{"id":30015,"date":"2017-08-03T14:33:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T18:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/?p=30015"},"modified":"2017-08-03T14:33:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T18:33:14","slug":"expanded-entryway-local-funeral-home-adds-customer-convenience-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2017\/08\/expanded-entryway-local-funeral-home-adds-customer-convenience-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Expanded Entryway At Local Funeral Home Adds To Customer Convenience At Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_30016\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30016\" style=\"width: 949px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-30016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2017\/08\/funeral-home-expands-hc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"949\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2017\/08\/funeral-home-expands-hc.jpg 949w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2017\/08\/funeral-home-expands-hc-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2017\/08\/funeral-home-expands-hc-768x569.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 949px) 100vw, 949px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30016\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Officials attended a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony held to mark the expansion of the entryway and greeting area at Townley &amp; Wheeler Funeral Home in Ballston Lake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\">By Maureen Werther<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Townley &amp; Wheeler Funeral Home, a long-time, family owned and operated business at 21 Midline Road in Ballston Lake, has completed an expansion to its entryway and greeting area. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Director Kathleen Lowes Sanvidge purchased the business and property from brothers Harold and Frank Townley four years ago and recently received her certification from the state as a certified woman-owned business, the only female funeral director in the state to hold this designation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Her decision to expand upon the existing structure was motivated by a desire to add to the comfort of her clients. It is the second expansion Sanvidge has made since purchasing the business and she is planning additional updates and renovations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWe\u2019ve expanded the front porch and added a much-needed covered entryway that people can pull up to in their cars. They can also be sheltered by the roofed-in porch,\u201d said Lowes Sanvidge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><!--more-->Lowes Sanvidge hired local contractor, Schrader and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Co.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Construction Services of Burnt Hills, to do the work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">An open house was held June 24.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Lowes Sanvidge has worked for 25 years as a funeral director, first becoming interested in the profession as a Shenendehowa senior during an internship at Ellis Hospital. While she was there, she had the opportunity to observe people in the funeral industry and see the type of services they perform. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Owning her own business has meant being able to do the work she feels she was meant to be doing, offering compassionate care to clients.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Maureen Werther Townley &amp; Wheeler Funeral Home, a long-time, family owned and operated business at 21 Midline Road in Ballston Lake, has completed an expansion to its entryway and greeting area. Director Kathleen Lowes Sanvidge purchased the business and property from brothers Harold and Frank Townley four years ago and recently received her certification [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":30016,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Expanded Entryway At Local Funeral Home Adds To Customer Convenience At Facility - Saratoga Business Journal<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/saratogabusinessjournal\/2017\/08\/expanded-entryway-local-funeral-home-adds-customer-convenience-facility\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Expanded Entryway At Local Funeral Home Adds To Customer Convenience At Facility - Saratoga Business Journal\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Maureen Werther Townley &amp; Wheeler Funeral Home, a long-time, family owned and operated business at 21 Midline Road in Ballston Lake, has completed an expansion to its entryway and greeting area. 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