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Learn the legacy.
The Trust of Four Generations.
In the beginning there were three Christy Funeral Homes. Three brothers, Daniel, Raymond and Matthias each studied embalming and became funeral directors. It was during the 1890s that they each located their businesses in three different communities: Elmer, Woodstown, and Millville.
The funeral of Sarah W. McLaughlin was held at the Christy Funeral Home on March 28, 1898. She was 37 years old. This was the first funeral service Matthias H. Christy, whose funeral director's license was No. 49, held at his address on Broad Street in Millville. With his first funeral, and those that followed, he founded a family tradition that has continued for four generations and more than 100 years.
Between the years 1930 and 1979, Matthias' son, Paul B. Christy Sr., operated the business under his New Jersey State Funeral Director's license. Paul, along with his wife Thelma, upgraded the Victorian home several times by increasing its size and improving the facilities.
Third generation brothers, Matt H. Christy and Paul B. Christy, Jr., formed a partnership of steadfast commitment to carry on in the caring Christy tradition. Paul, Jr. served local families until June of 1995 when he died. Before his death, and in 1986, Matt and Paul, Jr. expanded and built a new ground-level, handicap accessible, state-of-the-art, modern facility next door to its former location at 11 West Broad Street. A parking lot, ample enough for families to park cars for above the average attended funeral, separates the new funeral home from the former home.
Matt's daughter, Rebecca, received her funeral director's license in October 1999, representing the fourth generation of the Christy family. She worked with her father, as well as longtime trusted employee Salvatore Ilacqua, to continue to provide the community with the longstanding Christy compassion. Upon the passing of Matt in 2020 after more than 60 years of dedication to the City of Millville, Rebecca took over the operations of the funeral home.
In January of 2023, after 125 years of dedicated service to the community, ownership of the Christy Funeral Home was passed from the Christy family to Dennis C. McGee Jr., and Patrick J. Reynolds. Both longtime licensed funeral directors in the South Jersey area, and cousins by marriage, Dennis and Patrick first met in 2004 and worked together for several years. Having remained friends, and then family, since that time, they are honored to continue the years of legacy and tradition that precedes them.