Biography

The Delaware Mortuary Museum is a painstakingly curated collection that has been in the making for nearly a decade.

Jessica grew up in the old Griffith Funeral Home in Rockdale, PA.  From that point, she has had an accute interest in the history of funeral service.  

Chris recieved his B.A. in History from Rowan University and has always had a love of history and educating others.

Chris and Jessica met each other in 2013 and the adventure began!

The first item they found was a 1920's Eckels embalming machine, discovered at a flea market in Philadelphia.  This is where the collection, research, and dedication to saving and preserving funeral history really kicked into high gear.  They continued collecting items little by little until the pandemic hit.  Many area funeral homes started to remodel and throwing away priceless pieces of their firms' history.  Chris and Jessica got word of this and their mission really began.  Traveling throughout the Delaware Valley, through New England, and as far as southern Virgina, they began saving items and converting a portion of their home into a funeral history museum.

Officially opening to visitors in November of 2022, the Delaware Mortuary Museum is not only a collection of random funeral items, it's a depository of 150 years of stories, history, and artifacts nearly lost to neglect, destruction, and indifference.

We hope you can come visit our modest mortuary museum!