Jomayra
j yutzz
Sep 2025
When my Mother passed in late June, we were all in shock. Peter and Donna were very calming and really cared as we went through all of the preparations for her services. The entire funeral home has a calming feel to it. As my family went through and chose the type of service we wanted, Peter was very helpful with suggestions that made everything special, from helping us to choose a casket with beautiful embellishments, a florist, funeral memorial cards, customized thank you cards for the visitors...basically everything. My 88 year old Dad was with us the whole time and had lots of questions. Peter gave us as much time as we needed to make sure we understood everything. Peter was extremely helpful, even contacting and arranging transportation for our Church's retired Pastor to attend and conduct the services. My Mother looked absolutely beautiful, and the dress and jewelry we chose for her was perfectly placed. There were no glitches at all, everything went as smoothly and peacefully as possible. Thank you Peter and Donna, you made a very difficult time in our lives a little bit easier.
Margaret Riendeau
May 2025
I would like to say that Peter, at Welsh Funeral Home, was born to be a Funeral Director. On four different occasions, Peter has guided myself and my family and made things much easier for us. He is the most kind and caring person to handle the most difficult time in your life. Grieving and arranging a funeral for a loved one is one of the most difficult things you will ever have to do. Peter puts you at ease and walks with you every step of the way in a most professional and compassionate way. It is truly amazing to be able to put your trust in someone who you know is looking out for your best interest and making sure the funeral of your loved one is everything you wanted and more. Peter genuinely cares about you and does everything is his power to put you at ease. His funeral home is always clean and orderly and his staff is very professional and available for any needs that may come up, before, during and after the funeral. I am very grateful to Peter and his amazing team for all of their support during the most difficult times of my life. Their caring approach made all the difference for us. I highly recommend Welsh Funeral Home and especially Peter for any of your funeral needs. A+
Donna Forgione
May 2025
My family is forever grateful for the care that Peter gave to our Mom fifteen years ago and now in April the care for our Dad. Peter is one of the most kindest and caring man. He has personally put me at ease during the most difficult time in my life.The staff was awesome as well, taking such good care of our Dad as he made his way back to Chelsea. Everything was the way our Dad wanted,. Thank you again
Derek Anderson
Mar 2025
I am writing to express my deep disappointment and concern with the way my mother’s funeral arrangements were handled by Frank A. Welsh & Sons Funeral Home.
I was my mother’s court-appointed legal guardian and health care proxy. I carried the responsibility for her care throughout her illness and final days. After her passing, I continued acting in her best interest by making funeral arrangements with care, respect, and dignity.
Unfortunately, that respect was not returned by the staff at this funeral home.
When I first contacted the funeral home, a staff member recognized my mother’s last name and asked if she was related to someone they personally knew. In a moment of honesty I confirmed the relation in passing—never expecting that this would lead to the funeral home contacting my extended family without my knowledge or permission, and disclosing deeply personal and sensitive information about what I intended to do for my mother’s funeral.
Donna, who works at the funeral home as an office manager and is also the wife of the funeral director, Peter, took it upon herself to phone my aunt (Maryanne Cox) & share what I had discussed privately—including false claims that I planned to cremate my mother without informing my family. That was completely untrue. If I had wanted to avoid my family entirely, I could have had my mother transferred to any funeral home. But I chose this one out of respect—because it’s the same funeral home my family has trusted for years.
My only intention was to grieve in peace, without facing the same disrespect and emotional distress I experienced from certain family members during my mother’s hospitalization. I had no intention of denying them their own time with her—I simply needed to say goodbye on my own terms.
When I brought this clear breach of privacy to the attention of Peter, the funeral director I had been working with, he claimed that no information had been shared. But that was not true. It was his own wife, Donna, who had already divulged everything I told the funeral home in confidence. Rather than taking responsibility or apologizing, Peter deflected by referencing the legal fact that my guardianship ended upon my mother’s death.
While it is true that both guardianship and health care proxy roles end at the time of death in Massachusetts unless otherwise specified in writing, this legal technicality does not justify or excuse what happened. I had already taken the lead in making arrangements, was acting in good faith, and no one else had stepped forward to do so. In practice and in spirit, I was the person carrying the responsibility—and I should have been treated with the privacy and respect that role deserves.
Instead, this funeral home chose to insert itself into personal family matters, violate my privacy, share misinformation, and then deny accountability. What should have been a professional and compassionate environment turned into another source of stress and emotional harm during one of the most painful times in my life.
I am sharing this to hold the funeral home accountable, and to warn others. A funeral home should provide support, dignity, neutrality, and confidentiality—not betrayal, deflection, and inappropriate interference.
I hope the staff, and especially leadership, reflect seriously on this situation and take corrective action to ensure no other family has to endure what I went through.
— Derek J. Anderson
Jannette Lopez
Dec 2024
Great service thank you Peter & Donna for the excellent service with my brother Funeral my family and I are extremely grateful.
Blanca Galeano
Sep 2024
Sharing this review for my sister. She’s so thankful that this past week she went to visit her son and the sign with her sons name was no longer visible and the owner was on his way out and was kind enough to go back inside and make her another sign with her sons name on it. Thank you so much for caring.
ityson
Our baby son Mason recently just passed and Peter helped us tremendously with everything. A professional and very compassionate Director.
Adreanna Remick
My father passed away on 2/5/26 and was taken directly to Welsh's to be creamated. Since then, our family has called 3 times a week asking for a call back from the funeral director asking for the cost so we can go pick his ashes up.
We have not received ANY communication from the funeral director. Every.single.time we call them, and I mean EVERY TIME we call them, the receptionist says that he is in a meeting and will get back to us.
This is the first time I have lost a loved one, and I don't know how long things take, but the unprofessionalism is absolutely astounding. We just want our dad home.
Jomayra Julmeus
We are incredibly grateful to Welsh Funeral Home and to Peter for the exceptional care and compassion shown to our family during one of the most difficult times of our lives. From start to finish, Peter and his entire staff were professional, kind, and attentive, guiding us through every step with patience and understanding.
My father looked absolutely wonderful for his viewing, and that meant more to our family than words can express. The care taken in preparing him, along with the overall attention to detail, brought us great comfort. It was clear that everything was handled with dignity and respect.
We are beyond thankful for all of the support, guidance, and kindness provided in laying my father to rest. I would highly recommend Welsh Funeral Home to any family seeking compassionate and exceptional service during a time of loss.
— Jomayra
j yutzz
When my Mother passed in late June, we were all in shock. Peter and Donna were very calming and really cared as we went through all of the preparations for her services. The entire funeral home has a calming feel to it. As my family went through and chose the type of service we wanted, Peter was very helpful with suggestions that made everything special, from helping us to choose a casket with beautiful embellishments, a florist, funeral memorial cards, customized thank you cards for the visitors...basically everything. My 88 year old Dad was with us the whole time and had lots of questions. Peter gave us as much time as we needed to make sure we understood everything. Peter was extremely helpful, even contacting and arranging transportation for our Church's retired Pastor to attend and conduct the services. My Mother looked absolutely beautiful, and the dress and jewelry we chose for her was perfectly placed. There were no glitches at all, everything went as smoothly and peacefully as possible. Thank you Peter and Donna, you made a very difficult time in our lives a little bit easier.
Margaret Riendeau
I would like to say that Peter, at Welsh Funeral Home, was born to be a Funeral Director. On four different occasions, Peter has guided myself and my family and made things much easier for us. He is the most kind and caring person to handle the most difficult time in your life. Grieving and arranging a funeral for a loved one is one of the most difficult things you will ever have to do. Peter puts you at ease and walks with you every step of the way in a most professional and compassionate way. It is truly amazing to be able to put your trust in someone who you know is looking out for your best interest and making sure the funeral of your loved one is everything you wanted and more. Peter genuinely cares about you and does everything is his power to put you at ease. His funeral home is always clean and orderly and his staff is very professional and available for any needs that may come up, before, during and after the funeral. I am very grateful to Peter and his amazing team for all of their support during the most difficult times of my life. Their caring approach made all the difference for us. I highly recommend Welsh Funeral Home and especially Peter for any of your funeral needs. A+
Donna Forgione
My family is forever grateful for the care that Peter gave to our Mom fifteen years ago and now in April the care for our Dad. Peter is one of the most kindest and caring man. He has personally put me at ease during the most difficult time in my life.The staff was awesome as well, taking such good care of our Dad as he made his way back to Chelsea. Everything was the way our Dad wanted,. Thank you again
Derek Anderson
I am writing to express my deep disappointment and concern with the way my mother’s funeral arrangements were handled by Frank A. Welsh & Sons Funeral Home.
I was my mother’s court-appointed legal guardian and health care proxy. I carried the responsibility for her care throughout her illness and final days. After her passing, I continued acting in her best interest by making funeral arrangements with care, respect, and dignity.
Unfortunately, that respect was not returned by the staff at this funeral home.
When I first contacted the funeral home, a staff member recognized my mother’s last name and asked if she was related to someone they personally knew. In a moment of honesty I confirmed the relation in passing—never expecting that this would lead to the funeral home contacting my extended family without my knowledge or permission, and disclosing deeply personal and sensitive information about what I intended to do for my mother’s funeral.
Donna, who works at the funeral home as an office manager and is also the wife of the funeral director, Peter, took it upon herself to phone my aunt (Maryanne Cox) & share what I had discussed privately—including false claims that I planned to cremate my mother without informing my family. That was completely untrue. If I had wanted to avoid my family entirely, I could have had my mother transferred to any funeral home. But I chose this one out of respect—because it’s the same funeral home my family has trusted for years.
My only intention was to grieve in peace, without facing the same disrespect and emotional distress I experienced from certain family members during my mother’s hospitalization. I had no intention of denying them their own time with her—I simply needed to say goodbye on my own terms.
When I brought this clear breach of privacy to the attention of Peter, the funeral director I had been working with, he claimed that no information had been shared. But that was not true. It was his own wife, Donna, who had already divulged everything I told the funeral home in confidence. Rather than taking responsibility or apologizing, Peter deflected by referencing the legal fact that my guardianship ended upon my mother’s death.
While it is true that both guardianship and health care proxy roles end at the time of death in Massachusetts unless otherwise specified in writing, this legal technicality does not justify or excuse what happened. I had already taken the lead in making arrangements, was acting in good faith, and no one else had stepped forward to do so. In practice and in spirit, I was the person carrying the responsibility—and I should have been treated with the privacy and respect that role deserves.
Instead, this funeral home chose to insert itself into personal family matters, violate my privacy, share misinformation, and then deny accountability. What should have been a professional and compassionate environment turned into another source of stress and emotional harm during one of the most painful times in my life.
I am sharing this to hold the funeral home accountable, and to warn others. A funeral home should provide support, dignity, neutrality, and confidentiality—not betrayal, deflection, and inappropriate interference.
I hope the staff, and especially leadership, reflect seriously on this situation and take corrective action to ensure no other family has to endure what I went through.
— Derek J. Anderson
Jannette Lopez
Great service thank you Peter & Donna for the excellent service with my brother Funeral my family and I are extremely grateful.
Blanca Galeano
Sharing this review for my sister. She’s so thankful that this past week she went to visit her son and the sign with her sons name was no longer visible and the owner was on his way out and was kind enough to go back inside and make her another sign with her sons name on it. Thank you so much for caring.
Luz Gomzalez
Very nice and quiet !! ?