Bohm-Calarco-Smith Funeral Home

Specialties

A full service funeral home offering traditional funeral and cremation services.

History

Established in 1927.

The Bohm Mortuary was founded by William Bohm, and his son, Clarence. The firm was originally a combination furniture/​undertaking store located on Center Street. As trends changed, the firm moved in 1930, to 308 East Main Street.

Clarence ran the funeral home until his death in 1953 with the help of William Glynn and Vic Powell. Tony Cecere was employed with the firm from 1940 – 1960. After Clarence’s death, William Glynn assumed the manager’s role. During this time, Richard was a student at Cornell University and Robert was serving with the Navy. Dick graduated from Cornell and received his funeral director’s license and remained with the funeral home until Bob’s discharge from the Navy. Bob was licensed in 1957, after which, Dick left for the Priesthood, leaving Bob manager of the business. He remained until H.E. Turner & Co., Inc. Funeral Home, owned by Jim Smith, purchased the firm in 1993, renaming it the Bohm-​Calarco-​Smith Funeral Home.

Meet the Manager

Justin C.

Manager

I was born August 25, 1973, the second of four children to James and Mary (Calarco) Smith.

I graduated from Batavia High School in 1991 and continued my education at SUNY Geneseo. I decided to enter the family business and began working part time for my father in 1992. I graduated from Geneseo in 1995 with a Bachelor Degree in Psychology. I continued my studies at Simmons Institute of Funeral Service, receiving my Associates in Mortuary Science in 1996. I’ve been a licensed funeral director since 1997.

I am married to Elizabeth Allen, a long time Elba resident, on September 15, 2007 and we have two boys, Noah and Nicolas. We currently reside in Elba and attend Padre Pio Parish — St. Cecilia Worship Site, where I am a member of the men’s group as well as the Parish Council. I currently am a member of the Batavia Rotary Club, Stafford Country Club, serve on the board of Genesee Cancer Assistance where I organize the annual 5K run against cancer.