Associates

General Manager

Amanda has been in funeral service since 2006 and describes funeral directing as "a calling" in her life. She takes great pride in fulfilling families' individual needs and helping to create a dignified, personalized tribute. Amanda enjoys spending time with her husband, Chris, and sons, Marcus, Jacob and Zachary.

General Manager

Frederick has been the managing funeral director at the Gillooly Funeral Home in Norwood since 2008. Born and raised in Troy, New York, Frederick's career in funeral service started at 16 years old, when he began working for funeral homes in Troy and Clifton Park. Upon graduation from the Hudson Valley Mortuary Science program, he served his apprenticeship and subsequently earned his New York State funeral director's license in 1996. In 2001, Frederick graduated from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, where he earned his bachelor’s degree in human resource management. In 2004, Frederick moved to Boston, where he began working for J. S. Waterman & Sons Funeral Service. Frederick earned his Massachusetts funeral director's license in 2004. He has a sister, Kristen, and is the proud uncle of Griffin and Ava, all of New York.

Funeral Director

David E. Comeau has been a licensed funeral director and decedent care specialist with Gillooly Funeral Home since 2014. David became a funeral professional out of a desire to help his own family deal with the loss of his niece who passed away from a congenital disease and today treats each family as if they were his own. David graduated from the Funeral Institute of the Northeast in Norwood and served in Worcester and Boston funeral homes before joining the Norwood community.

In his free time David likes to ride his motorcycle and participate in charity rides that benefit children and children's hospitals.

Consultant

William was raised and educated in southern Ohio and moved to the greater Boston area in 1968. He enrolled in the New England Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences, graduating and becoming a licensed funeral director and embalmer in 1971.

After working in the management of a large funeral home in Boston, William decided to establish his own business in Sudbury, Massachusetts, which he operated for 20 years. In 1992 he joined the Waring Family group of funeral homes in Boston and Wellesley. He continued as managing director of the Duckett Funeral Home of J.S. Waterman in Sudbury as well as the MetroWest Funeral and Cremation Service Wadsworth-Chiappini in Framingham.

Active in his community, William lives in Sudbury with his wife and is the father of 9 adult children and has 16 grandchildren.