Richeson Funeral Home

Richeson Funeral Home is a funeral home in Troy, Illinois. It serves Troy and the surrounding area, offering traditional funeral services with burial or cremation, cremation services that can include a full service funeral, a memorial service, or something more private, and permanent resting place options for cremated remains. The funeral directors help create personalized services, from tribute videos and keepsakes to live streaming for family and friends who cannot attend in person, and the home also assists veterans in obtaining their benefits and provides a service worthy of a veteran. Grief support and pre-planning options are available as well. The funeral home holds a rating of 3.50 based on 6 reviews.

The home's history in Troy reaches back to 1967, when James D. (Jim) Laughlin worked in partnership with Robert L. Ciuferi at Edwards Funeral Home, providing both ambulance service and funeral service to the community. Jim purchased the funeral home and ambulance service outright in 1968, and in 1973 the name was changed to Laughlin Funeral Home at the request of area residents. Jim and his wife, Rosemary, raised three daughters while living in the upstairs of the funeral home for 20 years. A full renovation in the fall of 2001 added a second chapel, a coffee lounge, arrangement offices and new restroom facilities, along with vinyl siding, fountains, a small pond, landscaping, and a ramp leading to the renovated front porch and entryway. The interior and exterior are handicap accessible.

Guideon Richeson, the owner, grew up in De Soto, Missouri, and began working at Mahn Funeral Home there, handling everything from cutting the grass to embalming and funeral directing, and also served as an emergency medical technician for Mahn Ambulance Service. He earned his degree from Mortuary School in Louisville, Kentucky, and was commissioned a Kentucky Colonel in 1989. His 23-year association with Service Corporation International began at Kriegshauser Mortuary in St. Louis. Negotiations to purchase Laughlin Funeral Home from Jim Laughlin began in the spring of 2007 and concluded on January 11, 2008.

Richeson Funeral Home sits on Edwardsville Rd in Troy, Illinois.