NFDA congratulates the 2023 Hall of Excellence inductees:
Copeland Funeral Service, Beaufort, SC
Falco, Caruso & Leonard Funeral Home, Pennsauken, New Jersey (Falco, Caruso & Leonard Funeral Homes, Camden, NJ)
Mercer-Adams Funeral Service, Bethany, Oklahoma
Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, Madison, Indiana (Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, Hannover, IN)
Oliverie Funeral Homes, Manchester, New Jersey (Oliverie Funeral Homes, Jackson, NJ)
Thomas McAfee Funeral Home – Southeast, Simpsonville, South Carolina
Watkins Brothers Funeral Homes, Ososso, Michigan (Watkins Brothers Funeral Homes, Durand, MI; Watkins Brothers Funeral Homes, Perry, MI; Watkins Brothers Funeral Homes, Laingsburg, MI; Watkins Brothers Funeral Homes, Bancroft, MI; Watkins Brothers Funeral Homes, Corunna, MI; Watkins Brothers Funeral Homes, Howell, MI)
Congratulations to those funeral homes that are celebrating a Pursuit of Excellence participation milestone in 2023:
- 15th Pursuit of Excellence Award
- Pedersen Funeral & Cremation, Morris, Minnesota (Starbuck Funeral Home, Starbuck, MN)
- 20th Pursuit of Excellence Award
- Memorial Funeral Home, Edinburg, Texas
- Milward Funeral Directors, Lexington, Kentucky (Milward Funeral Directors – Southland, Lexington, KY; Milward Funeral Directors – Man o’ War Chapel, Lexington, KY)
- Wm. Sullivan and Son Funeral Home, Royal Oak, Michigan (Wm. Sullivan and Son Funeral Home, Utica, MI)
- 25th Pursuit of Excellence Award
- Reynolds Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Traverse City, Michigan
- 35th Pursuit of Excellence Award
- Martin Funeral, Cremation & Tribute Services, Mt. Morris, Michigan
- 40th Pursuit of Excellence Award
- A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors, Troy, Michigan (A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors, Vasu, Rogers & Connell, Troy, MI; A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors, Price Chapel, Troy, MI)
National Funeral Directors Association Hall of Excellence Inductees
* Indicates funeral home is not a current member of NFDA.
Adair Funeral Home, Tucson, AZ (inducted in 2012, 14 years of participation)
A.H. Peters Funeral Home of Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (inducted in 2012, 17 years of participation)
A.J. Desmond & Sons Funeral Directors, Troy, MI (inducted in 2006, 40 years of participation)
Alexander & Royalty Funeral Home, Inc., Harrodsburg, KY (inducted in 2013, 10 years of participation)
A.L. Moore/Grimshaw Mortuary, Phoenix, AZ (inducted in 2006, 12 years of participation)*
Anderson & Sons, Inc., American Fork, UT (inducted in 2019; 10 years of participation)
Arlington Memorial Chapels, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines (inducted in 2020; 13 years of participation)
Arnett & Steele Funeral Home, Inc., Pineville, KY (inducted in 2006, 27 years of participation)
Arrington Funeral Directors, Jackson, Tennessee (inducted 2021, 12 years of participation)
Aspen Mortuaries, Lakewood, CO (inducted in 2009, 13 years of participation)
A.S. Turner & Sons Funeral Directors, Decatur, GA (inducted in 2013, 13 years of participation)
Bailey Funeral Home, Plainville, CT (inducted in 2008, 14 years of participation)
Baird Funeral Home, Troy, OH (inducted in 2011, 22 years of participation)
Ballard-Durand Funeral & Cremation Services, White Plains, NY (inducted in 2018, 10 years of participation)
Bartolomeo & Perotto Funeral Home Inc., Rochester, NY (inducted in 2012, 10 years of participation)
Berardinelli Family Funeral Service, Santa Fe, NM (inducted in 2006, 11 years of participation)
Branch Funeral Home, Smithtown, NY (inducted in 2015, 10 years of participation)
Brandon G. Thompson Funeral Home, Hammond, LA, and Company (inducted in 2020; 13 years of participation)
Brashears Funeral Home, Inc., Huntsville, AR (inducted in 2007, 10 years of participation)
Braun-Everiss-Wagley Funeral Home Adrian, MI (inducted in 2006, 13 years of participation) *
Bring Funeral Home, Inc., Tuscon, AZ (inducted in 2010, 11 years of participation) *
Brunswick Memorial Home, East Brunswick, New Jersey (inducted 2021, 12 years of participation)
Caldwell & Cowan Funeral Home, Inc., Covington, GA (inducted in 2015, 16 years of participation)
Cannon Cleveland Funeral Directors, McDonough, GA (inducted in 2018, 13 years of participation)
Carlson Colonial Funeral Home, El Dorado, KS (inducted in 2006, 10 years of participation)
Carlson Funeral Service, Inc., Rhinelander, WI (inducted in 2013, 13 years of participation)
Carmon Community Funeral Homes, Windsor, CT, and Company (inducted in 2006, 25 years of participation)
Caruth-Hale Funeral Home, Hot Springs, AR (inducted in 2006, 11 years of participation)
Cassaday-Turkle-Christian Funeral & Cremation Service, Alliance, OH (inducted in 2009, 20 years of participation)
Cobb Funeral Home, Blytheville, AR (inducted in 2013, 10 years of participation) *
Copeland Funeral Service, Beaufort, SC (inducted in 2023; 10 years of participation)
Cozean Memorial Chapel & Crematory, Farmington, MO (inducted in 2012, 21 years of participation)
Cozine Memorial Group, Wichita, KS (inducted in 2014, 14 years of participation)
C.R. Lyons & Sons Funeral Directors, Danvers, Massachusetts (inducted in 2022, 11 years of participation)
Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, Newport, VT (inducted in 2007, 11 years of participation)
David C. Brown Funeral Home, Belleville, MI (inducted in 2010, 23 years of participation)
Davis Funeral Home, Nashua, NH (inducted in 2006, 24 years of participation)
DeCarbo Funeral Home, New Castle, PA (inducted in 2006, 10 years of participation)
Deiters Funeral Home and Crematory, Washington, IL (inducted in 2019; 11 years of participation)
DeMoney-Grimes Countryside Park Funeral Home, Columbia City, IN (inducted in 2010, 14 years of participation)
D'Esopo East Hartford Memorial Chapel, East Hartford, CT (inducted in 2010, 20 years of participation)
D'Esopo Funeral Chapel, Wethersfield, CT (inducted in 2010, 20 years of participation)
Dobratz-Hantge Chapel, Hutchinson, MN, and Company (inducted in 2009, 24 years of participation)
Dodd & Reed Funeral Home, Webster Springs, WV (inducted in 2011, 10 years of participation)
Drum Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Conover, NC (inducted in 2006, 21 years of participation)*
Ducro Funeral Services & Crematory, Ashtabula, OH (inducted in 2007, 12 years of participation)
Duksa Family Funeral Homes at Newington Memorial, Newington, CT, and Company (inducted in 2010, 22 years of participation)
Dwayne R. Spence Funeral Home, Canal Winchester, OH, and Company (inducted in 2006, 19 years of participation)
E. Blake Collins Funeral Home, Wilkes Barre, PA (inducted in 2019; 10 years of participation)
Eggers Funeral Home & Crematory, Chesnee, SC (inducted in 2012, 12 years of participation)
Emmanuel Johnson Funeral Home, Philadelphia, PA (inducted in 2018, 10 years of participation)
Evergreen Mortuary, Cemetery & Crematory, Tucson, AZ (inducted in 2006, 34 years of participation)
Falco, Caruso & Leonard Funeral Home, Pennsauken, New Jersey (Falco, Caruso & Leonard Funeral Homes, Camden, NJ) (inducted in 2023; 10 years of participation)
Feeney Funeral Home, Ridgewood, NJ (inducted in 2006, 18 years of participation)
Fellows-Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., Easton, MD (inducted in 2006, 17 years of participation)
French Funeral Homes, Brazil, IN (inducted in 2010, 18 years of participation)
French Mortuary, Albuquerque, NM (inducted in 2010, 13 years of participation)
Funeraria San Vicente S.A., Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia (inducted 2021, 12 years of participation)
Gamble Funeral Service, Inc., Savannah, GA (inducted in 2015, 18 years of participation)
Gardinier Funeral Home, Inc., Franklin, PA (inducted in 2019; 12 years of participation)
Garnand Funeral Home, Inc., Garden City, KS (inducted in 2009, 12 years of participation)
Garnand Funeral Home, Inc., Ulysses, KS (inducted in 2009, 10 years of participation)
Geo. M. Wittich-Lewis Funeral Home, Muscatine, IA (inducted in 2006, 12 years of participation)
Glende-Nilson Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Fergus Falls, MN (inducted in 2014, 10 years of participation)
Gorsline-Runciman Funeral Homes, Lansing, MI, and Company (inducted in 2006, 26 years of participation)
Gunderson Funeral Home, Madison, WI (inducted in 2010, 22 years of participation)
Hanson-Runsvold Funeral Home, Fargo, ND (inducted in 2012, 10 years of participation)
Hawaiian Memorial Park Mortuary, Kaneohe, HI (inducted in 2006, 13 years of participation)*
Heath Funeral Chapel & Crematory, Lakeland, Florida (inducted in 2022, 11 years of participation)
Henderson Funeral Home, Pekin, IL (inducted in 2012, 18 years of participation)
Heritage Funeral Home, Nipawin, SK, Canada (inducted in 2016, 15 years of participation)
Heritage Funeral Home & Crematory, Spokane, WA (inducted in 2012, 13 years of participation)
Higgins-Reardon Funeral Homes, Youngstown, OH (inducted in 2012, 10 years of participation)
Highlands Family Owned Funeral Home, Inc., Louisville, KY (inducted in 2009, 10 years of participation)
Hirsch's West End Chapel, Chicago Heights, IL (inducted in 2006, 17 years of participation)*
Holman-Howe Funeral Home, Lebanon, MO (inducted in 2019; 12 years of participation)
Hooper-Huddleston and Horner Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Cookeville, TN (inducted in 2013, 10 years of participation)
Howard K. Hill Funeral Services, New Haven, CT, and Company (inducted in 2020; 12 years of participation)
Humphrey Funeral Service, Inc., Russellville, AR (inducted in 2010, 10 years of participation)
Hunt-Stellato Funeral Home, Fort Lee, NJ (inducted in 2010, 10 years of participation)
Ippolito-Stellato Funeral Home, Fairfield, NJ (inducted in 2010, 10 years of participation)
Ippolito-Stellato Funeral Home, Lyndhurst, NJ (inducted in 2009, 10 years of participation)
J. J. Duffy Funeral Home, Cumberland, RI (inducted in 2006, 10 years of participation)
Johnson-Hagglund Funeral Home, Litchfield, MN (inducted in 2016, 14 years of participation)
Jones-Wynn Funeral Homes & Crematory, Villa Rica, GA , and Company (inducted in 2012, 21 years of participation)
Joseph Vertin & Sons Funeral Home, Breckenridge, MN (inducted in 2012, 20 years of participation)
Karrer-Simpson Funeral Home, Port Huron, Michigan, and Company (inducted 2021, 11 years of participation)
Kaul Funeral Home, Clinton Township, MI (inducted in 2006, 12 years of participation)
Kaul Funeral Home, Saint Clair Shores, MI (inducted in 2006, 12 years of participation)
Kerrville Funeral Home, Kerrville, TX, and Company (inducted in 2012, 21 years of participation)
Kilpatrick Funeral Homes, West Monroe, LA (inducted in 2013, 16 years of participation)
Kingston & Kemp Funeral Home, Inc., Hamilton, NJ (inducted in 2006, 11 years of participation)
Kirby-Morris Funeral Home, El Dorado, KS (inducted in 2006, 10 years of participation)
K. L. Brown Funeral Home & Cremation Center, Jacksonville, AL (inducted in 2008, 10 years of participation)
Kuhler Funeral Home, Huron, SD (inducted in 2006, 12 years of participation)
Lakeside Memorial Funeral Home, Inc., Hamburg, New York, and Company (inducted 2021, 12 years of participation)
Lawrence T. Miller Funeral Home, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (inducted in 2006, 11 years of participation)
Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service, Iowa City, IA (inducted in 2006, 16 years of participation)
Lentz Funeral Home, Algona, IA (inducted in 2017, 10 years of participation)
Linnemann Family Funeral Homes and Cremation Center, Erlanger, KY (inducted in 2010, 10 years of participation)
Lord & Stephens Funeral Home, Athens, Georgia, and Company (inducted 2021, 12 years of participation)
Lunning Chapel, Inc., Burlington, IA (inducted in 2006, 10 years of participation)
Lynch & Sons Funeral Directors, Clawson, MI (inducted in 2010, 12 years of participation)
Lynch & Sons Funeral Directors, Milford, MI (inducted in 2011, 11 years of participation)
Martin Funeral Cremation & Tribute Services - Mt. Morris, Mount Morris, MI, and Company (inducted in 2006, 35 years of participation)
Mattson Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Forest Lake, MN (inducted in 2012, 10 years of participation)
Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory, Saint Joseph, MO (inducted in 2006, 11 years of participation)*
Mercer-Adams Funeral Service, Bethany, Oklahoma (inducted in 2023; 10 years of participation)
Memorial Funeral Home - Edinburg, Edinburg, TX (inducted in 2013, 20 years of participation)
Memorial Funeral Home, San Juan, TX (inducted in 2010, 21 years of participation)
Mesa View Mortuary Cemetery, Delta, CO (inducted in 2006, 11 years of participation)*
Miller-Jones Mortuary & Crematory, Inc., Hemet, CA (inducted in 2006, 10 years of participation)
Milward Funeral Directors, Lexington, KY, and Company (inducted in 2013, 20 years of participation)
Moloney Funeral Home, Central Islip, NY (inducted in 2006, 17 years of participation) *
Moore Funeral Home, Brazil, IN (inducted in 2009, 13 years of participation)
Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, Madison, Indiana (Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, Hannover, IN) (inducted in 2023; 10 years of participation)
Morrissett Funeral & Cremation Service, North Chesterfield, Virginia (inducted in 2022, 10 years of participation)
Murray Memorial Mortuary, Salt Lake City, UT (inducted in 2013, 12 years of participation)
Myers Mortuary, Ogden, UT, and Company (inducted in 2006, 43 years of participation)
Nardolillo Funeral Home, Inc., Cranston, RI (inducted in 2007, 10 years of participation)
Needham-Storey-Wampner, North Chapel, Marion, IN (inducted in 2006, 10 years of participation)
Ochiltree Funeral Service & Aftercare, Winterset, IA (inducted in 2012, 16 years of participation)
O'Guinn Family Funeral Homes, Clio, MI (inducted in 2006, 15 years of participation)
Olinger Chapel Hill Mortuary & Cemetery, Littleton, CO (inducted in 2009, 11 years of participation)*
Oliverie Funeral Homes, Manchester, New Jersey (Oliverie Funeral Homes, Jackson, NJ) (inducted in 2023; 10 years of participation)
Olson Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Sheboygan, WI (inducted in 2015, 17 years of participation)
Opsahl-Kostel Fuenral Home & Crematory, Yankton, SD (inducted in 2006, 12 years of participation)
Orion C. Pinkerton Funeral Home, Pittsburgh, PA (inducted in 2006, 19 years of participation)*
Patrick T. Lanigan Funeral Home, East Pittsburgh, PA, and Company (inducted in 2006, 27 years of participation)
Pedersen Funeral Home, Morris, MN (inducted in 2018, 15 years of participation)
Pixley Funeral Home, Rochester, MI, and Company (inducted in 2006, 21 years of participation)
Pollock-Randall Funeral Home, Port Huron, MI (inducted in 2006, 12 years of participation)
Pray Funeral Home, Charlotte, MI (inducted in 2006, 34 years of participation)
Preston-Hanley Funeral Homes & Crematory, L.L.C., Pekin, IL (inducted in 2012, 10 years of participation)
Proko Funeral Home, Kenosha, WI (inducted in 2006, 17 years of participation)
Quinn-Fogarty Funeral Home, Flushing, NY (inducted in 2006, 24 years of participation)
Radney Funeral Home, Alexander City, Alabama, and Company (inducted 2021, 12 years of participation)
Ransford Collon Funeral Home, Caro, MI (inducted in 2019; 10 years of participation)
Reeves Funeral Homes, Ltd., Coal City, IL, and company (inducted in 2016, 17 years of participation)
Reynolds-Jonkhoff Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Traverse City, MI (inducted in 2008, 25 years of participation)
Robertaccio Funeral Home, Inc., Patchogue, NY (inducted in 2006, 25 years of participation)
Roller Funeral Home, Mountain Home, Mountain Home, AR, and Company (inducted in 2014, 18 years of participation)
Routsong Funeral Home and Cremation Center, Kettering, OH (inducted in 2012, 13 years of participation)
Sanderson Funeral Home, Carthage, TN (inducted in 2009, 14 years of participation)
Savage-DeMarco Funeral Service, Endicott, NY (inducted in 2018, 10 years of participation)
Schoedinger & Company, Columbus, OH (inducted in 2009, 10 years of participation)
Schrader Funeral Home, Crematory & Family Center, Ballwin, MO (inducted in 2012, 11 years of participation)
Sevier Funeral Home, Chickasha, OK (inducted in 2006, 15 years of participation)
Sharer-Stirling-Skivolocke Funeral Home, Alliance, OH (inducted in 2015, 14 years of participation)
Shaughnessey Banks Funeral Home, Fairfield, CT (inducted in 2017, 10 years of participation)
Smith Funeral & Cremation Service, Maryville, TN (inducted in 2006, 13 years of participation)
Smith-McCracken Funeral Home, Newton, NJ (inducted in 2006, 11 years of participation)
Spencer Family Funeral Home, Athens, MI (inducted in 2011, 14 years of participation)
Staab-Polk Memorial Home and Cremation Services of Central Illinois, Chatham, IL (inducted in 2010, 17 years of participation)
St. Peter Chapels, Quezon City, Philippines, and Company (inducted 2021, 12 years of participation)
Strode Funeral Home, Inc., Stillwater, OK (inducted in 2006, 18 years of participation)
Tetrick Funeral Home, Elizabethton, TN (inducted in 2018, 11 years of participation)
Thomas McAfee Funeral Homes - Downtown, Greenville, SC, and Company (inducted in 2016, 16 years of participation)
Thomas M. Quinn & Sons, Inc., Long Island City, NY (inducted in 2006, 16 years of participation)*
Toland-Herzig Funeral Homes & Crematory, Dover, OH (inducted in 2010, 10 years of participation)
Twiford Funeral Homes, LLC, Elizabeth City, NC (inducted in 2006, 36 years of participation)
Waitt Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Morganville, NJ, and Company (inducted in 2019; 13 years of participation)
Waller Funeral Home, Oxford, MS (inducted in 2011, 12 years of participation)
Wappner Funeral Directors & Crematory, Mansfield, OH (inducted in 2011, 14 years of participation)
Watkins Brothers Funeral Homes and Company, Ososso, Michigan (inducted in 2023; 10 years of participation)
Weeks' Funeral Home, Buckley, WA, and Company (inducted in 2015, 18 years of participation)
Whitaker Funeral Home, Inc., Newberry, SC (inducted in 2012, 10 years of participation)
Wieting Family Funeral Home, Chilton, Wisconsin (inducted 2021, 10 years of participation)
William G. Neal Funeral Homes, Washington, PA (inducted in 2006, 16 years of participation)
Willis-Reynolds Funeral Home, Newton, NC (inducted in 2006, 17 years of participation)*
Wm. Sullivan & Son Funeral Home, Royal Oak, MI and company (inducted in 2012, 20 years of participation)
Wonderly Horvath Hanes Funeral Home and Crematory, Fremont, OH (inducted in 2016, 10 years of participation)
Worlein Funeral Home, Austin, MN (inducted in 2017, 13 years of participation)