OUR STAFF

Robert E. Myers purchased the funeral home from Mr. Walter Shaeff in 1978 to form Shaeff-Myers Funeral Home. Originally a funeral director in Philadelphia, he followed in the footsteps of his father and joined the family business. He settled down in Fort Washington with his family and lived there for over forty years. He currently resides in Ambler. He is a past member of Jarrettown United Methodist Church and is currently a member of Supple Presbyterian Church. He is also a member of the Rotary Club of Ambler and the Fort Washington Fire Company. Robert was married to the late Gloria Strack, and together they have one son, Richard, who is a licensed funeral director with our family-owned and operated funeral home.

Richard E. Myers joined the Shaeff-Myers Funeral Home in 1996 after graduating from Northampton County Community College with a degree in Mortuary Service. He was raised in Fort Washington and is a graduate of Upper Dublin High School. Richard is an active member of First Presbyterian Church of Ambler where he serves as both a deacon and the church sexton. He also is an active member of the Rotary Club of Ambler, Ambler Main Street, and the Kiwanis Club of Ambler. Richard serves on the annual Kiwanis Carnival and Fireworks Committee and is responsible for the annual carnival and fireworks that has been held for more than three decades. He also serves as a Fire Policeman with the Fort Washington Fire Company and is a past member of the Wissahickon Fire Company. Richard is also affiliated with the National Funeral Directors Association, Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association, and Montgomery County Funeral Directors Association. Richard is married to Susan, a middle-school teacher in the Upper Dublin School District. Together they have four children: Nicholas, Jack, Ashley, and Thomas.

Thomas R. Myers continues as the fourth generation of the Myers family to serve in the funeral home. Raised at the funeral home in Ambler, he graduated in 2018 from Wissahickon High School and went on to double major in Theology and Business from Eastern University in St. David’s, Pennsylvania. After helping in the operations of the funeral home while in college, he decided to continue in the footsteps of his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather by attending and graduating from Mercer County Community College in 2023 with a degree in funeral service. While completing his funeral service education, he served as Vice-President of Sigma Phi Sigma. He is currently serving his internship with his father at the funeral home and having passed all of his national and state licensing exams, is on track to become a funeral director in May of 2024. Tom is a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Ambler and enjoys hunting, fly fishing, and spending time with family. Tom is eager to carry on the Myers family legacy of caring for the greater Ambler community.