The Staff at Laing Funeral Home Inc.
Our staff are dedicated to the families they serve here in Eden, New York. You can call on us any time of the day if you have any questions on a service we are providing or if you have questions about funeral service.
Gabriel G. Johnson : Owner/President-Licensed Funeral Director/Embalmer and Cremation Specialist- is a native of Chautauqua County and attended Chautauqua Central School. He attended and graduated with honors from Simmons School of Mortuary Science. He was president of Sigma Phi Sigma the fraternal organization associated with funeral directing. . Gabriel joined our family funeral home August 2009 and is a permanent resident of Eden
He is a member of:
• New York State Funeral Directors Association
• Erie-Niagara Funeral Directors Association-Board of Directors-Past President, Past Board of Directors
• Chautauqua County Funeral Directors Association- where he was a past member of the Board of Directors, Past President
• Blue Roses Suicide Grief & Prevention Support Group
• Co-Founder of Northern Chautauqua County’s “Healing Your Heart From Grief Support Group"
• Sigma Phi Sigma
• Eden Chamber of Commerce- Past Board of Directors; Treasurer :First Chairman of the Christmas Share Program
William H. Laing: Licensed Funeral Director-. He is a lifelong Eden resident. He graduated from Eden High School and from Simmons School of Mortuary Science and has been a licensed Funeral Director in New York State since 1978.
Bill is a member of the Eden United Methodist Church, a Life-member and Past Chief of the Eden Volunteer Fire Department No.1, a member of the Erie-Niagara Funeral Directors Association and the New York State Funeral Directors Association. He is a past-trustee of the Eden Cemetery Association, past member of the Eden Chamber of Commerce and the.Eden Community Foundation.
FUNERAL ASSISTANTS
David Cole
Rev. Brent Doyle