In the year 1893, Andrew, a 20 year old Slovak immigrant, came from Kosiće, Slovakia to America to find a better life for himself and his wife (and later, their nine children).

He began the funeral business in 1913, in the old Buckeye Road neighborhood, a business which now covers four generations.

109 years later, the St. John Funeral Home is one of the oldest businesses in Ohio still owned and operated by the same family.

Originally from the Slovak-Hungarian Buckeye Road Community, the St. Johns expanded to Bedford in 1959 and then to Bainbridge Township in Geauga County in 2014.

The generations now operating the business are part of a larger family, the young and the old. No, not all are in the business, but all are very supportive.

This being said, we love our ministry of funeral service. We are fair, honest and transparent. We serve all faiths, ethnicities and races with utmost respect. We wish to be helpful during a significant time of need.