Funeral home renovated

HARRISON TWP., Montgomery County — Baker-Hazel & Snider Funeral Home is completing a six-month addition and renovation on their Philadelphia Drive campus.

The construction was done by GAME Construction which is owned by George Moorman. In 2008 the funeral home extended their services by offering pet cremations through Snider Pet Crematory, located on the same campus.

The new addition has added almost 1,800-square-feet of additional space for visitations, funerals and life celebrations.

The restrooms have also been updated and enlarged.

The funeral home has been in existence at the North Main Street and Philadelphia Drive site since 1954 and is being operated by third-generation owner Rick Snider, who is a grandson-in-law to the Bakers and a son-in-law to the Hazels.

Snider’s daughter Abby, who graduated in 2006 from Vandalia-Butler, will begin working in the business as a funeral director apprentice in the summer of 2010 as the company’s fourth generation.