Norayne McCreery

Licensed Director

Norayne and her family moved to Brecksville in 1949. She grew up next door to her grandparents, Yaro and Estelle, who built their home here in 1932. Her parents, Norman and Jayne, (yes, that is where the name Norayne came from) built their Fitzwater Road home from what had originally been the Nosek family stable. Norayne, at age 14, began working in the family business at the funeral home on East 55th and Broadway. After graduation from Brecksville High School in 1964, she earned her degree from the University of Kentucky in 1968. She returned to Brecksville, completed her funeral director's apprenticeship and became licensed in 1969. She and Dennis were married in 1971 and have two sons, Doug, a mechanical engineer, and Scott, a fifth generation funeral director and embalmer in the family business. Norayne has enjoyed many activities over the years including such things as Scouting, SWARM (a group dedicated to recognizing high school students' achievements), Centaur (a volunteer program to assist handicapped adults and children through horseback riding), the Red Hat Society, the Brecksville-Broadview Heights Alumni Association and CERT (Community Emergency Response Team). If you don't see her out and about at the funeral home, she is probably busy working behind the scenes or in the business office. Her love of all things equestrian (from her grandfather and her mother) continues to this day. She enjoys all of the critters in the backyard of their home (with the exception of the coyotes), swimming, and boating with family and friends.

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Dennis McCreery

Licensed Director and Embalmer

Dennis' ancestors settled in the Brecksville area in the late 1700's. His great great grandfather was the sexton of Brecksville Cemetery. He is a 1960 graduate of Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School, attended Kent State University and graduated 1st in his class from Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1965, where he recieved awards for excellence in embalming and restorative art. He was asked to return to CCMS in 1967 to fill the vacancies of associate instructor of theroretical and applied embalming, sanitation science and to head the restorative art department. During that time he served as Co-director of the Disaster Preparedness Committee, was a co-author of the National Board Examination for embalming and introduced new embalming techniques. Returning to Brecksville, Dennis married his high school sweetheart, Norayne Nosek. They have raised two sons, Douglas who is a mechanical engineer in the pleasure boating industry and Scott who is a licensed embalmer and funeral director and joined the family firm in 1999. Dennis enjoy's boating and fishing on Lake Erie.

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Scott McCreery

Licensed Director and Embalmer

Scott is a 1993 graduate of Brecksville-Broadview Heights High School. He attended Kent State University where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture in 1998. Scott then decided to pursue the family business and attended the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science(CCMS). He graduated from CCMS with honors in 1999. Since graduation he has been working with his family and is now a licensed embalmer and funeral director. He is the fifth generation to join the business and plans to continue his family's caring service for many years to come. Scott's interests outside of work include scuba diving and boating on Lake Erie. He enjoys woodworking and has created two oak fireplace housings that have been added to the funeral home's chapel.

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Katherine McCreery

Licensed Director and Embalmer

Katherine “Katy” was born and raised in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. She graduated from Northern Michigan University with a degree in Microbiology in 1996. After working for a few years for a large medical laboratory, she decided to follow her lifelong calling as a funeral director. She attended the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science where she met her husband Scott. She graduated in 2000 with honors, served her apprenticeship and became an Ohio licensed funeral director and embalmer in 2001.  Katy is truly passionate about all aspects of funeral service and is blessed to be doing what she loves.  Katy has made her home in Brecksville with her husband Scott and their two children. In her spare time, Katy enjoys reading, swimming, hiking in the Metro Parks with their dog, and supporting their children with all their activities in and out of school.

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