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About Us
Our funeral homes are family owned and operated businesses. We are large enough to give our families the same service as the largest funeral homes around, yet we are small enough that each family gets the level of attention and care they deserve.
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Owner/Funeral Director
Robert Bacon was born in Chicago, Illinois and was raised in Elkhart, Indiana and Carol Stream Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. He graduated from Glenbard North High School in 1973. Attended Northern Illinois University and graduated from Vennard College in University Park, Iowa with a B.A. in Bible and pastoral ministries. He then went on to Worsham College of Mortuary Science in Chicago and became a licensed funeral director in 1980.
He married his high school sweetheart, Carol, in 1976. They have 4 children. Joanna is a teacher in Des Moines, Jennifer is a medical transcriptionist at McFarland Clinic in Ames, Jon and Jeff are twins. Jeff is a student at Iowa State University and Jon is a student at Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny.
Rob has served on many boards and committees throughout his career. He has served as Alumni President of Vennard College for 6 years, a member of the Board of Trustees of Vennard College; the Board of Governors of the Iowa Funeral Directors Association for 6 six years.
He is a member of the Nevada Rotary Club, Nevada Community Band Committee, Nevada Variety Show Committee, and just finished a 4-year term om the Maxwell City Council.
Rob is a musician. He toured Europe with the Chicagoland Chorale performing in the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, France and England on his ‘cello. He has performed with the DuPage Symphony Orchestra, the Oskaloosa Chamber Orchestra, and the Ottumwa Symphony Orchestra. He also sings, plays the banjo, piano and is trying to learn the guitar.
Rob has been involved in funeral service since 1978. He worked at Powers Funeral Home in Oskaloosa until 1983 and the moved to Fremont, Iowa where he managed the Fremont Funeral Chapel. In 1989, a partnership was formed and Rob served as President of Harden Funeral Homes, Inc, until moving here in 1997 when he and his wife purchased the Cooper Funeral Home in Maxwell and the Cooper-Ryan Funeral Home in Nevada.
In 2002, Rob and Carol took ownership of the Camelot Theatre in Nevada. The theatre had been closed for almost 2 years. Opening night was a great success with a sellout crowd to see Santa Clause 2. Rob insists that the Camelot is just his hobby, although he does admit that it does take a “few more hours a week than I first thought it would.”
Rob also serves as a lay speaker and has spoken many times at many area churches. He is presently serving as minister of music at Maxwell Methodist Church.
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