Center for Transition joins with E.O. Curry Funeral Home in Peekskill. Clients can get all the same services, now at a larger, more convenient location.

 

PEEKSKILL—Edward “Ned” Curry, 3^rd, is pleased to announce that the E.O. Curry Funeral Home has acquired the Center For Transition, a grief counseling and funeral consulting company based in Verplanck. As part of the acquisition, its founder, funeral director and certified grief counselor Michelle E. Carter has become Assistant Manager of the E.O. Curry Funeral Home on North James Street in Peekskill.

 

“We’re very excited to have brought Michelle on board,” Curry said. “We’re happy to be able to add grief counseling to the broad range of services we offer.”

 

The New York Center for Transition was founded by Michelle Carter, LFD, GC-C, a certified grief counselor and funeral director from Verplanck. Services offered include grief counseling before and after a loss, as well as funeral consulting and biography writing assistance.

Carter is a graduate of Hendrick Hudson High School, the University at Albany, and Canyon College, and is a member of the Hendrick Hudson Lions Club. Currently, she is completing her training as a Suicide Prevention Educator through a division of the Harvard School of Public Health.

 

In her funeral consulting role, Carter said she often referred clients to the Curry Funeral Home, so the merger made sense.

 

“When my clients needed a funeral home, I found myself recommending Ned most of the time,” Carter said. “In my experience, the Curry Funeral Home was the easiest to work with, and it’s where I felt my clients got the greatest value and service for their spending dollar.”

 

Like Curry himself,  Carter is a third-generation funeral director. Her grandfather founded the Edward F. Carter funeral homes in Montrose and Croton in 1950. Her father Edward F. Carter Jr. operated the homes until his retirement in 1996, when they were sold to a large conglomerate. Funeral Directing runs in the family, and Carter also has two uncles and several cousins who are, or have been licensed funeral directors.

 

 “Being able to continue my family’s legacy of outstanding service is very important to me,” Carter said. “Because the E.O. Curry Funeral Home is family-owned, I can provide the high level of personal care that people have come to expect from my family, but without having to be accountable to corporate stock holders.”

 

The E.O. Curry funeral home was founded in 1919 by Edward O. Curry Sr.. His son, Edward O. Curry Jr., has worked in the family business as a licensed funeral director since 1937. Ned Curry operates the business now, although his father still maintains an active role in its day-to-day operations.

 

Curry said Carter’s sensitivity to families’ individual preferences and needs, combined with her love for the Peekskill/Cortlandt area made her a perfect fit for the Curry Funeral Home

 

“People will find that Michelle has a great demeanor, and has her finger on the pulse of the newer trends in the industry,” Curry said. “We’re continuing our tradition of excellence, and creating truly unique, personal, and meaningful tributes for those who have died.”

The New York Center for Transition helps individuals and families navigate the journey through some of the hardest and most complicated changes in their lives.

We provide counseling and support to individuals at any stage in the grieving process.

We specialize in those changes which occur when you or a loved one are terminally ill.

NYCFT  provides a wide array of services to help families come to grips with changes, make the most of the time  they have together, and prepare for a changed future. Our services continue for as long as the  family feels they are needed.

The New York Center for Transition  also provide services for those who are coping with the death of a loved one due to suicide, and  individuals coping with the diagnosis of chronic non-life threatening illnesses such as rheumatoid  arthritis and fibromyalgia.