Laughlin Cremation & Funeral Tributes

Laughlin Cremation & Funeral Tributes Funeral and Cremation Services Thank you for taking the time to visit our page. Lebanon, Castle Shannon and throughout Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

If you are unfamiliar with Laughlin Cremation & Funeral Tributes, family owned funeral homes & cremation services in Pittsburgh, PA please take the time to learn about us. You will soon learn that we not only help you honor your loved one, but we also provide the support that the grieving family members need. The loss of a loved one is a difficult time and regardless of how strong you are; everyone needs support during this time. As professionals in death care we know exactly what has to be done to get you through the grief process. We treat every family that we serve as if they were apart of our own family. Laughlin Cremation & Funeral Tributes offers the area's premier funeral home and cremation service facility. We provide quality funeral home and cremation services in Pittsburgh, Mt. The thoughtful and experienced professionals at Laughlin Cremation & Funeral Tributes, Inc. are here to support your family and offer compassionate care. We are available 24/7 to assist you with both at-need or pre-need care. Our page is a great informational resource on death care. We explain what is involved in burial, cremation tributes, traditional funerals, green burial and memorial services. Often families are confused about the death care options and can easily be taken advantage of. We pride ourselves on being transparent and discussing all the details involved in our service offerings. If you are here to leave a message of condolence, use our obituaries search feature on our website to find the latest local obituaries near Pittsburgh. You will discover beautiful and respectful online tribute pages where you can leave messages of support for families, share stories and photos, send floral arrangements, and make charitable donations. If you are unable to find specific information that you need, or would like to begin making arrangements at our funeral homes in Pittsburgh, please feel free to Contact Us. One of our funeral directors or support staff will be honored to assist you.

Throughout March, we honor social workers who advocate, support, and guide families with compassion and strength.
03/13/2026

Throughout March, we honor social workers who advocate, support, and guide families with compassion and strength.

03/11/2026

Funeral Director & Mortician Recognition Day

We honor those who serve families with dignity, care, and unwavering compassion.

What Does a Funeral Director Do?When a loved one passes away, we pick up the phone, call a funeral home, and enlist the ...
03/05/2026

What Does a Funeral Director Do?

When a loved one passes away, we pick up the phone, call a funeral home, and enlist the services of a professional funeral director—almost as a matter of instinct. But have you ever stopped to think about what it is the funeral director really does? In some ways, it is not wrong to think of the director in the same way you might think of a wedding planner or a party coordinator: The funeral director’s job is to keep several balls in the air at once, coordinating different vendors, keeping the family calm and informed, and ensuring that the event itself goes off without a hitch.
The difference is that a wedding planner usually has months, even a year or more to make sure the big day is a smash success. A funeral director must ensure a smooth, tasteful funeral service that is in accordance with the family’s wishes—and the funeral director has a very short time in which to do it. The funeral director brings immense organizational skills, then, but also important connections to local vendors: Whether you need floral arrangements, a caterer, a musician, or something else altogether, the funeral director can make it happen, quickly and seamlessly. The funeral director has important practical, legal, and social knowledge—like how best to get the body of the deceased to the funeral home, whether any municipal representative needs to be contacted, and so on. But perhaps the most important role played by the funeral director is communicating with the family members—keeping them informed and walking them through key decisions, all while being mindful of their grief and sensitive to their needs. This alone makes the funeral director’s job key.

We stand with families facing rare diseases, medical journeys, and loss. Today, we honor their strength and love.
02/28/2026

We stand with families facing rare diseases, medical journeys, and loss. Today, we honor their strength and love.

02/26/2026

February is World Cancer Prevention Month
Honoring lives touched by cancer, raising awareness, and encouraging healthy choices for the future. Together, we remember, support, and prevent.

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Our History

Edward B. Laughlin opened the original Laughlin Funeral Home at 1000 Castle Shannon Blvd. on December 8, 1913. Mr. Laughlin established the standard of service we have come to expect with the Laughlin name when in 1917 he served the community through the influenza epidemic. In early 1922, his wooden structure furniture store-funeral home was destroyed by fire. Mr. Laughlin decided to rebuild a funeral home only business at 1008 Castle Shannon Blvd at a time when nearly all viewings were held at the home. Looking to expand, Mr. Laughlin bought into the Tanner-Brown funeral home located at 3310 W. Liberty Avenue in Mt. Lebanon in 1924, and by the end of the year renamed the business Tanner-Laughlin Funeral Home. It wasn’t until the summer of 1926 that both funeral homes took on the name Edward B. Laughlin Funeral Home. Noted for his community service, Mr. Laughlin will forever be remembered for act of kindness when in February of 1926, in a two week period, he assisted the families of 17 miners who were tragically killed in the Mollenauer mine #4 accident. As the South Hills continued to grow in the 40’s and 50’s, so did business. Known for setting the standard in funeral service, Mr. Laughlin decided in 1942 to air-condition both facilities; a rare comfort in those days. As the business increased and as viewings began to be held almost exclusively at the funeral home, Mr. Laughlin needed to expand the size of his facilities with additions to the Mt. Lebanon facility in 1953 and 1958 and a complete refurbishment and expansion of the Castle Shannon facility in 1958. Mr. Laughlin continued to operate the Laughlin Funeral home until his untimely death on December 1st 1963, seven days before he was to celebrate the business’s 50th Anniversary. After his death his son, Edward B Laughlin, Jr, and William C. Malone, who had been with the firm since 1958 carried on the traditions and ran the business until Ed Jr. and his mother, Rose Laughlin sold the funeral homes to Mr. Malone in June 1977. Dick Erny who joined Laughlin’s in 1966 was named supervisor of the Castle Shannon funeral home and Robert Gee who started with Laughlin’s in 1961 was named supervisor of the Mt. Lebanon Funeral Home. During the late 70’s and early 80’s new funeral directors were added to the staff. Pete Santore began with Laughlin’s full time in 1978, Mike Englert in 1981 and Kurt Warmbein in 1983. In February 1988 Mr. Malone retired and sold the funeral home to Pete Santore and Mike Englert. Dick Erny remained supervisor of the Castle Shannon funeral home and Kurt Warmbein was named supervisor of the Mt. Lebanon funeral home. In 1997, realizing the changes facing the industry, Pete & Mike decided to partner with a company that could assist them in continuing the traditions and quality of service Laughlin’s was known for and decided to sell the business to Paul L. Henney, Jr. Then in 2000, Paul’s longtime associate and key employee, Edward F. Latkovic bought into the firm. It was at that time the funeral homes were renamed Laughlin Memorial Chapel and then in 2017 the funeral homes were renamed Laughlin Cremation and Funeral Tributes in an effort to reflect the changes that continue to take place within the industry. The new owners have brought many different ideas to an already successful business and continue to honor the traditions and quality of service that the community has come to expect from the Laughlin name. Over the years many people from Castle Shannon, Dormont, Mt. Lebanon and surrounding areas have worked in one capacity or another for Laughlin’s over nearly 96 years, many of whose names have not been mentioned above, but without whose hard work, long hours and commitment, this funeral home would never have survived.