J. Kevin Corbett

J. Kevin Corbett, founder and owner of the Taunton Funeral Home which he opened in 1991, has been a licensed embalmer and funeral director for 38 years.

He graduated from the New England Institute of Anatomy Sanitary Science and Funeral Directing and Embalming in 1970. Mr. Corbett served his apprenticeship at the W.C. Goodrich Funeral Home in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Mr. Corbett is a member of the Taunton & Area Chamber of Commerce, the Oakland Grange of Taunton, the Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association, the National Funeral Directors Association and the British Institute of Embalmers.

Mr. Corbett is a 32nd Degree Mason and belongs to many Masonic bodies. He is a member of the King David Lodge A.F.A.M. in Taunton, the Aleppo Shrine, the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, the Taunton Council of Royal and Select Masons, St. Marks Royal Arch Chapter in Taunton, and the Scottish Rite Bodies of South Eastern Massachusetts. He also belongs to the Rose Croix Chapter #79 Order of the Eastern Star in Taunton’ and the Eastern Star Lodge A.F.A.M. in Rehoboth.

Lisa Burton

Lisa Burton has been a Taunton resident all her life. She is a graduate of Bristol-Plymouth Technical High School, class of 96’.

Lisa has worked with the Taunton Funeral Home for 5 years, also serving her apprenticeship here and is now working as an apprentice at the funeral home.

She is attending the New England Institute Mount Ida College in Newton, Massachusetts and expects to graduate this year. She assists Mr. Corbett in all aspects of the Funeral Business.

Lisa and her daughter are currently residing in Taunton.

Rev. Willard H. Whitman

Rev. Willard H. Whitman has been serving with Mr. Kevin Corbett and the Taunton Funeral Home since coming to Taunton in 2001. Mr. Whitman was born and educated in Nova Scotia, Canada. After graduating High School he moved to Ontario where he received his Seminary training and his Ordination into the ministry. Rev. Whitman had pastored churches throughout Ontario for some 36 years before receiving the call to Massachusetts.

While in Ontario, Mr. Whitman received special training in “grief counseling” and served as chairman of his city’s “Hospital Services Spiritual Life and Patient Care Board”, as well as serving as spokesperson for the county’s “Child Abuse Review Team”.

He is presently the pastor of the Assembly of God Church (Liberty Christian Center) on Winthrop Street in Taunton, where he has served for the past 7 years.

Shortly after coming to Taunton, Rev.Whitman began to assist in services at the Taunton Funeral Home. He gradually got more and more involved, until now he is assisting and serving in funerals, grief counseling, and many other areas of the funeral business.

When asked, “Why the funeral business?” his answer is clear: “I love it. It gives me an opportunity to serve the community and to minister to the spiritual needs of family members at a time when they need it most. I also feel that while ministering to their grief, that maybe I can make a difference in someone else’s life; usually someone whom I have never met before.” “I am thankful for the opportunity to serve the Taunton & Area community in this way.”

Heidi Amaral

Heidi Amaral has been a Taunton resident all her life. She is a graduate of Bristol-Plymouth Technical High School, class of 00'.

Heidi has worked at the Taunton Funeral Home for 3 years as office manager. She also assists at funerals and visitations.