About Us

For more than a century, Parsels Funeral Home has been compassionately servicing the Atlantic County Community. Our first Parsels Funeral Home location was in Pleasantville, NJ, and operated until 1982. In 1960, we opened our Absecon, NJ, location. Except for a brief period, our funeral home has been family-owned and operated, and the Matis family currently runs the business.

Jack Lowenstein, a former owner, spent several decades serving the community as the local funeral director. In the late 1980s, Lowenstein sold the funeral home to a small New Jersey corporation. Later, a large, national corporation took over Parsels Funeral Home in the late 1990s. It remained corporately owned until 2005, when H. Laurence Scott III and his wife, Susan, bought the home from the corporation, bringing it back to its family-owned and operated roots.

‘Larry’ and Sue Scott have been involved with the home since 1989, taking ownership of Parsels Funeral Home in 2005. When Larry took over the management and day-to-day operations, he worked alongside Jack until his retirement in the early 2000s. In August 2010, Larry and Sue Scott retired and proudly sold the home to their daughter and son-in-law, Heather L. and Steven Matis. The Matis family are the current owners and operators of Parsels Funeral Home.

Throughout the business’ storied history, we have been an integral part of the Absecon, NJ, and Atlantic County communities. We strive to support and participate in community events when possible. Heather and Steven Matis are proud to continue the Parsels Funeral Home tradition of providing funeral services with dignity and respect to our local community for years to come.