Routsong Funeral Home & Cremation Service

Specialties

Honoring the life of your loved one reflects the unique relationship you shared. We look forward to helping you celebrate that relationship, and honor the individual you’ve lost. You provide the stories and ideas, and we provide the expertise and suggestions that will help you create a fitting and memorable event.

There are so many ways to honor the life of your loved one it can be overwhelming. You can have virtually any type of service anywhere you want. You can mark the celebration with a butterfly or balloon release. You can surround your family and friends with all of your loved ones favorite things. You can have a bagpiper, bugler, harpist or soloist perform; your choices are limited only by your imagination.

That’s where we come in — we help you come to the decisions that will meet your needs and provide you the experience you desire. You’ll need to live with these decisions for a long time; doing the right thing now can make all the difference in your peace-​of-​mind through t

History

Established in 1913.

Sometimes a tragedy can change the entire pattern of a man’s life. That happened during the Dayton flood of 1913 to Carl T. Routsong, then a rural mailman. He stood at a window in the main post office and watched as the floodwaters washed away his horse and buggy. Without them, Carl could not keep his mail route. Fortunately, his brother-​in-​law, George Bradford, who had recently started Bradford and Gustin Funeral Home, was in need of extra help. In 1918, when Mr. Gustin retired, Carl entered into a partnership with George Bradford and the firm was founded. Reorganization in 1952 marked the beginning of Routsong Funeral Home and the rest is history!

Meet the Business Owner

Tommy TR R.

Business Owner

Thomas A. «TR» Routsong, CFSP, is the owner & operator of Routsong Funeral Home, Inc. in Dayton, OH. His funeral service career began at the age of nine doing chores around the funeral home as a prelude to becoming the third generation to take over the business started by his grandfather in 1918. As a result of TR’s leadership and innovative vision, Routsong Funeral Home is known for delivering a unique premium value approach to personalized family care in an aggressive discount market.

Routsong is licensed as a Funeral Director & Embalmer, Cemetery/​Real Estate Broker, and Health/​Life Insurance Agent in Ohio. He holds a degree of Mortuary Science from Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, a BA from Albion College, and is a graduate of the Dayton Chamber CEO Program.

As a member of ICCFA since 1998, Routsong has been a speaker at several ICCFA annual and management conferences as well as NFDA. He is on the Legislative and PAC Committees for the Ohio Funeral Directors Associatio