| Donaldson
Funeral Home Continues to Serve the Community for over 75 years
under new ownership.
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The Donaldson Funeral Home,
Inc., located at 100 North Main Street in the Village of Massena,
has been serving families at their most vulnerable time of
need for over 75 years.
Beginning in 1933, Vernon J. Donaldson, joined Lodus Brookhover
at the funeral home at 33 North Main Street. In 1941, he along
with his wife, Evelyn, purchased the home of her grandparents,
converting it to its now established location. Throughout
many years with their sons, David and Gary, longtime dedicated
employee, Bruce P. Bombard, and in the most recent ten years,
Chad W. Green, they have given “Personal, Yet Professional”
funeral service to many.
On January 1, 2010, the tradition of a locally
owned funeral home continues at the Donaldson Funeral Home,
Inc. with the retirement of the Donaldson Family and the sale
of the corporation to Chad W. Green, an employee for the past
10 years. |
About Donaldson Funeral Home
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The
Donaldson Funeral Home is fully handicap accessible and
provides funeral services to all religious and ethnic denominations.
With the one of the largest casket and urn selection rooms
in the North Country, we offer all types of funeral service
options, from traditional burial to cremation; we are sure
to be able to assist you in your funeral service needs.
Our funeral home currently
has two parlors available to our families, an arrangement
area, a full casket,
urn and vault selection room, a clergy room, and a handicap
accessible bathroom on the main floor of the facility.
In addition, we have the availability
to handle visitation and funeral services at the family
home.
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We have been long standing members of the Massena
Chamber of Commerce, St. Lawrence County Funeral Directors Association,
New
York State Funeral Directors Association, and the National
Funeral Directors Association.
Since 1933, the Donaldson Funeral Home has served
families from the Massena, Hogansburg/Akwesasne, Brasher Falls,
Norfolk, Louisville, Raymondville, and Bombay area in Upstate New
York with "Personal, Professional Service."
Meet Our Staff : Chad W. Green
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Chad W. Green, a native of
Potsdam, began his funeral service career in 1998 by enrolling
in the mortuary science program at SUNY Canton. After graduation
in 1999, he served his funeral residency at the Richard H.
Keenan Funeral Home in Fairport, NY. Upon completion of his
residency in 2000, he was hired at the Donaldson Funeral Home,
Inc., where he has continued to work and make relationships
and friendships with the families they have served.
Chad is a member of the Knights of Columbus, St. Andrew’s
Catholic Church in Norwood, where he serves on the parish
council and is a lecturer. His memberships also include the
St. Lawrence County Funeral Directors Association, where he
is currently an officer, the SUNY Canton Mortuary Science
Advisory, as well as the New York State Funeral Directors
Association and its Continuing Education Committee. Chad and
his wife, Catherine Peets of Brasher Falls, live here in the
village and look forward to continuing our professional and
personal relationships that we have gained over the past several
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Chad wants to personally thank the thousands
of families that have entrusted the Donaldson Funeral Home to handle
the services of their loved ones. As the funeral home moves into
the future, Chad, along with Bruce and Jane, looks forward to continuing
the highest standards of “Personal, yet Professional”
funeral service, as a locally owned funeral home, that have been
established from generations past. In addition, he respects the
friendships that have been forged over the past 75 years and is
hopeful to continue with these same friendships as well as make
new ones. Whether you are at a time of need, considering preplanning,
or just want to ask us a question, please give Chad or Bruce a call
at 769-3579.
Meet Our Staff : Bruce P. Bombard
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Bruce P. Bombard, a native
of Raymondville, has been a dedicated employee of the Donaldson
Funeral Home, Inc. for 55 years. His dedication to the profession
and the families that he has served is truly evident in his
professionalism and compassion.
Bruce is also a member of the Knights of Columbus and St.
Mary’s Catholic Church, where serves as an usher and
lecturer.
Bruce will remain as a loyal member of the Donaldson Funeral
Home staff and respected community member.
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Meet Our Staff : Jane M. Tarbell
Jane M. Tarbell, a native of Fort Covington, now
residing in Hogansburg, will continue to serve the families of Hogansburg/Akwesasne
as well as Massena. Jane began her funeral career at Donaldson’s
in 2001 with her funeral residency and then becoming a licensed
funeral director.
The funeral home also employs five additional part-time
employees. |
