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Certified Celebrants
What is a Celebrant?
A Celebrant is a person who is trained and certified to meet the needs of families during their time of loss. A Celebrant creates a personalized tribute service to reflect the personality and life-style of the deceased.
What does a Certified Celebrant do for the family?
- Our Celebrants have been specifically trained to design a service that is completely personal incorporating those unique stories, songs and experiences that defined the individual.
- Our Celebrants will schedule a special Family Time for those closest to share memories of the loved one's life making the essence of the tribute service based upon the remembrances of the family.
- Our Celebrants have a library of resources available for readings, music, ceremonies and personal touches. The Celebrant will consult with the family to help design a service that best reflects and memorializes the life of their loved one.
- Our Celebrants will collect your family photographs and incorporate them into the service.
Can we use favorite music and poetry?
Our Certified Celebrants will work with you to create a custom tribute that can include favorite music, poetry, scripture, prayer and most anything you can imagine, wish or request.
Our Certified Celebrants on staff:
Kevin M. Bean
Licensed Funeral Director / Certified Celebrant
Kevin Bean is a Berks County native and lifetime resident. As the son of Robert E. Bean, and the late Jacqueline D. Bean, founders of Bean Funeral Homes. After attending Penn State University, Kevin went on to become a 1981 graduate of the Dallas (Texas) Institute of Mortuary Science. He became a licensed funeral director in the state of PA in 1982 and now manages the four Bean locations in Shillington, Reading, Sinking Spring, and Exeter Township. Kevin has two sons and enjoys time with his family and scuba diving in the Florida Keys.
Joe McCullough
Licensed Funeral Director / Certified Celebrant
Originally from Schuylkill County, PA, Joe graduated from Northampton County Area Community College in 1984 with an Associate degree in Funeral Service Education. After completing school, Joe received his PA Funeral Director's license in 1985 and has been with Bean Funeral Homes since 1996. Joe's professional, caring attitude surely shines through when assisting families at all four Bean locations.
Carolina Mayor
Licensed Funeral Director / Certified Celebrant
Carolina is a Licensed Funeral Director. She graduated from Muhlenberg High School in 2012. She went on to attend Northampton Community College, where she received her Associates Degree in Funeral Service Education in 2015.
Amy Landis
Certified Celebrant
Born and raised in Southern California, Amy has lived on the East Coast for over 40 years. For nearly a decade, Amy has been dedicated to her work as a Celebrant, creating Life Celebration services that turn memories and stories into a uniquely personalized tribute. In addition to her Celebrant work, Amy also serves as our Family Care Coordinator, offering support with compassion and understanding. Amy is a longtime resident of Exeter Township where she enjoys the surrounding wildlife, flower gardening and taking care of the home she shares with her husband, Anthony, and their two dogs.
Tyler Stanton
Licensed Funeral Director / Certified Celebrant
Born in Reading and raised in Macungie, PA, now a Berks County resident. Tyler is a 2nd generation Funeral Director and has been involved with funeral service since he was 16, helping his father, Timothy Stanton. Tyler attended Reading Area Community College and is a 2019 graduate of Northampton Community College, achieving a degree in Mortuary Science. Tyler received his Funeral Director's License after serving his internship at Kreamer and Lum Funeral Home, in Jonestown. He then returned to Berks County to be closer to his family. Tyler enjoys working out, cooking, watching sports, and attending the Reading Phillies. Go Fightin' Phils!
