Our Staff

Jordan Duncan

Owner

As owner of Boone Funeral Home, Jordan pairs his leadership and management experience of over 16 years with a deep understanding of the funeral industry to provide professional services with an individualized touch.

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John F. Maier

Martha E. Maier

Ellen Gonzalez

Funeral Director

Ellen is a 2011 graduate of Mt. Vernon High School. She earned her Associate’s degree from Mid-America College of Funeral Service and her Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from the University of Southern Indiana. She joined our team in April of 2020. Ellen is a member of Living Word Christian Church and the Evansville Delta Gamma Alumnae Group.

Ellen lives in Henderson, KY with her husband, Brock and son, Archer. She enjoys spending time with her family, running, hiking, and baking.

Leslie Subra

Funeral Director

Leslie earned an Associate’s Degree in Funeral Service from Delgado Community College in New Orleans, LA, and she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Anthropology and a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

After working in K-12 education for 18 years, Leslie returned to the funeral industry. She joined our team in November 2021. She enjoys traveling with her family, playing underwater hockey with Evansville Penguins Underwater Hockey, watching her sons’ band performances, and watching her oldest son play ice hockey with Evansville Youth Hockey Association.

Leslie lives in Newburgh, IN, with her husband, Chuck Subra, and their two sons, Smith and Elix.

Eric Ellsperman

Funeral Director

Craig Racster

Funeral Director

Bethany Shipp

Office Manager

As office manager, Bethany manages the daily organization and operation of the front office and serves in a supportive role to the funeral directors and the families they serve.

Bethany is from Indianapolis, IN, and after high school, moved to Tennessee and then Ohio before settling back in Indiana. She earned her Associate’s Degree in Office Administration from Washington State Community College and her Bachelor’s Degree in Management from Ohio Valley University. She has been with Boone Funeral Home since November of 2017. With over 20 years of office experience in various office settings, she thoroughly enjoys working for Boone and loves how every day is rewarding and fulfilling in this unique ministry.

In 2002, Bethany married her college sweetheart, Dan, and they have one son, Eric. She loves spending time with her family, listening to music, singing in church or with family, cooking, and watching movies.

Jill Palmer

Administrative Assistant

As the front office administrative assistant, Jill is often the first face you see when visiting Boone Funeral Home. She joined our team in February of 2023, and with her kind and warm demeanor and ability to juggle all that a front office has to handle, she has been a wonderful addition to our team.

Jill is from Haubstadt, IN, graduated from Gibson Southern High School, and earned her Associate’s Degree in Business Administration from Indiana Business College in 1999.

Jill is married to Israel “Izzy,” and they have three fur babies: Alice, Mila, and Duke. She loves reading, crafting, and spending time with her family and pets.

Kinsey Haviza

Funeral Director Intern

As a Funeral Director Intern, Kinsey shadows and learns directly from our Funeral Directors. She joined our team in October of 2023, and she is on-target to receive her Funeral Director’s License this coming October.

Kinsey is from Newburgh, IN, and graduated from Castle High School in 2013. She earned her Associate’s Degree in Funeral Service from Vincennes University in Spring of 2022.

In her spare time, she enjoys crocheting, reading, and spending time with her cats.

Amelia Rankin

Funeral Director Intern

Roger Seaton

Staff

Roger was born in Evansville, IN, and has lived in Cynthiana, IN, since 1975. He graduated from North High School in 1969 and attended University of Southern Indiana. Roger served in the Indiana National Guard from 1970-1976.

Roger Seaton joined the maintenance team at Boone in 2002 after retiring from United Parcel Service.

Roger is married to Debra. They have four sons, Jeff (Michelle), Chad (Angie), Ryan (Krista), and Chris (Ashley) and nine grandchildren whom they adore. His interests are Auto Racing and Southern Gospel Music, and his favorite pastime is building model cars.

Richard Burek

Staff

Richard has been working at Boone since 2012. His job as a Funeral Professional is to line cars up for the procession to the cemetery and to drive the limo for the family. When not working funerals, he does maintenance around the funeral home.

Richard is a woodworker and has done several projects around the funeral home. He enjoys his work and thinks of his coworkers as one big family. He prays on a daily basis for all the families he serves at Boone.

Richard married to his wonderful wife, Nancy, in 1965. They have three children and six grandchildren.

Barbara Tolley

Staff

Maridawn Wissner Dull

Staff

Sharon James

Staff

Ed Grammer

Staff

Dick Frickey

Staff

Kris Holzmeyer

Chaplain

Kris Holzmeyer grew up in Southwest Indiana and has served churches in Indiana and Tennessee for twenty years.  Kris also serves as a law enforcement chaplain.