Lima Campagna Alameda Mission Chapel

Feels weird to review a mortuary but it is important to share our family’s experience and hope others will benefit from this review and help those who are grieving find a funeral service that is compassionate, caring, honest — and Lima Campagna Alameda Mission is all of that and more.
We had an unexpected death in the family during the Christmas holidays. I had contacted a few funeral homes but I ended the call confused, frustrated and angry. They asked questions that they, being in funeral service for so many years, should already know such as: address for the O’Connor Hospital, location of the morgue, if body is available to be picked up (knowing my sister just died 2 hours earlier), and many others that made me question who and what I am dealing with. They also said 1 week is not enough time for the funeral service because of the holidays and all the paper work that are required. One other funeral home appeared to be caring initially. They took my contact info and said they will call back and set an appointment but we never received a call even after we followed up the next day.
Fortunately, we found Lima Campagna Alameda Mission and they were able to meet with us the following day. Betty was very so caring, knowledgeable, and very reassuring. Indeed, she was in-​charge and took care of business immediately after only taking the very basic information about the deceased. She is so amazing and well connected that she even knows the doctors at the hospital and the parish of our priest. She was able to arrange everything from transferring the body from the morgue, following up with the church for a catholic mass, police escorts for the funeral procession through interment at another cemetery without any problem — all within 4 days! She also did not try to upsell any of the coffins unlike other funeral homes where they would talk you into buying unnecessary upgrades by working on your emotions to make more money and take advantage of the family’s vulnerability. Betty was none of that. She was so honest that she even contacted and informed us later in the day that she made a mistake on the price of the coffin and gave us a sizeable refund the next day along with her sincere apology for the mistake.
I do not wish for anybody to go through any tragedy but when the time comes, count on Lima Campagna Alameda Mission to support you like their own family.

We had an unexpected death in our family last month and looked at several places to hold the services. We chose Lima Campagna based on their extremely knowledgable and efficient staff, plus the most transparent.
Betty was an angel on earth during the difficult time and she truly felt like family. She guided us through the process without any pressure and she was extremely helpful before, during, and after the services. The rest of the staff were very professional, as well, and very hospital and gracious with our family and hundreds of guests.
Other important mentions is their bilingual staff. Betty speaks Spanish which was a major plus for Grandma who was able to share her preferences without translation.
The ground and the chapel are very nice and hold a nice, warm, ‘home’ type of feeling, unlike other places that felt like conference centers.
The price/​s were also the most reasonable and we were able to have very nice services for a fraction of the cost other places had quoted us.
Their entire staff went above and beyond what we’d expected from arranging/​rearranging the floral arrangements as they came in, arranging a special family heirloom rosary on the casket, to AV, to prepping the pall bearers, to providing water, and many, many other unexpected things.
In the end, we were very happy with our people at Lima. While it was a rough time for our family, Lima Campagna was the best choice for an overall beautiful memory and memorial.

When my daughter passed they were the nice and very understanding. We had a beautiful service and wet every pleased. Angelo Fort did a great job with everything we needed.

Very professional and compassionate. The owner Sam and his son are both very accommodating and stayed with us for my aunt’s burial on March 9. One simply cannot ask for more.

My dad passed away unexpectedly and my sister and I had no idea what to do. I was referred to them by a friend and I was so pleased with everything they did for us. Sam is the best and he helped us through everything and told us what we needed to do and what our best options were and worked with us so that my sister and I weren’t completely alone trying to figure out our options after such a tragic and traumatic event in our lives. They even offer pre-​paid services for family members who want to make sure that their families don’t have anything to worry about when it’s their time.
BEWARE though. There’s another Lima family chapel out there that’s all corporate and you will spend so much money and it gets about buying the packages and stuff and not about the deceased. We had our dad there first but once we found out that it was the wrong Lima chapel Sam took care of everything and had our dad transferred to their care and I can’t express how much happier we were with Sam and the Lima Campagna family. I would definitely work with them again if and when that time comes.

Top notch service and staff. Talk to Angelo for a great stress-​free funeral service. I had a service here a couple of weeks ago and i thought it was going to be hard and expensive… I was wrong. Their prices are great too.

I have worked with this company on two occasions, one was for my mother and it was owned by the previous owners, cannot tell you the name because I forgot. The second was my grandmother’s funeral and it was with the Lima-​Camlagna owners. Let me tell you how easy, comforting, lovely this process was. At 18 and planning for your mother’s funeral is not easy and we did not have the ease that the L&C people have now.
They have packages I think and thy do soooooo much more than the place used to and it is so lovely because all my family and I wanted was to grieve and reminisce and that is what they let us do.
Being half Filipino, we go through soooo many different places of bringing our loved ones, and since we live in San Jose but have relatives in Stockton, they took care of taking my grandmother to her final testing place over there.
I cannot stress how easy and comfortable these people make you feel. I would definitely recommend this location to anyone that experiences death and you may have had trouble with another company, and I cannot stress the «at ease» experience that you receive here.

It might seem strange to write a review of a funeral home, but when someone makes a horrible time easier for you then they deserve some praise. When my father passed away recently my mom opted to use Lima-​Campagna-​Alameda because they had handled the arrangements for several relatives years ago. They are family-​owned, not a corporate funeral factory, so their goal is to help families through a difficult process, not to make massive profits. Sam Campagna was our funeral director and he was calm, respectful, matter-​of-​fact and honest. Not once did he give us a hard-​sell or make us feel pressured into any purchases; in fact, he told us what services weren’t really necessary and were extra expenses (e.g. limos for the family) and provided an itemized list of all purchased items/​services which he went over with us carefully to make sure my mom understood what she was paying for.
They have a good selection of everything you need, from caskets to flower arrangements, and the prices are fair. Their chapel is simple and lovely with plenty of seating. During my father’s viewing and vigil we never felt rushed as Sam and the staff gave us plenty of space and time. During the funeral procession to the church, and then from the church to cemetery, Sam did an excellent job of organizing everyone and providing directions in an authoritative, but kind way. We were given laminated copies of both my dad’s obituary and the prayer cards we selected, and the cards that arrived with the flowers people sent in were saved for us;all those seemingly little things mean a lot when you’re dealing with a death. My one complaint is that my mom’s name was misspelled in the memory book.
Despite the twisted fact that dying is expensive and death is big business, my mom paid less with Lima than she would have with other funeral homes. Lima-​Campagna-​Alameda Mission Chapel did a beautiful job of making a difficult time less stressful for my mom and our whole family and helped provide the peace we needed in order to say our goodbyes.