Our Staff

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Paul Kroeger

Paul Kroeger

Licensed Funeral Director

Paul Patrick Kroeger is a Funeral Director and owner/manager of the funeral home. (He is the fourth generation of the Kroeger family to be engaged in funeral service.) 

Paul is a 1972 graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. He also attended Worsham College of Mortuary Science in Chicago.  


Paul is a member of numerous civic and fraternal organizations. He was a charter member of the Cass County Community Foundation and currently serves on the Board of Directors.

Until recently, Paul hosted for thirty-five years, with co-host and good friend Judy McNarny, the weekly radio interview program, "The Chamber Today", which highlighted activities of the Logansport/Cass County Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the Indiana Society of Chicago, the Columbia Club of Indianapolis and other state and local organizations.

Paul is an active member of All Saints Catholic Church, Logansport. He has served on the Parish Council and All Saints School Board. He is part-time organist at All Saints Catholic Church and Trinity Episcopal Church, as well as substituting at various churches in the area.

After four-years of employment at Amtrak after college (many, many years ago!), he returned to Logansport and the family business in 1976


Jim Crain

Jim Crain

Licensed Funeral Director

Jim Crain is a licensed embalmer and funeral director. He is a graduate of Mid-America College of Mortuary Science and has been with us since 1981. He is married to the former Andrea (Cain) Foreman.

He is our granite monument and memorial design representative for Patten Monument. Jim has been assisting families with their monument selection for more than 30 years.

He is active in a number of community organizations, including the Kiwanis Club. Jim has four children, Samuel, Oliver, Isabelle and Harrison.

Andrea and Jim are members of All Saints Catholic Church

Jim is also a member of the Logan's Landing Board of Directors, the Logansport Noon Kiwanis Club, Indiana Funeral Directors Association. He has been an active participant in downtown Logansport revitalization projects.

As a forty-one-year licensed director at Kroeger Funeral Home, he is widely known in Logansport and the Cass County Community for his expertise in all matters relating to funeral service and embalming. 


Gary Chambers

Gary Chambers

Licensed Funeral Director

Gary Chambers is a licensed Funeral Director who assists us on a part-time basis. He was a full-time Funeral Director with Kroeger Funeral Home until 2002.

Gary is now a ladderman with the Logansport Fire Department. He is also a member of the Clymers Volunteer Fire Department and the Cass County Emergency Management Agency.

He is a member and Past Master of Tipton Masonic Lodge. Gary is married to Glenda and they have two children, Victoria and Benjamin. They are members of Clymers United Methodist Church.


Rev. Ken Smith

Rev. Ken Smith

Funeral and Service Associate

Ken has been our funeral assistant and front door ambassador for many, many years. He is always eager to assist when asked.  Ken is a "retired" pastor, most recently from Hickory Grove Church near Idaville. Since retirement, Ken has been serving various churches in the area as a supply preacher and minister. His wife, Trina, has been an active part of his ministry as well. Ken and Trina hold a special and dear place in our funeral home family. They reside in rural Cass County


Paula Jones

Paula Jones

Service Associate

Paula often greets our guests during visitations and funerals. A member of All Saints Catholic Church, Paula and her husband, Scott, each have had a long association with Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Company. 

Telephone: 1-574-722-6000

Email: 


Susan Cahalan

Susan Cahalan

Chapel Pianist & Soloist

Susan is organist and soloist for our chapel services as well as church funerals, if requested.

Susan is an organist/cantor at All Saints Catholic Church and accompanist for the Logansport Children's Choir. Susan is married to Timothy Cahalan. They are the parents of two adult children, Laura and Sarah.


Andrea Crain

Andrea Crain

Advanced Planning Coordinator


Telephone: 1-574-722-6000

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