Tara Florist
Twelve Oaks, LLC
2309 Lakeshore Drive
St. Joseph, MI 49085
Located by
St. Joseph High School
Established 1983

  Store Hours
Mon - Fri  8:30 - 6:00
Sat 10 - 5 

For Professional
Floral Service Phone
800-439-0978
269-983-6533

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FYI
Rose Care

Flower Symbolization

Floral Arrangement Care

Plant Care

 
Flowers and Sympathy Tributes

Your Finest Source of Flowers for
Starks & Menchinger
Kerley and Starks

Tara Florist is St. Joseph's Leading and Premier Florist
Serving Starks and Menchinger (Kerley and Starks) Family Funeral Home 6 times each day
for over 25 years with the finest sympathy flower arrangements and plants.
Tara Florist is located less than five minutes away from the Starks and Menchinger.

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  The Family Guide for Ordering Sympathy Flowers

1) Download Exclusive Starks and Menchinger
 Sympathy Flower Brochure

Casket Sprays and Family Tributes Brochure
Exclusive Specials - View in pdf format!
10% Family and Friends Discount Inside

Families should print-out this brochure and take to the Funeral Home. This allows you to compare with others.
Then call, visit us or ask the Funeral Director to place your order

2) View and Order Sympathy Flowers on-line

View an excellent assortment of sympathy tributes available on our web site.

3) View our catalog at Funeral Home

Ask the Funeral Director waiting on you
you can call or visit us, or have the funeral director call us.

Compare with other Florists
The 30% Family Guarantee Special
We will provide any Casket Floral Arrangement
at 30% less than the price quoted in any
competitors catalog on display at Starks and Menchinger.
subject to flower availability
if our catalog is not available at the Funeral Home please call us

4) Ask the Funeral Director to call us
 (or you can call us Directly) to meet with you at the Funeral Home.

5) Visit our Design Store
We can show you flowers in person and enable us to provide
the finest custom floral tributes to your specifications

Video: Coming soon
"What the consumer needs to know about
ordering flowers at a Funeral Home"

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A little history and background on Starks and Menchinger Funeral home

Starks & Menchinger
Family Funeral Home
Cremation Services
2650 Niles Road
St. Joseph, MI. 49085
Phone: (269)556-9450 Fax: (269)556-9570

Bob Starks

Bob moved to the Twin Cities in 1961, to form a partnership with Mr. Lou Kerlikowski, at Kerley & Starks Funeral Home, in St. Joseph, MI.
Bob and his wife Carol live in Benton Harbor. They are both very active in the community, including the First Methodist Church, in St. Joseph, and the Benton Harbor - St. Joseph Rotary Club

Tom Starks

Tom has been employed by the family business for most of his life. He graduated from the University of Wyoming and the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. After working for several years at a large Funeral Home in Texas, Tom joined the family business full-time in 1986.
Tom, is also active in the community, and the St. Joseph Catholic Church.

Andy Menchinger

Andy started his career in funeral service in 1974 while attending Benton Harbor High School. After graduating in 1980 from Indiana College of Mortuary Science, in Indianapolis, he joined the Starks family business.
Andy is a member of the First Church of God, in St. Joseph, and the Benton Harbor Lions Club.
Andy is a life long resident of the Twin Cities area and resides in Benton Harbor with his wife Sonya and sons Erik & Aaron.

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