Licensed Staff

All of our licensed directors adhere to the highest standard of ethical practices and are committed to ensuring that all of your needs are attended to. Their commitment to the community and genuine compassion toward families are but a few of the characteristics that make them outstanding in their field. We are proud to have them on our staff.

Walter Cahhoun Jr., CEO / Funeral Director Email: ccfh1884@hotmail.com Office Phone: 201.939.1050 Born in Bayonne, New Jersey Moved to Rutherford June of 1955. Graduate of Horace Mann School, Bayonne - Bayonne Senior High School, and The American Academy/McAllister School, New York City. Frequently attend seminars and classes for continuing education credits in funeral service. Married to the former Mary A. O'Donnell of Bayonne In 1954 1 son: ' Walter R. Calhoun" III of Rutherford 4 daughters: Cathleen Lovett of West Yarmouth, Massachusetts Carol L. Calhoun Dooley of Rutherford Amy Calhoun of Rutherford Beth Calvo of Rutherford 2 Granddaughters & 1 Grandson Employment: 1948-1949 Estimator for Kraft Corrugated Container Co. Bayonne 1949-1955 Employed by the O'Brien Funeral Home Bayonne first as a trainee and then as a licensed funeral director and embalmer. In 1955 he came to Rutherford as a licensed funeral director and embalmer for John T. Collns, Inc. In 1962 Made Vice President of John T. Collins, Inc. and in 1968 Purchased the firm of John T. Collins, Inc. as Pres., owner-manager. Finally in 1975 he changed the firm name to Collins-Calhoun Funeral Home. In 1985 Joined In business by my son Walter R. Calhoun, III, who took on the position of Vice President of Collins-Calhoun Funeral Home Membershlps: First PresbyterIan Church of Rutherford served as Deacon and Elder ' Boiling Spring Lodge•152 F&AM Lebanon Chapter #42 R.A.M Rutherford Volunteer FIre Department Co. #2 since 1956 have Retired Captain and Lieutenant Rutherford Exempt Flreman Ass'n . Rutherford Board of Health from 1974 - 1988 Vice Pres for several yrs. PresIdent sInce 1982 Rutherford CommunIty Blood Bank sInce 1968 Vice-Chairman since 1971 Rutherford Chamber of Commerce - Citizen of the year 1984 Rutherford Rotary Club since 1958 President of the Rutherford Rotary Club 70-71 Paul Harris Fellow (Rotary) 1985 Fortnightly Club of Rutherford Treas. National Selected Morticians Bergen County Funeral Director's Association New Jersey State Funeral Director's Association

Angelo G. Mania,CFSP, Manager Email: angelomania@ymail.com Home Phone: 201.939.1050 Mobile Phone: 201.394.9040 Angelo G. Mania, CFSP, He earned his New Jersey Funeral Directors license in 1975, after graduating from The American Academy McAllister Institute of Mortuary Science, NYC in 1974. Prior to that he attended Bergen Community College and Don Bosco Tech. High School. Presently he is an independent funeral director and operates a Funeral Director Support Services business, offering a full range of professional services to independently owned Funeral Homes. Angelo's experience began with the Volk Funeral Homes, with branches in Teaneck, Bogota, Palisades Park and Oradell. After a short time he was selected to manage the Palisades Park location in 1976, at 26, the youngest non-owner manager in the State of NJ. As a manger, he handled all aspects of the business. During that time was appointed by Mayor and Council to the Free Public Library Board of Pal. Pk. He also served as a Founding Member and Trustee of the Palisades Park Homeowners Association, Past Pres. and Secretary of the Palisades Park UNICO and member of the Palisades Park Knights of Columbus Council 3550 as a third degree Knight. In 1994 he resigned his position as manager. Following his tenure with the Volk firm, he accepted a position for the Ippolito-Stellato Funeral Homes of Lyndhurst and Fairfield, where he was involved in all aspects of the Funeral Home operation. He also assisted in re-designing the layout of the Lyndhurst and Fairfield facility. Following this, he was offered a position from the Mayfair Investment Corp. Wayne, NJ as Vice President of it's Funeral Home Acquisition Division. His role was primarily to develop a merger and acquisition formula that would position itself as a major influence in the new large funeral industry merger craze in early 1990's. In conjunction with this position he also took charge of one of Mayfair's holdings, The Quirk-Lardier Funeral Homes in Englewood, Tenafly and Bergenfield, as Vice Pres, and General Manager. Mayfair found itself it a financial downturn and was forced to close it's funeral home division. At present he persues his own business, AGM Funeral Services, Inc. Angelo is married to Debra (Delle Chiaie) and has two Children, Anthony & Matthew and resides in Pompton Plains. Angelo also holds current memberships in The National Funeral Directors Association, New Jersey State Funeral Directors Association, Bergen County Funeral Directors Association, The British Institute of Embalmers and the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice, The Funeral Directors Ethics Assoc.-Manual of Professional Practice. He also is a private Pilot holding a single and multi engine instrument ratings and is a member of (AOPA)the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. As of April 2010, Walter Calhoun Jr. has placed care and management of daily operations of the Funeral Home to Angelo G. Mania, CFSP (Academy Certified Funeral Service Practitioner )who has been with the Calhoun “Family Of Service” since 1996. As manager of the Collins Calhoun Funeral Home , he applies all his experience to continue to build upon the this 126 year legacy and improve this firms estabilshed position in Rutherford and surrounding communities.