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StaffLicensed Funeral Director / Co-Owner
schrefflerfh@yahoo.com
Bruce Schreffler was born in Kankakee the second of four children in the Schreffler family. Bruce’s youth was filled with the activities common to a young person but he had a strong interest in music and sang in the church youth choir. His love of music would continue into adulthood and his participation in choir moved to the adult choir for a tenure exceeding forty years. Today he shares his enjoyment for classical music with his daughter Amy and on occasion they go into the city to hear the Chicago Symphony.
Bruce’s education included Aroma Park grade school, Kankakee High School class of 61’ and Olivet Nazarene College and finally Worsham College of Mortuary Science. But his real education started at the knee of his father, Bruce recalls always wanting to follow in his father’s footsteps as a funeral director. Of course growing up in a funeral family doesn’t mean you become good at your profession by osmosis. Bruce’s training started with two things, a passion for helping people and the basics—cutting the grass, washing cars, learning the importance of treating every family with undivided attention all under the tutelage of his father. After mortuary school Bruce returned to the funeral home as a director and honed his professional skills. In 1982 at the death of his father Bruce and his wife Susan bought the funeral home from his mother and the next era of care from the Schreffler family started. Today Bruce and Susan work side by side with their two children Sean and Amy, licensed funeral directors in their own right.
Today Bruce is passing on the values of understanding, honesty, fairness and compassion to the third generation of Schreffler care givers. Letting families who have lost a loved one be who they are and allow them time to grieve and say goodbye. Thinking about the death of his own father, Bruce realized the need for their funeral home to provide grief and loss support groups for all the people of the greater Kankakee area.
Even with a full commitment to the funeral home and his professional life, Bruce enjoys being with Susan and dog Grace at the family home in Bourbonnais and finds time to relax playing the piano and organ. He also enjoys traveling and watching sports on TV.
As with everything done at the funeral home Bruce’s goal is to have the Life Story experience help the families he serves move through their grief and come out on the other side healed.
Bruce’s education included Aroma Park grade school, Kankakee High School class of 61’ and Olivet Nazarene College and finally Worsham College of Mortuary Science. But his real education started at the knee of his father, Bruce recalls always wanting to follow in his father’s footsteps as a funeral director. Of course growing up in a funeral family doesn’t mean you become good at your profession by osmosis. Bruce’s training started with two things, a passion for helping people and the basics—cutting the grass, washing cars, learning the importance of treating every family with undivided attention all under the tutelage of his father. After mortuary school Bruce returned to the funeral home as a director and honed his professional skills. In 1982 at the death of his father Bruce and his wife Susan bought the funeral home from his mother and the next era of care from the Schreffler family started. Today Bruce and Susan work side by side with their two children Sean and Amy, licensed funeral directors in their own right.
Today Bruce is passing on the values of understanding, honesty, fairness and compassion to the third generation of Schreffler care givers. Letting families who have lost a loved one be who they are and allow them time to grieve and say goodbye. Thinking about the death of his own father, Bruce realized the need for their funeral home to provide grief and loss support groups for all the people of the greater Kankakee area.
Even with a full commitment to the funeral home and his professional life, Bruce enjoys being with Susan and dog Grace at the family home in Bourbonnais and finds time to relax playing the piano and organ. He also enjoys traveling and watching sports on TV.
As with everything done at the funeral home Bruce’s goal is to have the Life Story experience help the families he serves move through their grief and come out on the other side healed.
