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In the late 1960’s, Mr. Vincent Romeo and his own parents by providing
began employment at what was now dignified and affordable funeral and
called The Ruland cremation services to the greater
Funeral Home. Patchogue-Medford area.
E v e n t u a l l y, M r.
Romeo purchased Staff Bios
the firm from the
Ruland family in the David Romeo - Owner
early 1970’s. David R. Romeo is a second generation
Vincent Romeo funeral director, born and raised in
Patchogue, NY. After graduating from
In 1978, Vincent Romeo added to the Patchogue- Medford HS he attended
existing Funeral Home with a formal Hofstra University, and later received
portico for arriving families and a degree in Mortuary Science from
expanded the building to include two Nassau County Community College.
additional chapels highlighted by At an early age, David assisted his
custom stained glass windows. father, the late Vincent Romeo, with
many aspects of the family business.
Vinny Romeo rapidly became a fixture in Like his father, David dedicated himself
the Patchogue community and served to funeral service and obtained his
on the Patchogue-Medford Board of funeral director’s license in 2002.
Education, fostered the Patchogue- Following the passing of his mother,
Medford Youth Soccer League and Antoinette, in 2011; David assumed
helped lay the groundwork for the the ownership of the Ruland Funeral
Nassau-Suffolk Funeral Directors Home and continues their legacy of
Association, which holds an annual caring and compassionate service to
golf outing in his memory. the families of the greater-Patchogue
area.
Mr. Romeo’s sudden and unexpected David is a member of the National
passing in 1994 thrust his wife, Funeral Directors’ Association (NFDA),
Antoinette ‘Toni’ Romeo; and their the New York State Funeral Directors’
sons, Christopher, Vinnie & David, into Association
a more active role in the daily operation (NYSFD), and the
of our firm. In the early 1990’s, Nassau-Suffolk
Antoinette Romeo Funeral Directors
computerized the ‘Association
record-keeping (NSFDA).
processes at the David is actively
funeral home and, involved with many
seeing the desire for local churches and organizations
on-line information, including the Kiwanis Club and the
launched our first Knights of Columbus. Annually, he
website in the late Antoinette Romeo underwrites a scholarship in his
parents name for the benefit of local
1 9 9 0 ’s . P-M High School students, and he
and his wife are proud supporters of
In 2001, David Romeo, proudly joined the ASPCA and the Humane Society.
the firm as a director and worked David currently lives in Patchogue
alongside his mom until her passing
in early 2011.
Today, David Romeo continues the
legacy handed down from C.W. Ruland
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