During the Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association’s (massfda.org) Funeral Service Appreciation Night, funeral directors and funeral establishments celebrating licensing and business anniversaries were honored. Funeral directors honored for licensing anniversaries:
• 35 years Mary Aveni, Cartmell-Davis Funeral Home, Plymouth; Kathleen Doran Boyle, Acton Funeral Home, Acton; J. Brian McSherry, Dirsa-Morin Funeral Home|Henry-Dirsa Funeral Service, Worcester; and Kim L. Perry, Waring-Sullivan Funeral Homes, Fall River
• 36 yearsHenry C. Boyle III, Boyle Brothers Funeral Home, Framingham
• 40 yearsGeorge Faggas, Faggas Funeral Home, Watertown; Kevin L. Mercadante, Mercadante Funeral Home, Worcester; and John J. Vincent Jr., Cartmell-Davis Funeral Home, Plymouth
• 41 yearsPeter A. Zaksheski, Anthony Memorial|Frank A. Welsh & Sons, Chelsea
• 45 yearsRichard S. Mansfield Jr., Miles Funeral Homes, Holden and Sterling
• 50 years Ralph A. Barile, Barile Family Funeral Homes, Stoneham and Reading; Wayne F.X. Brasco Sr., Brasco & Sons Memorial Chapels, Waltham; Dennis J. Daulton, Dodge Company, Billerica; William R. Duckett, Duckett Funeral Home of J.S. Waterman & Sons, Sudbury; and Kevin M. Lyons, C.R. Lyons & Sons Funeral Directors, Danvers
• 52 yearsCharles F. Oteri, Charles F. Oteri & Son Franklin Funeral Home, Franklin
• 58 years Andrew J. Magni, Andrew J. Magni & Son Funeral Home, Watertown
Funeral establishments honored for business anniversaries:
• 50 years Andrew J. Magni & Son Funeral Home, Watertown
• 60 yearsActon Funeral Home, Acton; and Mercadante Funeral Home, Worcester
• 75 yearsBrasco & Sons Memorial Chapels, Waltham
• 109 yearsCharles F. Oteri & Son Franklin Funeral Home, Franklin
• 125 years Miles Funeral Homes, Holden and Sterling
• 150 years Waring-Sullivan Funeral Homes, Fall River.