2026 NFDA Pursuit of Excellence Award Recipients

A Sacred Choice Funeral Home, Houston, Texas
 
A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors, Troy, Michigan (A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors, Royal Oak, Michigan; A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors – Price Chapel, Troy, Michigan)
 
Alderson-Ford Funeral Home, Cheshire, Connecticut (Alderson-Ford Funeral Home, Waterbury, Connecticut; Buckmiller Ford Mengacci Funeral Home, Naugatuck, Connecticut)
 
Ang Chin Moh Funeral Directors PTE Ltd, Singapore
 
Arlington Memorial Chapels, Inc., Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
 
Baker McCullough Funeral Home and Cremation, Savannah, Georgia (Baker McCullough Funeral Home and Cremation, Garden City, Georgia)
 
B.C. Bailey Funeral Home, Wallingford, Connecticut (Bailey Funeral Home, Plainville, Connecticut; Carpino & Bailey Funeral Home, Southbury, Connecticut)
 
Beaufort Funeral Care and Cremation Center, Beauford, South Carolina
 
Bradbury Memorial Center, Lake Havasu, Arizona
 
Bram Funeral Home, Maryville, Missouri
 
Brookside Funeral Home & Crematory, Moxee, Washington (Brookside Funeral Home & Crematory,
 
Ellensburg, Washington; Brookside Funeral Home & Crematory, Wenatchee, Washington; Brookside Funeral Home & Crematory, Prosser, Washington)
 
Brunswick Memorial Home, East Brunswick, New Jersey (Mount Sinai Memorial Chapels, East Brunswick, New Jersey)
 
Caldwell & Cowan Funeral Home, Covington, Georgia
 
Capillas Señoriales Casa de Homeajes, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
 
Cardaras Funeral Homes, Logan, Ohio (Cardaras Funeral Homes, McArthur, Ohio; Cardaras Funeral Homes, Nelsonville, Ohio)
 
Carmon Community Funeral Homes, Windsor, Connecticut (Carmon Community Funeral Homes, Avon, Connecticut; Carmon Community Funeral Homes, Granby, Connecticut; Carmon Community Funeral Homes, Suffield, Connecticut; Carmon Community Funeral Homes, South Windsor, Connecticut; Carmon Community Funeral Homes, Vernon, Connecticut; Carmon Community Funeral Homes, Hartford, Connecticut)
 
Cemitério e Crematório Parque das Allamandas, Londrina, Paraná, Brazil
 
Cemitério Parque Memorial de Goiânia, Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil
 
Chapel Lawn Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens, Crown Point, Indiana (Kuiper Funeral Home, Highland, Indiana)
 
Christensen Family Funeral Home, Seymour, Indiana (Christensen Family Funeral Home – Winklepleck Chapel, Brownstown, Indiana; Christensen – Hoagland Family Funeral Home, Scottsburg, Indiana)
 
Clement L. Pantalone Funeral Home, Inc., Greensburg, Pennsylvania
 
Cook Funeral and Cremation Services, Grandville, Michigan (Cook Funeral and Cremation Services, Byron Center, Michigan; Reyers North Valley Chapel, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Kubiak-Cook Funeral Homes, Koops Funeral Chapel, Wayland, Michigan; Kubiak-Cook Funeral Homes, Koops Funeral Chapel, Dorr, Michigan; Koops Funeral Chapel, Lake Odessa, Michigan)
 
Cornerstone Funeral Services, Birmingham, Alabama
 
Cozean Memorial Chapel and Crematory, Farmington, Missouri
 
Criss Wagner Hoskinson Funeral and Cremation Service, Newark, Ohio (Hoskinson Funeral and Cremation Service, Kirkersville, Ohio; Hoskinson Funeral Home, Hebron, Ohio; Hoskinson Funeral Home, Thornville, Ohio; McPeek Hoekstra Hoskinson Funeral Home, Granville, Ohio)
 
C.R. Lyons & Sons Funeral Directors, Danvers, Massachusetts
 
David C. Brown Funeral Home, Belleville, Michigan
 
D.S. Temrowski and Sons Funeral Home, Warren, Michigan (A.H. Peters Funeral Homes, Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan; A.H. Peters Funeral Homes, Warren, Michigan)
 
Duksa Family Funeral Homes, Newington, Connecticut (Duksa Family Funeral Homes, New Brittain, Connecticut)
 
Dwayne R. Spence Funeral Homes and Crematory, Canal Winchester, Ohio (Dwayne R. Spence Funeral Homes and Crematory, Pickerington, Ohio)
 
East Lawn Funeral Home and Memorial Park, Kingsport, Tennessee
 
Edwards Funeral Service, Marion, Ohio (Families First Cremation and Burial At Edwards, Columbus, Ohio)
 
E.J. Fielding Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Covington, Louisiana
 
Elton Black & Son Funeral Home, White Lake, Michigan (Elton Black & Son Funeral Home, Highland Township, Michigan)
 
Empresa Vila – São José Crematório e Memorial, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
 
Falco, Caruso & Leonard Funeral Homes, Pennsauken, New Jersey (Falco, Caruso & Leonard Funeral Homes, Camden, New Jersey)
 
Families First Funeral Care & Cremation Center, Savannah, Georgia
 
Farus Funeral Home, Duncan Falls, Ohio (Farus Funeral Home, New Concord, Ohio)
 
Flanders Powell Funeral Home, Pembroke, Georgia
 
French Funerals and Cremations, Albuquerque, New Mexico (French Funerals and Cremations – Lomas, Albuquerque, New Mexico; French Funerals and Cremations – Wyoming, Albuquerque, New Mexico; French Funerals and Cremations – Golf Course, Albuquerque, New Mexico; French Funerals and Cremations – Rio Rancho, Albuquerque, New Mexico)
 
Funeraria Jaramillo, Loja, Ecuador
 
Funeraria San Vicente S.A., Medellin, Colombia
 
Gamble Funeral Service, Savannah, Georgia
 
Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes, Lansing, Michigan (Gorsline-Runciman Tiffany Chapel, Lansing Michigan; Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes, Mason, Michigan; Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes, Williamston, Michigan; Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes, East Lansing, Michigan; Gorsline Runciman Funeral Homes, Dewitt, Michigan)
 
Grupo Gayosso (Gayosso Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico; Gayosso Allende, Torreon, Mexico; Gayosso Capillas El Carmen, Guadalajara, Mexico; Gayosso Capillas Marianas, Monterrey, Mexico; Gayosso Capillas Vallarta, Guadalajara, Mexico; Gayosso Colima, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico; Gayosso Cuernavaca, Cuernavaca, Mexico; Gayosso Del Rio, Tijuana, Mexico; Gayosso Felix Cuevas, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico; Gayosso Francisco Villa, Leon, Mexico; Gayosso Lomas Memorial, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico; Gayosso Lopez Mateos, Leon, Mexico; Gayosso Lopez Mateos, Mexicali, Mexico; Gayosso Madero, Mexicali, Mexico; Gayosso Morelia, Morelia, Mexico; Gayosso Periferico, Torreon, Mexico; Gayosso Reynosa, Reynosa, Mexico; Gayosso Santa Gema, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico; Gayosso Santa Monica, Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico; Gayosso Sullivan, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico; Jardines Del Tiempo, Irapuato, Mexico; Mausoleos del Angel, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico; Valle De La Luz, Acapulco, Mexico)
 
H.E. Turner & Co., Inc., Batavia, New York (H.E. Turner & Co., Inc., Bergen New York; Bohm-Calarco-Smith Funeral Home, Batavia, New York; Gilmartin Funeral Home, Batavia, New York; Burdett & Sanford Funeral Home, Oakfield, New York; Marley Funeral Home, Attica, New York; Robinson and Hackemer Funeral Home, Warsaw, New York; Eaton-Watson Funeral Home, Perry, New York)
 
Hantge-McBride-Hughes Funeral Chapel, Hutchinson, Minnesota
Harry J. Will Funeral Homes, Livonia, Michigan (Harry J. Will Funeral Homes, Wayne, Michigan; Harry J. Will Funeral Homes, Redford, Michigan)
 
Heath Funeral Chapel & Crematory, Lakeland, Florida
 
Hightower Family Funeral Homes, Carrollton, Georgia (Hightower Family Funeral Homes, Bremen, Georgia; Hightower Family Funeral Homes, Douglasville, Georgia)
 
Hill Funeral Home, Grand Blanc, Michigan (Brown Funeral Home, Grand Blanc, Michigan; Reigle Funeral Home, Flushing, Michigan)
 
Holman-Howe Funeral Homes, Lebanon, Missouri (Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home, Camdenton, Missouri)
 
Howard K. Hill Funeral Services, New Haven, Connecticut (Howard K. Hill Funeral Services, Bloomfield, Connecticut; Howard K. Hill Funeral Services, Hartford, Connecticut)
 
Hughes Family Tribute Center, Dallas, Texas
 
J. García López Grupo Funerario Casa Prim, Mexico City, Mexico
 
Jardim da Saudade Assistencia, Curitiba, Parana, Brazil
 
Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
 
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home & Crematory, Statesboro, Georgia (Thompson Strickland Waters, Joiner Anderson Chapel, Sylvania, Georgia)
 
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; Sigler Funeral Home, Lucedale, Mississippi)
 
Jones-Wynn Funeral Homes & Crematory, Villa Rica, Georgia (Jones-Wynn Funeral Homes & Crematory, Douglasville, Georgia)
 
Kaul Funeral Home, Clinton Township, Michigan (Kaul Funeral Home, Roseville, Michigan; Kaul Funeral Home, St. Clair Shores, Michigan; Edward Swanson & Son Funeral Home, Madison Heights, Michigan)
 
Kemp Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Southfield, Michigan
 
Kerrville Funeral Home, Kerrville, Texas (Kimble Funeral Home, Junction, Texas; Krestridge Funeral Home, Levelland)
 
La Ascension S.A., Bogota, Colombia
 
Lakeshore Memorial Services, Holland Michigan (Ever Rest Funeral Home and Chapel, Muskegon, Michigan)
 
Lakeside Memorial Funeral Home, Inc., Hamburg, New York (Lakeside Memorial Funeral Home, Inc., West Seneca, New York)
 
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)
 
Lindley Funeral Homes, Chillicothe, Missouri (Lindley Funeral Homes, Braymer, Missouri; Lindley Funeral Homes, Hale, Missouri; Lindley Funeral Homes, Tina, Missouri; Lindley Funeral Homes, Laredo, Missouri)
 
Linnemann Funeral Homes and Cremation Center, Erlanger, Kentucky (Linnemann Funeral Homes and Cremation Center, Burlington, Kentucky)
 
Macz Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Centralia, Illinois (Macz Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Sandoval, Illinois; Macz Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Patoka, Illinois; Macz Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Odin, Illinois)
 
Martin Funeral Home, Mount Morris, Michigan (Detroit Cremation Society, Grand Blanc, Michigan)
 
The McDougald Funeral Home, Anderson, South Carolina
 
Memorial Funeral Home, Edinburg, Texas
 
Memorial Funeral Home, San Juan, Texas
 
Memorial Vera Cruz, Paso Fundo, RS, Brazil
 
Merkle Funeral Service, North Monroe, Monroe, Michigan (Merkle Funeral Service, South Monroe,
 
Monroe, Michigan; Merkle Funeral Service, Erie, Michigan; Merkle Funeral Service, Dundee, Michigan; Merkle Funeral Service, Romulus, Michigan)
 
Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory, Edenton, North Carolina (Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory, Hertford, North Carolina; Miller & Van Essendelft Funeral Homes & Crematory, Gatesville, North Carolina)
 
Milward Funeral Directors – Broadway, Lexington, Kentucky (Milward Funeral Directors – Southland, Lexington, Kentucky; Milward Funeral Directors – Man ‘O War, Lexington, Kentucky)
 
Mitchell Family Cremations & Funerals, Inc., Albion, New York (Cooper Funeral Home, Medina, New York; Bates, Wallace & Heath Funeral Home, Middleport, New York; Sherrie Bream/Kenneth Sherrie Bream Funeral Home, Gasport, New York)
 
Mitchell Family Funeral Home, Marshalltown, Iowa
 
Mitchell-Wiedefeld Funeral Home, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland (Mitchell-Wiedefeld Funeral Home, Inc., Timonium, Maryland)
 
Moments Funeral Home, Lucedale, Mississippi (Moments Funeral Home, Leakesville, Mississippi)
 
Monte Vista Funeral Home & Memorial Park, Johnson City, Tennessee
 
Morada da Paz, Parnamirim, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
 
Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, Madison, Indiana
 
Morris-Baker Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Johnson City, Tennessee
 
Muehlig Funeral Chapel, Ann Arbor, Michigan (Hosmer Muehlig Funeral Chapel, Dexter, Michigan)
Mueller Memorial and Interra Green Burial by Mueller Memorial, St. Paul, Minnesota (Mueller Memorial, White Bear Lake, Minnesota)
 
Myers Mortuaries and Cremation Services, Ogden, Utah (Myers Mortuaries and Cremation Services, Roy, Utah; Myers Mortuaries and Cremation Services, Layton, Utah; Myers Mortuaries and Cremation Services, Brigham City, Utah)
 
New Comer Cremations & Funerals, Depew, New York
 
O’Connell Family Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Ellsworth, Wisconsin (O’Connell Family Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Baldwin, Wisconsin; O’Connell Family Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, River Falls, Wisconsin; O’Connell Family Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Prescott, Wisconsin; O’Connell Family Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Hudson, Wisconsin)
 
Oliverie Funeral Home, Manchester, New Jersey (Oliverie Funeral Home, Jackson, New Jersey)
 
Palmetto Funeral Group, Fort Mill, South Carolina (Palmetto Funeral Group – Bass-Cauthen Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Rock Hill South Carolina; Palmetto Funeral Group – Whitesell Funeral Home, Rock Hill, South Carolina; Palmetto Funeral Group, Indian Land, South Carolina)
 
Patrick T. Lanigan Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Patrick T. Lanigan Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania)
 
Pixley Funeral Home, Rochester, Michigan (Pixley Funeral Home – John Desmond Chapel, Auburn Hills, Michigan; Family Funeral Care, Keego Harbor, Michigan)
 
Pollock-Randall Funeral Home, Port Huron, Michigan (Karrer-Simpson Funeral Home, Port Huron, Michigan; Marysville Funeral Home, Marysville, Michigan)
 
Popp Funeral and Cremation Services, Viroqua, Wisconsin
 
Pray Funeral Home, Charlotte, Michigan
 
Radney Funeral Home, Alexander City, Alabama (Langley Funeral Home, Camp Hill, Alabama)
 
Reeves Fruland & Baskerville Funeral Homes and Crematory, Coal City, Illinois (Reeves Fruland & Baskerville Funeral Homes and Crematory, Gardner, Illinois; Reeves Fruland & Baskerville Funeral Homes and Crematory, Morris, Illinois; Reeves Fruland & Baskerville Funeral Homes and Crematory, Wilmington, Illinois)
 
Resurrection Funeral Home, Clinton Township, Michigan
 
Return Home, Auburn, Washington
 
Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Traverse City, Michigan
 
Robinson Funeral Home – Downtown, Easley, South Carolina (Robinson Funeral Home – Powdersville Road, Easley, South Carolina; Duckett-Robinson Funeral Home, Central, South Carolina)
 
Roller Funeral Homes (Roller Funeral Home, Mountain Home, Arkansas; Roller Funeral Homes, Paris, Arkansas; Roller-Chenal Funeral Home, Little Rock, Arkansas; Roller-Christeson Funeral Home, Harrison, Arkansas; Roller-Citizens Funeral Home, West Memphis, Arkansas; Roller-Citizens, West Helena, Arkansas; Roller-Coffman, Marshall, Arkansas; Roller-Cox Funeral Home, Clarksville, Arkansas; Roller-Daniel Funeral Home, Searcy, 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; Roller Burns Funeral Home, Yellville, Arkansas; Roller-Alcoa Funeral Home, Benton, Arkansas)
 
Sanders Funeral Service, Kingfisher, Oklahoma
 
Schramka Funeral Home, Brookfield, Wisconsin (Schramka Funeral Home, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin; Schramka Funeral Home, Thiensville, Wisconsin)
 
Señoriales Corporación de Servicio, Guatemala
 
Spann Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Dickson, Tennessee (Humphreys County Funeral Home, Waverly, Tennessee)
 
Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes & Crematory, New Castle, Delaware (Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes & Crematory, Newark, Delaware; Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes & Crematory, Delaware City, Delaware; Spicer-Mullikin Funeral Homes & Crematory, Middletown, Delaware)
 
St. Peter Chapels, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
 
Tetrick Funeral Services, Blountville, Tennessee (Oakley-Cook Funeral Home & Crematory, Bristol, Tennessee)
 
Thomas McAfee Funeral Home – Downtown, Greenville, South Carolina (Thomas McAfee Funeral Home – Northwest, Greenville, South Carolina; Thomas McAfee Funeral Home – Southeast, Simpsonville, South Carolina; Gray Mortuary, Pelzer, South Carolina)
 
Twiford Funeral Homes, LLC and Albemarle Crematorium, Elizabeth City, North Carolina (Twiford Funeral Homes, LLC and Albemarle Crematorium, Manteo, North Carolina)
 
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)
 
Watson Thomas Funeral Home and Crematory, Galesburg, Illinois (Thomas Funeral Home and Crematory, Oquawka, Illinois)
 
Wm. Sullivan & Son Funeral Directors, Royal Oak, Michigan (Wm. Sullivan & Son Funeral Directors, Utica, Michigan)
 
Wright Funeral Home, Philippi, West Virginia