Their funeral parlor was located in a small room on South Front Street later moving to 101 North Third Street, where a temporary building was erected to carry on the steadily increasing business.

They quickly outgrew their Third Street location moving to their present location at 1930 Front Street. The new facility was one of the finest funeral homes in Ohio. The building was carefully planned in every detail; arranged as to offer the very finest service possible.

In 1958 the Weller Funeral Home was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. William H. Clifford and renamed the Clifford Funeral Home. Over the years the business continued to prosper as more and more families moved into the area. In 1979 Kenneth & Marlene Shoemaker, Clifford’s son-in-law and daughter, joined the firm and in 1989 the business name was changed to the Clifford-Shoemaker Funeral Home. Recently their son, Steve Shoemaker has come aboard part-time while attending school to begin learning the business.

Today, in this age of corporate mergers and buyouts the Clifford-Shoemaker Funeral Home continues to be family owned and operated under the direction of William H. Clifford and Kenneth R. Shoemaker. The entire staff of dedicated professionals at Clifford-Shoemaker Funeral Home offer all families the same high quality level of caring, professional, affordable service as they did in 1905.