Who We Are
We have years of experience caring for families, from all walks of life. Each family comes to us because they know we are leaders in our profession, dedicated to excellence in service, and have the highest integrity.
When we sit down with a family, we have just one goal: to create a fitting, memorable and affordable service for their loved one. Together, we explore the wide variety of services and products available, as well as a wealth of creative ideas and suggestions.
Together, we'll design a memorial or funeral service that suits their needs now, and in the future. Families who come to us know that years from now, they will have deep peace-of-mind because they've done their best to honor their loved one.
Our History
“Neighbors Helping Neighbors”
We opened the doors of our Farmington facility over 30 years ago. Since that time, we have stood firmly rooted in tradition, yet flexible and yielding to the developments in funeral service, and the ebb and flow of popular trends. No matter the year, it has always been our goal to serve our community to the best of our ability – to care for those who come to us as if they were members of our own family.
You can be truly comfortable calling upon us, because you’ll be connecting with neighbors and friends – who recognize the deep pain of loss through professional training tempered by personal experience.
We’ll listen closely to your stories, provide information when we see the need, and help you to arrive at decisions you can be pleased with for years to come.
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Our Valued Staff
Kent Wiles, Owner, Licensed Funeral Director
Kent is a proud native of Farmington. He was born here, and graduated from Mt. Blue High School in 1985. He attended Bentley University, in Waltham Massachusetts, graduating in 1989 with a degree in Business Management. His funeral service education came from Mt. Ida College, in Newton Center, Massachusetts, where he received a degree in Funeral Service Management.
With a strong commitment to Farmington and the surrounding area, Kent serves in many civic organizations. He is the Past President of the Wilton Chamber of Commerce, the Wilton Lions Club, the Farmington Rotary Club, and the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce. Kent is a member of the Wilton Masonic Lodge #156 AF and AM, the Kora Temple Shrine, the Western Mountain Shrine Club, and Member of Farmington BPOE #2430.
His professional affiliations include membership in the National Funeral Directors Association, and the Associated Independent Funeral Homes of Maine, where he currently serves as treasurer.
Kent is married to Susan (Boyce) Wiles, formerly of Kingfield, who serves as a Special Education Teacher at MSAD#36. Together they raise four wonderful children, Kristyn, Thomas, Mitchell and Ashley.
Truly an “outdoorsman”, Kent’s hobbies include deer and bird hunting, snowmobiling, four-wheeling, and skiing. He also loves to travel with his family. Together they enjoy watching baseball and football – most notably the Boston Red Sox, Tamps Bay Rays, and the New England Patriots.
Rhonda A. Wiles-Rosell, Owner, Licensed Funeral Director
Rhonda lives with her family (husband, Kurt Rosell and their son, Adam E. Wiles-Rosell), their Springer spaniel “Luke” and snowshoe cat, “Kiera,” at the Farmington location.
She is a graduate of Mt. Blue High School, Farmington; Boston University, School of Public Communication and New England Institute, in Boston, Massachusetts. She enjoys and supports her community by serving on the volunteer Board of Directors of the Franklin Memorial Hospital Board of Directors as well as the local volunteer hospice coalition. She is a parent volunteer and encourages the sport and music activities of her active teenage son.
She actively supports educational efforts in her community, as well as throughout the State, on end of life care issues, educating others on issues of loss, grief and mourning. She was privileged to present a paper at an International Conference at the University of Bath, England, on Death and Final Disposition. Her paper and presentation, titled, “The Tucking In Time,” was the sole presentation of a licensed funeral service practitioner.
She is currently a facilitator for the Bereaved Parents Support Group at Franklin Memorial Hospital and offers continuing education programs for health care providers, school systems, insurance companies, small businesses, and local churches.
Her personal interests include reading, writing, fishing, boating, collecting antiques, and enjoying time at their camp at Belgrade Lakes.
Eric L. Nelson, Licensed Funeral Director
A proud native of western Maine, Eric was born and raised in the town of Stoneham. He was brought up working in various cemeteries alongside his father, grandfather, great-grandfather and brother digging graves and doing general cemetery maintenance. He attended schools in Lovell and Oxford Hills graduating from Oxford Hills High School in 1994 where he played football, basketball and baseball.
Through middle and high school, he lived with his mother and stepfather, in a family owned funeral home at two of their locations in Mechanic Falls and South Paris. It was there that he learned the work and care involved in the profession and decided to attend a year in the Funeral Service program at Mt. Ida College in Newton Center, Massachusetts. Following that year he returned to Maine to work alongside his father in his cemetery business. In 1997, Eric enrolled in the Mortuary Science program at the State University of New York at Canton earning his associates degree in 1999.
He returned to Maine in 1999, moving to Farmington to serve his apprenticeship with the Wiles family at their family owned and operated business. He became a licensed Funeral Practitioner in 2000 and now lives at the Jay location with his wife, Erin (Specht) Nelson who works in a local bank. They have a young son, Sawyer who was born in July of 2008.
When not working, Eric is hopefully at his family’s camp of over 40 years located on the west side of Aziscohos Lake in Lynchtown Twp. He also enjoys spending time in Stoneham hunting and visiting with his friends. He also enjoys traveling with his wife, particularly to Minnesota (where she is from), and Georgia, where they have some close friends.
