Having grown up in the funeral business, I knew from an early age that compassion was, and is, the key to being with families who are in what probably is the worst time of their lives...the death of a loved one. Beginning in 1921 when my grandfather, John J. Feeney started this business, compassion was the foundation on which this business was built.

I believe that a funeral director should give back to the community he or she lives in. To help my community in any capacity is a way to say "Thank You' for the faith that community members have placed in me. Being involved in community affairs brings me into frequent contact with many people I have served.

I am currently a member with the Ridgewood A.M. Rotary Club, Ridgewood Local Assistance Board, Valley Hospital Clergy Relation Board, and the Ridgewood Stablehands.

I learned from my father and uncle that compassion begins with the initial contact with the family, and continues long after the funeral has ended. The service we extend after the funeral is one of the reasons we have received the National Funeral Directors Pursuit of Excellence Award each year since 1994, and were in ducted into the National Funeral Directors Association 'Hall of Excellence' in 2006. The Hall of Excellence is a great honor. The greatest honor bestowed on us, however, is serving families in their time of need with the compassion that has been our hallmark since 1921.

grew up in Waldwick, NJ, graduating High School in 1995. Wanting to be a funeral director for many years, I attended Mid-America College of Funeral Service, graduating in 1997 second in the class. I am a member of Pi Sigma Eta National Morticians Fraternity, and served a Chaplain in 1996. I graduated Bergen Community College in 2000, and became a licensed funeral director in both New Jersey and New York in 2003.

In 2004, I joined the staff at Feeney’s, and have become quite active in the community. I am an active parishioner at St. Luke’s RC Church in Ho-Ho-Kus, and am an Extraordinary Minister of the Holy Eucharist. I am a member of the Ridgewood Noon Rotary Club, in addition to being in the Bergen County Funeral Directors Association, New Jersey Funeral Directors Association, and the National Funeral Directors Association.

I am proud to be among the first funeral directors in New Jersey to earn the designation of Certified Preneed Consultant (CPC). I am also a Grief Recovery Specialist, able to comfort our families in their time of need and in 2007, I acheived my Certified Funeral Service Practitioner designation (CFSP) with the the Academy of Funeral Service Practice.

I am always honored when a family chooses Feeney Funeral Home to assist them. We are in a caring, dignified and touching profession, and I carry that thought with me everyday. I am grateful to have the opportunity to serve and give to my community.