Mitchell Family Funeral Home

07/15/2025

🚨 Shelter Crisis Alert: ARL of Marshalltown at Capacity 🚨
Due to an overwhelming surge in animal intake—including a hoarding case involving 12 dogs and 9 cats found abandoned roadside—we’ve reached full capacity. This, combined with peak kitten season, has led to a heartbreaking decision: we must temporarily suspend all non-emergency intakes until further notice.
To manage this crisis, we've activated our Emergency Room, a space typically reserved for natural disasters or large-scale emergencies.
💔 We understand how difficult this is, but our priority is to ensure every animal currently in our care receives safe shelter, food, and medical attention.
How you can help right now:
• Donate supplies (Check out our Wishlist QR Codes)
• Sponsor an animal's care
• Consider fostering to open up critical space
• Share this post to help spread the word
• Volunteer at the shelter with daily tasks
We remain committed to our mission and community, and we’ll provide updates as the situation evolves. Thank you for your compassion and support—we can’t do this without you. ❤️

03/08/2025

12/24/2024

Luminaries Event 2024 December 21, 2024

12/14/2024

Due to inclement weather, we will be postponing our annual Mitchell Family Funeral Home luminary event for tonight, December 14, 2024. We will be rescheduling this event and will place an update early next week on when this new date will be. Stay warm and be safe everyone.

11/01/2024

For 44 years, the National Funeral Director’s Association has awarded funeral homes with the Pursuit of Excellence Award. This award is given to funeral homes exhibiting great service to the community, providing support resources to grieving families, and operations under strict ethical conducts.

Mitchell Family Funeral Home was able to achieve and humbly receive this recognition for the first time in our 20-year history in 2024 at the National Funeral Directors Association’s International Convention and Expo in New Orleans, Louisiana. We can also say that we were the only funeral home in the State of Iowa who was recognized in receiving the Pursuit of Excellence Award in 2024.

While our funeral home staff is thrilled to be able to make this announcement, we realize that we would not be to where we are today without the support of our community. This award is just as much for Marshalltown as it is for Mitchell Family Funeral Home. We thank all of Marshalltown and the surrounding communities we are honored to serve for your help in making the receipt of this award possible.

09/14/2024

Today, September 14th, is a pretty special day for me and I want to thank all of you for it. It was 20 years ago today that we broke ground at 1209 Iowa Avenue West for the funeral home. We picked that day because it was on my mother-in-law’s 70th birthday and my mentor, George Dixon’s 80th birthday (5 days late). It has been a journey of love, emotions, success, loss and something I never dreamed would become reality except by God’s grace, lots of hours, and your support and encouragement. I would not be truthful if I said it was not a scary venture. I was at Estel-Perrin-Avey for 17 years when we decided to do this. Looking back, it was truly God guiding it.
So today, I dedicate this to all of you- the community and the families who have entrusted their loved ones to our care. This place is not about me- I just have the privilege of being here. I’ve said many times the only reason my name is on the sign is because I was the one who owed the bank. Have I made mistakes along the way? Yes- and the ones that hurt me the most were the ones that affected you as families. Maybe something didn’t go as planned, etc. but thank you for understanding or letting me do the best to make it right.
So again, thanks to everyone reading this, my family, to those who have gone on before, to a community that believed in me, to a great bank, builder and accountant, staff current and prior and everyone who stayed by my side and of course God for putting us all together. Though I do not mention people by name because of the vast number, each are in my heart. And amongst all, Sue Mitchell, who said to me one night on the deck, “Now’s the time do our own thing.” She had the stamina and fortitude even though in the midst of chemo and radiation to drive this to reality. She was able to see this start and left this early life on September 6th, 2005. She blessed me with two wonderful children who are successful and give to society. And now, Stacey is stuck with me, attending more funeral conventions and shows than anyone would ever dream of and puts up with a lot of stress from me as well.
Now, off to the next 20 years. I still love what I do every day so I hope to stick around for a bit. Thanks again to all of you and have a great weekend!

06/17/2024

Our funeral home family invites you and your family to enjoy an afternoon away from stress and financial concerns. On the afternoon of Sunday, July 14th, we will pay for admissions of anyone going to the aquatic center. This was a practice to provide one day a summer for many years until COVID and shortage of staffing changed our ability to offer people. We are so appreciative the staff could accommodate this event for 2024. This is in memory of the four little souls that lost their lives in the Iowa river in two tragic events....Andres Favela-Lopez, Thay Mo, Sae Reh and Lee Meh. I pray I never have to be called to go to that river or any other body of water again. If there is a strong need for appropriate attire for swimming for the children, please email me at mffh@marshallnet.com and we will do our best to make sure they are cared for.

The hours are 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Check in is at the window. Please come and enjoy and be safe. Marty.

01/22/2024

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12/27/2023

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