Our History

Our History

From left to right:

Marlin Reynolds, Nicholas Reynolds, John Reynolds

It is perhaps a reflection of our rural roots that has made the Reynolds-Love Funeral Home association with the Lexington, Callaway and Overton areas so special. This year will mark the 62nd year in business with many of our families coming from the same rural background. Founder Marlin Reynolds farmed near Seward until age 45 when he made the decision to leave the farm and go to mortuary school in Dallas, Texas. When he graduated, he returned to Nebraska and moved his family to Lexington in 1962. In 1984, son John went back to school, graduating from mortuary school in Dallas in 1986. Grandson Nick attended mortuary college in Denver, Colorado and is now the third generation in the firm.


John Reynolds began his well-deserved retirement in August of 2023. There are now two full-time Funeral Directors in office: Nick Reynolds and Jessica Medrano-Angel. Our part-time employees are Kenny Pitkin, Shari Sheppard, Dave and Sheri Giesbrecht, Sarah Neben, and Steve Tomasek. We are pleased to announce we now have two Preneed Specialists, Sheri Giesbrecht, who joined us in September of 2012. Sheri is available for appointments and questions concerning any preplanning questions you may have. We also have Joel Frickey who is available for pre-need consultations, he joined the firm in 2014.


These are the folks that are the "glue that holds us together". Reynolds-Love is a full-service funeral home. We offer pre-planning, monument sales and the "door is always open" for visiting or questions.

Here at Reynolds-Love, we welcome the opportunity to assist you in any way we can.

Thomas Warner Crow and Aubrey Follis Crow

T. W. Crow and A. F. Crow are pictured here with their first motor driven hearse.

Thomas W. Crow Jr. and Thomas W. Crow III are pictured picking up a new hearse at the Hess and Eisenhardt Co. in 1956.

A picture of T. W. Crow Jr. & T. W. Crow Sr. celebrating family history, Scottsville Sesquicentennial celebration of Allen County.

Three generations of T. W. Crows. T. W. Crow Sr., T. W. Crow III, and T. W. Crow Jr.

As times changed and the building changed so did the employees and the next generation enter the firm, Thomas W. Crow III in 1970 and Hannah Crow Ryan in 1979. They are pictured here with their father Thomas W. Crow Jr. and his staff Phil Smith and Bobby Carter.

the newly renovated timm-reynolds-love funeral home in callaway, Nebraska

the original Reynolds-Love Funeral Home

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