NFDA congratulates the 2025 Hall of Excellence inductees:
Jennings-Calvey Funeral and Cremation Services, Inc., Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania
Scranton Area Cremation Care, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania
Lakeshore Memorial Services, Holland, Michigan
Ever Rest Funeral Home and Chapel, Muskegon, Michigan
Leo P. Gallagher & Son Funeral Homes, Stamford, Connecticut
Leo P. Gallagher & Son Funeral Homes, Greenwich, Connecticut; Spadaccino and Leo P. Gallagher & Son Community Funeral Home, Monroe, Connecticut
Mitchell Family Cremations and Funerals, Inc., Albion, New York
Mitchell Family Cremations and Funerals, Inc., Holley, New York; Mitchell Family Cremations and Funerals, Inc., Medina, New York; Mitchell Family Cremations and Funerals, Inc., Middleport, New York; Mitchell Family Cremations and Funerals, Inc., Gasport, New York
Soxman Funeral Homes, Ltd., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Congratulations to those funeral homes that are celebrating a Pursuit of Excellence participation milestone in 2024:
15th Award
Arlington Memorial Chapels, Inc., Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Brandon G. Thompson Funeral Home, Hammond, Louisiana
Brandon G. Thompson Funeral Home, Ponchatoula, Louisiana; Brandon G. Thompson Funeral Home, Denham Springs, Louisiana
Waitt Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Morganville, New Jersey
Old Bridge Funeral Home, Old Bridge, New Jersey; Silverton Memorial Funeral Home, Toms River, New Jersey
20th Award
Gamble Funeral Service, Savannah, Georgia
Roller Funeral Homes, Little Rock, Arkansas
Roller Funeral Home, Mountain Home, Arkansas; Roller Funeral Homes, Paris, Arkansas; Roller-Christeson Funeral Home, Harrison, Arkansas; Roller-Citizens Funeral Home, West Helena, Arkansas; Roller Citizens Funeral Home, Marshall, Arkansas; Roller-Coffman-Crouch, Mountain View, Arkansas; Roller-Cox, Clarksville, Arkansas; Roller-Crouch, Batesville, Arkansas; Roller-Daniel Funeral Home, Search, Arkansas; Roller-England Funeral Home, England, Arkansas; Roller-Farmers Union Funeral Home, Jonesboro, Arkansas; Roller-McNutt Funeral Home, Conway, Arkansas; Roller-McNutt Funeral Home, Clinton, Arkansas; Roller-McNutt Funeral Home – Greenbriar, Greenbriar, Arkansas; Roller-Owens Funeral Home, North Little Rock, Arkansas; Roller-Swift Funeral Home, Osceola, Arkansas
Weeks’ Funeral Home, Buckley, Washington
Weeks’ Enumclaw Funeral Home, Enumclaw, Washington; Weeks’ Dryer Mortuary, Tacoma, Washington; Edline-Yahn & Covington Funeral Chapel, Kent, Washington; Columbia Funeral Home, Seattle, Washington; Haven of Rest Funeral Home & Cemetery, Gig Harbor, Washington; Newell-Hoerling’s Mortuary, Centralia, Washington
25th Award
David C. Brown Funeral Home, Belleville, Michigan
Memorial Funeral Home, San Juan, Texas
45th Award
Myers Mortuary, Ogden, Utah
Myers Mortuary, Roy, Utah; Myers Mortuary, Brigham City, Utah; Myers Mortuary, Layton, Utah
National Funeral Directors Association Hall of Excellence Inductees
* Indicates funeral home is not a current member of NFDA.
Adair Funeral Home, Tucson, AZ
A.H. Peters Funeral Home of Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors, Troy, MI
Alexander & Royalty Funeral Home, Inc., Harrodsburg, KY
A.L. Moore/Grimshaw Mortuary, Phoenix, AZ*
Anderson & Sons, Inc., American Fork, UT
Arlington Memorial Chapels, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Inc., Pineville, KY
Arrington Funeral Directors, Jackson, Tennessee
Aspen Mortuaries, Lakewood, CO
A.S. Turner & Sons Funeral Directors, Decatur, GA
Bailey Funeral Home, Plainville, CT
Baird Funeral Home, Troy, OH
Ballard-Durand Funeral & Cremation Services, White Plains, NY
Bartolomeo & Perotto Funeral Home Inc., Rochester, NY
Bayliff & Son Funeral Home, Cridersville, Ohio
Berardinelli Family Funeral Service, Santa Fe, NM
Branch Funeral Home, Smithtown, NY
Brandon G. Thompson Funeral Home, Hammond, LA, and Company
Brashears Funeral Home, Inc., Huntsville, AR
Braun-Everiss-Wagley Funeral Home Adrian, MI *
Bring Funeral Home, Inc., Tuscon, AZ *
Brunswick Memorial Home, East Brunswick, New Jersey
Caldwell & Cowan Funeral Home, Inc., Covington, GA
Cannon Cleveland Funeral Directors, McDonough, GA
Carlson Colonial Funeral Home, El Dorado, KS
Carlson Funeral Service, Inc., Rhinelander, WI
Carmon Community Funeral Homes, Windsor, CT, and Company
Caruth-Hale Funeral Home, Hot Springs, AR
Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral & Cremation Service, Alliance, OH
Cobb Funeral Home, Blytheville, AR *
Copeland Funeral Service, Beaufort, SC
Cozean Memorial Chapel & Crematory, Farmington, MO
Cozine Memorial Group, Wichita, KS
C.R. Lyons & Sons Funeral Directors, Danvers, Massachusetts
Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, Newport, VT
David C. Brown Funeral Home, Belleville, MI
Davis Funeral Home, Nashua, NH
DeCarbo Funeral Home, New Castle, PA
Deiters Funeral Home and Crematory, Washington, IL
DeMoney-Grimes Countryside Park Funeral Home, Columbia City, IN
D'Esopo East Hartford Memorial Chapel, East Hartford, CT
D'Esopo Funeral Chapel, Wethersfield, CT
Dobratz-Hantge Chapel, Hutchinson, MN, and Company
Dodd & Reed Funeral Home, Webster Springs, WV
Drum Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Conover, NC
Ducro Funeral Services & Crematory, Ashtabula, OH
Duksa Family Funeral Homes at Newington Memorial, Newington, CT, and Company
Dwayne R. Spence Funeral Home, Canal Winchester, OH, and Company
E. Blake Collins Funeral Home, Wilkes Barre, PA
Eggers Funeral Home & Crematory, Chesnee, SC
Emmanuel Johnson Funeral Home, Philadelphia, PA
Evergreen Mortuary, Cemetery & Crematory, Tucson, AZ
Falco, Caruso & Leonard Funeral Home, Pennsauken, New Jersey
Feeney Funeral Home, Ridgewood, NJ
Fellows-Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., Easton, MD
French Funeral Homes, Brazil, IN
French Mortuary, Albuquerque, NM
Funeraria San Vicente S.A., Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia
Gamble Funeral Service, Inc., Savannah, GA
Gardinier Funeral Home, Inc., Franklin, PA
Garnand Funeral Home, Inc., Garden City, KS
Garnand Funeral Home, Inc., Ulysses, KS
Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home, Muscatine, IA
Glende-Nilson Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Fergus Falls, MN
Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Homes, Lansing, MI, and Company
Gunderson Funeral Home, Madison, WI
Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home, Fargo, ND
Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary, Kaneohe, HI
Heath Funeral Chapel & Crematory, Lakeland, Florida
Henderson Funeral Home, Pekin, IL
Heritage Funeral Home, Nipawin, SK, Canada
Heritage Funeral Home & Crematory, Spokane, WA
Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Youngstown, OH
Highlands Family Owned Funeral Home, Inc., Louisville, KY
Hightower Family Funeral Homes, Carrollton, Georgia; Hightower Family Funeral Homes, Bremen, Georgia; Hightower Family Funeral Homes, Douglasville, Georgia
Hirsch's West End Chapel, Chicago Heights, IL *
Holman-Howe Funeral Home, Lebanon, MO
Hooper-Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Cookeville, TN
Howard K. Hill Funeral Services, New Haven, CT, and Company
Hughes Family Tribute Center, Dallas, Texas
Humphrey Funeral Service, Inc., Russellville, AR
Hunt-Stellato Funeral Home, Fort Lee, NJ
Ippolito-Stellato Funeral Home, Fairfield, NJ
Ippolito-Stellato Funeral Home, Lyndhurst, NJ
J. J. Duffy Funeral Home, Cumberland, RI
James Funeral Home & Northlake Memorial Gardens, Huntersville, North Carolina
Jennings-Calvey Funeral and Cremation Services, Inc., Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania; Scranton Area Cremation Care, Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania
Johnson-Hagglund Funeral Home, Litchfield, MN
Jones and Son Funeral Home, Richton, Mississippi; Jones and Son Funeral Home, Beaumont, Mississippi; Jones and Son Funeral Home, Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Jones and Son Funeral Home, Moselle, Mississippi
Jones-Wynn Funeral Homes & Crematory, Villa Rica, GA , and Company
Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home, Breckenridge, MN
Karrer-Simpson Funeral Home, Port Huron, Michigan, and Company
Kaul Funeral Home, Clinton Township, MI
Kaul Funeral Home, Saint Clair Shores, MI
Kerrville Funeral Home, Kerrville, TX, and Company
Kilpatrick Funeral Homes, West Monroe, LA
Kingston & Kemp Funeral Home, Inc., Hamilton, NJ
Kirby-Morris Funeral Home, El Dorado, KS
K. L. Brown Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Jacksonville, AL
Kuhler Funeral Home, Huron, SD
Lakeshore Memorial Services, Holland, Michigan; Ever Rest Funeral Home and Chapel, Muskegon, Michigan
Lakeside Memorial Funeral Home, Inc., Hamburg, New York, and Company
Lawrence T. Miller Funeral Home, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA
Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service, Iowa City, IA
Lentz Funeral Home, Algona, IA
Leo P. Gallagher & Son Funeral Homes, Stamford, Connecticut; Leo P. Gallagher & Son Funeral Homes, Greenwich, Connecticut; Spadaccino and Leo P. Gallagher & Son Community Funeral Home, Monroe, Connecticut
Linnemann Family Funeral Homes and Cremation Center, Erlanger, KY
Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, Athens, Georgia, and Company
Lunning Chapel, Inc., Burlington, IA
Lynch & Sons Funeral Directors, Clawson, MI
Lynch & Sons Funeral Directors, Milford, MI
Martin Funeral Cremation & Tribute Services - Mt. Morris, Mount Morris, MI, and Company
Mattson Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Forest Lake, MN
Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory, Saint Joseph, MO
Mercer-Adams Funeral Service, Bethany, Oklahoma
Memorial Funeral Home - Edinburg, Edinburg, TX
Memorial Funeral Home, San Juan, TX
Mesa View Mortuary Cemetery, Delta, CO
Miller-Jones Mortuary & Crematory, Inc., Hemet, CA
Milward Funeral Directors, Lexington, KY, and Company
Mitchell Family Cremations and Funerals, Inc., Albion, New York; Mitchell Family Cremations and Funerals, Inc., Holley, New York; Mitchell Family Cremations and Funerals, Inc., Medina, New York; Mitchell Family Cremations and Funerals, Inc., Middleport, New York; Mitchell Family Cremations and Funerals, Inc., Gasport, New York
Moloney Funeral Home, Central Islip, NY *
Moore Funeral Home, Brazil, IN
Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, Madison, Indiana (Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, Hannover, IN)
Morris-Baker Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Johnson City, Tennessee
Morrissett Funeral & Cremation Service, North Chesterfield, Virginia
Murray Memorial Mortuary, Salt Lake City, UT
Myers Mortuary, Ogden, UT, and Company
Nardolillo Funeral Home, Inc., Cranston, RI
Needham-Storey-Wampner, North Chapel, Marion, IN
Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare, Winterset, IA
O'Guinn Family Funeral Homes, Clio, MI
Olinger Chapel Hill Mortuary & Cemetery, Littleton, CO
Oliverie Funeral Homes, Manchester, New Jersey
Olson Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Sheboygan, WI
Opsahl-Kostel Fuenral Home & Crematory, Yankton, SD
Orion C. Pinkerton Funeral Home, Pittsburgh, PA *
Patrick T. Lanigan Funeral Home, East Pittsburgh, PA, and Company
Pedersen Funeral Home, Morris, MN
Pixley Funeral Home, Rochester, MI, and Company
Pollock-Randall Funeral Home, Port Huron, MI
Pray Funeral Home, Charlotte, MI
Preston-Hanley Funeral Homes & Crematory, L.L.C., Pekin, IL
Proko Funeral Home, Kenosha, WI
Quinn-Fogarty Funeral Home, Flushing, NY
Radney Funeral Home, Alexander City, Alabama, and Company
Ransford Collon Funeral Home, Caro, MI
Reeves Funeral Homes, Ltd., Coal City, IL, and company
Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Traverse City, MI
Robertaccio Funeral Home, Inc., Patchogue, NY
Roller Funeral Home, Mountain Home, Mountain Home, AR, and Company
Routsong Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Kettering, OH
Sanderson Funeral Home, Carthage, TN
Savage-DeMarco Funeral Service, Endicott, NY
Schoedinger & Company, Columbus, OH
Schrader Funeral Home, Crematory & Family Center, Ballwin, MO
Sevier Funeral Home, Chickasha, OK
Sharer-Stirling-Skivolocke Funeral Home, Alliance, OH
Shaughnessey Banks Funeral Home, Fairfield, CT
Smith Family Funeral Homes, North Little Rock, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Glenwood, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Hot Springs, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Little Rock, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Sherwood, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Benton, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Arkadelphia, Arkansas; Smith Family Funeral Homes, Beebe, Arkansas
Smith Funeral & Cremation Service, Maryville, TN
Smith-McCracken Funeral Home, Newton, NJ
Soxman Funeral Homes, Ltd., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes and Crematory, New Castle, Delaware; Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes and Crematory, Delaware City, Delaware; Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes and Crematory, Newark, Delaware; Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes and Crematory, Middletown, Delaware
Spencer Family Funeral Home, Athens, MI
Staab-Polk Memorial Home and Cremation Services of Central Illinois, Chatham, IL
St. Peter Chapels, Quezon City, Philippines, and Company
Strode Funeral Home, Inc., Stillwater, OK
Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, TN
Thomas McAfee Funeral Homes - Downtown, Greenville, SC, and Company
Thomas M. Quinn & Sons, Inc., Long Island City, NY *
Toland-Herzig Funeral Homes & Crematory, Dover, OH
Twiford Funeral Homes, LLC, Elizabeth City, NC
Waitt Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Morganville, NJ, and Company
Waller Funeral Home, Oxford, MS
Wappner Funeral Directors & Crematory, Mansfield, OH
Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park and Mortuary, Salt Lake City, Utah; Valley View Memorial Park and Funeral Home, West Valley City, Utah; Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park South Valley, Riverton, Utah
Watkins Brothers Funeral Homes and Company, Ososso, Michigan
Weeks' Funeral Home, Buckley, WA, and Company
Whitaker Funeral Home, Inc., Newberry, SC
Wieting Family Funeral Home, Chilton, Wisconsin
William G. Neal Funeral Homes, Washington, PA
Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home, Newton, NC
Wm. Sullivan & Son Funeral Home, Royal Oak, MI and company
Wonderly Horvath Hanes Funeral Home and Crematory, Fremont, OH
Worlein Funeral Home, Austin, MN