About Us

Mr. C.A. Martin came to Ellwood City to build our first bank, Lawrence Savings and Trust, which is now the PNC Bank downtown. He began the construction of the original mansion located at 500 6th Street, in 1895 and it was completed in 1898. He lived here with his family until his death in 1932. He and his family are buried in historic Locust Grove Cemetery, in Beaver County. (There is no original photo of the original mansion, the photo on the left is Patton Memorial Home.

Following the death of Mr. C.A. Martin, the mansion was purchased by Fordyce (Fred) and Mary Patton to be used by their son, William “Bill” Patton as a funeral home. Patton Memorial Home was established in the mid 1930’s. Bill worked and served the community of Ellwood City, becoming known for taking care of Ellwood City’s war dead from World War II. Due to Bill being classified F-4, as he suffered from childhood polio, he did not serve in World War II. 

Upon returning from World War II, after his service in the Pacific, especially on the Island of Peleliu, Sergeant Kenneth C. Turner used the GI Bill to attend The Cleveland College of Embalming and upon completion of his mortuary science education, he moved back to Ellwood City and was employed by Patton Memorial Home, that was owned by William C. Patton and his Family. 

William ‘Bill” Patton would die, in 1957, and Kenneth C. Turner, Sr. purchased the funeral from the estate of Patton, renaming the funeral home Kenneth C. Turner Funeral Home, in 1958. 

By the 1960’s and 1970’s the funeral home grew due to Mr. Turner’s love for his community, his care and concern for those who called upon him and his love of Ellwood City and their surrounding communities. 

Kenneth C. Turner was a visionary. He made major renovations to the original home and purchased the home next door, so that he could connect the two buildings with a modern large chapel, in 1970, with a state-of-the-art sound system that allowed an organ to be played, for the first time, through the funeral home sound system and its speakers in the chapel, 4 adjacent parlors, and near the office. Turner Funeral Home was also the first funeral home in Ellwood City to have air conditioning. 

By the mid 1970's, The Pennsylvania Funeral Board would only allow a funeral home to be a Sole Proprietorship or Partnership. Neither of these granted or allowed for any type of legal protection, nor the creation of a funeral home as an incorporated body. He saw this as a necessary thing so that he could operate with the protections that corporations had, plus being able to use different allowances of a corporation. For this to occur, he called upon the PA Funeral Board, but at that time state statutes prevented this. Again, as a visionary, he filed a lawsuit against the state board to allow for his funeral home to incorporate. He won that lawsuit, and in fall of 1976, he received the first Funeral Establishment License for a restricted business corporation and along with that, he received his license that reflected his hard work, being the first incorporated funeral home in Pennsylvania, with license No. 1, Turner Funeral Home, Inc. 

By the late 1970’s, 5 funeral directors, and two full time staff members were employed by Kenneth Turner, due to the success and growth along with care and concern by Mr. Turner.

 In 1980, Kenneth C. Turner purchased Myers Funeral Home, in New Castle, PA, renaming it Turner-Myers Funeral Home. Turner-Myers was operated by Jack R. Turner (1955-2025)  from 1980 until 2017, when it ceased operations. Kenneth C. Turner owned his beloved Turner Funeral Home and Turner-Myers Funeral Home until his death, in March 1992.

Between March of 1992 and September 30, 2019, Turner Funeral Home was operated by Kenneth C. Turner, Sr's two sons. Both of Mr. Turner's sons are now retired and of those sons, Jack R. Turner passed away February 1, 2025.

On October 1, 2019, Adam C. Hyde and his wife, Angela S. Hyde completely purchased Turner Funeral Home. They now own and operate Turner Funeral Home, on a daily bases and live above the funeral home with their two children, Hannah (17) and Jackson (14). We are still locally owned and operated by the Hyde Family. 

To reflect the the passage of time and the changes in funeral service, Adam C. Hyde renamed his funeral home to Turner Funeral & Cremation Services and in 2024 we were honored and proud to add our name to this legacy becoming Turner-Hyde Funeral & Cremation Services.

Turner-Hyde Funeral & Cremation Services has been locally owned and operated for over 70 years, serving families with Care, Compassion, and Professionalism as we strive to maintain the highest level of dignity and trust set forth by our founder, Kenneth Clarence Turner (1924-1992), promising to serve your family with the "Highest Level of Service"