Our Story
Caring is in our DNA.

Nearly 100 years ago, the first Garrett F. Casey, was born in the City of Waterbury. In order to support his growing family, he worked for the local ambulance company for more than 12 years, caring for others. The first Garrett F. Casey tragically passed away at 42 years old, leaving his wife to raise 8 boys by herself. Five of her sons followed in their father’s footstep working for that ambulance company rising through the ranks becoming; EMT’s and paramedics and even owning their own ambulance service serving the greater Waterbury area. For decades, the Casey family was caring for others when they needed it the most, some on the worst days of their lives encountering medical and life changing emergencies.
In 1996, the matriarch of the family, Dorothy (Ouellette) Casey passed away unexpectedly at her nephews wedding in New Jersey. What the Casey family experienced for the following seven days, following her death, lead them to the funeral industry. They knew then, as they know today, that when someone is confronted with the unexpected passing of a parent or spouse or God forbid, a child, they need to be “cared for” in a very special and personal way, not unlike what they did in their ambulance days.

Together these eight Casey boys, purchased the O’Donnell Funeral Home in Waterbury and 10 years after that the O’Neill Funeral Home in Oakville and then in 2013 opened the most modern, functional funeral home in the area, Casey’s Eastside Memorial Funeral Home & Cremation Care.
Today, they are proud, honored and privileged to be a leader in providing caring services for those that experience a loss in the greater Waterbury area through their state of the art, caring funeral homes. Homes that specialize in veterans and first responder cases, the home of the “At Peace Cremation Service” and the “Beautiful Farewell” all in a cost effective and “caring” way. After all, its in our DNA!
Our Caring Staff
Meet our staff. Members of the local community make everything that happens possible.
Together, we make this place amazing.

Garrett Casey Jr.
Licensed Director/Manager
Garrett F. Casey Jr. was born in Waterbury, CT and was raised in the Vermont area where he was a graduate of Burlington High School. After graduation in 1992 he returned to Waterbury where he began working in his family-operated ambulance service, Medstar Ambulance. Garrett has a long history of public service experience working as an EMT and 911 Dispatcher/Operator. Before leaving what is now known as AMR ambulance in 1998, he was a supervisor for the regional 911 call center in New Haven.
He is a 2000 honors graduate of Briarwood College where he earned his Associates Degree in Mortuary Science. Garrett currently resides in the East Mountain section of Waterbury with his wife Sherri and two daughters, Madyson and Makayla.
He is a member of the Connecticut and National Funeral Directors Association, The Knights of Columbus, the Wendell Cross PTA. and is a communicant of Saints Peter and Paul Church.

Garrett F. Casey Sr.
Founder
Garrett Sr. is the co-founder of Casey’s Funeral Homes (Casey-O’Donnell, O’Neill and Casey’s Eastside Memorial) beginning in 1998. He is actively involved in all aspects of both funeral homes. Garrett is the former Chief of Staff to the Mayor of the City of Waterbury (2001 – 2013) and prior to that was the Regional CEO for AMR’s New England Division, headquartered in Boston MA. He serves on many community Boards, including St Marys Health Center, HolyLand USA, Harold Leever Regional Cancer Center, Franklin Medical, St. Francis Xavier Parish Council and others. He lives in Waterbury CT.

Richard T. Casey
(Retired) Co-Founder
Richard is the co-founder of Casey’s Funeral Homes (Casey-O’Donnell, O’Neill and Casey’s Eastside Memorial) beginning in 1998. He is actively involved in all aspects of both funeral homes. He is formerly the Manager of AMR’s Waterbury and Springfield MA divisions and is married to Christa (Salisbury) Casey and has three grown children. He resides with his wife in Oakville CT.

Miranda Pilkington
Funeral Director
Miranda Pilkington has been a Connecticut resident her whole life. She graduated from Goodwin University in 2020 with an Associate’s Degree in Funeral Science. Miranda has been with Casey’s since August 2020 when she completed her apprenticeship and then became fully licensed. She resides in Goshen, with her two children Aubree and Jaxson along with her animals, dogs, and horses.

Marc Frigon
Funeral Director

Mrs. Holly Scott
Intern/Apprentice

Joseph "Joe" Geary
Funeral Assistant

James "Jim" Nemec
Funeral Assistant

Judy DiGiovanna
Funeral Assistant

Jermaine Atkinson
Funeral Assistant

Michael Barry
Funeral Assistant

Steve Rice
Funeral Assistant

Mr Peter Delaney
Funeral Assistant

Mr. David Martin
Funeral Assistant

Mr Jack Pickering
Funeral Assistant

Murphy Hawley
Funeral Assistant
Explore Our Locations
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Casey's Eastside Memorial Funeral Home & Cremation Care
Casey's Eastside Memorial Funeral Home & Cremation Care
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1987 East Main St
- Waterbury, CT 06705
- Telephone: (203) 753-1550
- Fax: (203) 573-1744
- Email: [email protected]
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1987 East Main St
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Casey-O'Neill Funeral Home & Cremation Care
Casey-O'Neill Funeral Home & Cremation Care
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742 Main St
- Oakville, CT 06779
- Telephone: (860) 274-3005
- Email: [email protected]
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742 Main St