Email:
brock@beardsleyfuneralhome.com
Brockton A. Shaffer has been a member of the staff at the Beardsley Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc. since September of 2007, completing his resident internship and becoming a licensed funeral director. In February 2011, Brock became a partner in the corporation.
Brock is a 2002 graduate of Meadville Area High School in Meadville, PA. He also is a 2006 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, graduating Summa Cum Laude with a degree in Music Education. Brock later graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science in 2007 as valedictorian, also receiving the Funeral Service Foundation Scholarship and the Allegheny County Funeral Director Scholarship. Brock was also elected to the Mu Sigma Alpha Fraternal Society by the National Association of Colleges of Mortuary Science in recognition of outstanding Academic Proficiency.
Before moving to the Clearfield area, Brock was employed by the Robert W. Waid Funeral Home in Meadville and Winter Funeral Home in Pittsburgh.
Brock has been privileged to assist in seminars throughout the United States and London to educate other funeral professionals in the art of Embalming. Brock has also held membership with British Society of Embalmers and the American Embalmers Society. Brock was given the opportunity to assist with the fifth edition of the textbook, Embalming: History, Theory and Practice by Robert G. Mayer that used in most mortuary schools.
He is a member of the National Funeral Directors Association as well as the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association and the Clearfield/Jefferson County Funeral Director Association.
Brock is a member of the Clearfield Curwensville Country Club and attends the Hyde Wesleyan Church where he enjoys sharing in music ministry. In his spare time, Brock enjoys being active outdoors and spending time with his wife, Laura, whom he married in July 2023. He also loves spoiling his dog, Sullivan.