About Us
Our funeral home has been locally operated and family owned since 1943. The founder of our funeral home, William Patton entered into funeral service in the early 1940's with his funeral home being the former Charles A. Martin Home (1898). Mr. Patton came to be known for his care and deep compassion for his care of those from ELLWOOD CITY and the surrounding areas when they came home as heroes, those who gave the ultimate sacrifice during World War II. Patton would also operate an ambulance service for several years until the mid 1950's. Upon returning from service in the Pacific Theater after World War II, a young man, Kenneth C. Turner came home and used to GI bill to attend the Cleveland College of Embalming, upon graduation he served his apprenticeship in Cleveland, OH and was licensed in Pennsylvania, in 1949, as a Funeral Director. He worked alongside Bill Patton caring for those who called upon them. By the early to mid 1950's, Ken Turner came to manage Patton Memorial Home until the death of Bill Patton, in 1957. Turner then began to pay rent to Patton's father Fred Patton until he felt that Turner was ready to purchase the building and business. Turner founded the Kenneth C. Turner Funeral Home by the late 1950's and became known for his care and compassion serving over 200 families a year through the 1970's and 1980's. He incorporated his business in 1976 and it was renamed Turner Funeral Home, Inc. Both his son, Kenny and Jack Turner entered the business in the mid to late 1970's. They would work with their father until his death, in 1992. Jack and Ken would operate Turner Funeral Home, Inc and Turner-Myers Funeral Home in New Castle until 2017, when Turner-Myers was sold and eventually, in 2019, Turner Funeral Home, Inc was sold to Adam C. Hyde and his wife Angela who now own and operate Turner-Hyde Funeral & Cremation Services. Adam greatly expanded the funeral home offerings upon his purchase to offer Pet Cremation, Cemetery Marker and Monument Sales, along with expanding the cremation offerings to the most comprehensive in Lawrence and Beaver County.