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David Carpenter

Jon Carpenter

Jon Carpenter is a native of the Corning area. Coming from a long heritage of funeral directors, Jon grew up in the funeral business. As a child, he lived in what used to be known as the Carpenters Funeral Home in South Corning. He grew up knowing how important it was to serve others and reach out to the community in times of loss.

Jon is a graduate of the Ben Lippen School in Asheville, North Carolina. He attended Toccoa Falls College in Georgia and went on to receive his Mortuary Science Degree at the College of Boca Raton, Florida.

Shortly after receiving his Mortuary Science degree, he returned to the Corning area. He and his brother David purchased Phillips Funeral Home in 1990.

Jon is married and has children. He is a member of the North Baptist Church as well as the Corning Rotary. He is a past President of the Corning Kiwanis Club. Jon serves on the Corning Salvation Army Advisory Board. In Jon’s spare time he enjoys spending time with family, the outdoors, rock climbing and bow hunting.

Why does Jon enjoy being a funeral director? Every day is a new day. It is a time to reach out and to make a difference. Helping people through grief is an extremely gratifying job for me. It is carrying on a family tradition of service to the community.

Stan Swan

Stan Swan is a native of Jasper, New York. He graduated from Alfred State College in Alfred, New York and later from the Simmons School of Mortuary Science in Syracuse, New York.

Stan worked as a broadcaster for Rustcraft Broadcasting and Price Communications which operated WHAM in Rochester and WKBW in Buffalo respectively.

Stan and wife, Sandra owned and operated the Mulholland-Swan Funeral Home in Andover, New York for 20 years before selling the funeral home in 2003. During those years, Stan also served as a sergeant in the corrections division of the Alleghany County Sherriff's office.

Stan began serving families in the Corning area at Phillips Funeral Home in 2007.

Stan is part of the Department of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services in the Disaster Mortuary Operations Response Team, Region 2. He assisted in recovery work at both the Twin Towers disaster in New York City and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in Gulf Port, Mississippi.

Stan and his wife Sandra reside in Newark, New York with their beagle, Sadie.