Timson & Melroy Funeral Home

Timson & Melroy Funeral Home Since 1924 this funeral service has served families from Marion Crawford and Morrow Counties Fri. 10-4 Closed Wed. , Sat., Sun and Major Holidays. H. Mrs.

Effective February 2020, our new OFFICE hours are Mon., Tues., Thurs. As always we are available to help 24 hours a day in the event of the death of a loved one. Hello and welcome to the Timson & Melroy Funeral Home. Since 1924 this funeral service has served families from Marion, Crawford and Morrow Counties with the kind of small town dignity that makes the people who come through our door feel as though they have come to the home of a friend and not just into another business establishment. It is our pledge to help anyone in their time of need regardless of their race, creed, color or financial situation. Again, Welcome to our Home. Mark Melroy

History of the funeral home

In 1916 Homer D. Timson had a dream of some day owning his own funeral business. A native of Caledonia and while still in High School the sixteen year old was encouraged by the local funeral director and physician to attend embalming school and become a funeral director. That summer he enrolled in a six week course at the Columbus School for embalmers and graduated, but could not take the State Board examination until he was 21. When the United States entered World War I Homer joined the army and served in France as an ambulance driver. After his discharge he returned to Columbus and reviewed for his examination and was granted his embalmer's license. In the years that followed he served his apprenticeship under M. Gunder of Marion, founder of the Gunder Hall & Foulk Funeral Directors. In 1924 Homer and his new wife Opal moved to Caledonia where they opened a store front operation on the village square called the Homer D. Timson Undertaking and Furniture Company. In 1926 the Timsons purchased a new Chevrolet Ambulance that would be the first of many that the funeral home would own over the next 50 years as they continued to provide this necessity for the community. In 1927 the funeral business was moved to a newly remodeled home on South Main Street where the business is still located today. This was the second "funeral home" established in Marion County. In February of 1936 Homer Timson died of septicemia contracted while embalming leaving his wife and two children to carry on. Timson was determined to continue the dream. On April 6, 1936 Robert H. Allen came to Caledonia to become the funeral director and embalmer for the Timson Funeral Home. In 1939 Mrs. Timson and Mr. Allen were married and continued to operate the Timson Allen Funeral home until their deaths in April and September of 1980 respectively. In March of 1981 Mark Melroy came to Caledonia to pursue the day to day operations of the funeral home. Mark Melroy is a native of the Tiffin area and moved to Caledonia upon his graduation from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. Since that time he has continued the challenges of operating a small town business by offering a dignified service that continues the practices of Homer & Opal Timson and Robert Allen.

12/27/2025
12/25/2025

Merry Christmas everyone!

Thank you Steve and Renee Snyder for the goodies!!!! ❤️ 💙 💜
12/23/2025

Thank you Steve and Renee Snyder for the goodies!!!! ❤️ 💙 💜

For those wondering what is received when a memorial tree with certificate is ordered from our website for a funeral. Th...
12/22/2025

For those wondering what is received when a memorial tree with certificate is ordered from our website for a funeral. This was sent for Stephen.

A Dog named Melroy.... A special tribute in memory of Mark's son Stephen from Michael King of Dog's for Better Lives.Tha...
12/22/2025

A Dog named Melroy.... A special tribute in memory of Mark's son Stephen from Michael King of Dog's for Better Lives.
Thank you Michael!

Original Message: Hello Mark,
I hope this email finds you well. I know the holidays can bring times of both joy and sadness for many. Stephen was a dear, wonderful friend and to this day I continue to think of him often. I work for a national nonprofit that provides service dogs for people with disabilities. Occasionally, I will have input on the naming of the dogs that are born into our program. We recently had a litter of puppies that were assigned the letter “M”, meaning that each puppy in the litter has a name that begins with M. I requested the name Melroy be used and assigned to a yellow male labrador. Attached is a picture of that puppy. This puppy, Melroy, will some day go on to provide greater safety, independence, and inclusion to a Deaf or hard of hearing adult, a child with an autism spectrum diagnosis, or a help hundreds of people as a facility dog in an educational or healthcare setting. He will be raised by a family in Sacramento, CA who will provide him with the foundation of his service dog journey.

I hope this brings you some comfort this holiday season as the legacy and spirit of Stephen continues to live on.

Sincerely,

Michael King

12/12/2025

Holiday grief looks like
A shining smile around others
discarded at the door
The moment you’re alone,
Followed by tears
That finally allow
The ache to spill out
A pain the likes of which
you’ve never known.

Holiday grief looks like
making Christmas lists
To choose thoughtful gifts
Amidst the disappointment
Of the unanswered “why”?
For the present you can’t give
And the presence you can’t receive
Since that shattering “goodbye”.

Holiday grief looks like
Avoiding certain aisles
Or sobbing at the
Farmers market.
Because you feel them there
And everywhere
And don’t always know
How their loss will greet you
Or where to expect it.

Holiday grief looks like
Singing favorite Christmas songs
But pressing pause on the ones
That hurt too much to hear.
It’s deciding which traditions
To continue on
And which ones can wait until you feel
More up to it another year.

Holiday grief looks like
Decreased bandwidth
And increased irritability,
Questions of “where did that come from?”
And “since when do I feel so angry?”

Holiday grief looks like
Calendars that are full
But a heart both full and empty.
The fight against
The “shoulds” and the expectations
And the desire to honor
Rest and healthy boundaries.

Holiday grief looks like
Shifting roles and
Changing chapters,
Altered landscapes
And acknowledging
the “before” and the “after”

Holiday grief looks like
Unexpected laughs
At a core memory revisited,
So strong in this moment
Their presence so vivid
Their memory
Filling the room and filling your heart
Along with it.

Holiday grief looks like
“They would have loved that”
Or “remember when?”
Reflective and relieved
That you’re able to reminisce
And be filled with joy
At the sound of their name again.

Holiday grief looks like
Sentimental gifts on display,
A thread that connects
Who you were back then
Because of them
To who their love continues
To help make you today.

Holiday grief looks like
A sea of swirling snowflakes
In the landscape of loss,
No two quite the same
With flurrying feelings
And complicated emotions
You can’t quite shake and
You can’t quite name.

Holiday grief will look like
so many things,
A result of navigating
immense love and immense loss
And the pain that tension brings.
But no matter how it looks
This holiday
Please allow it to be seen,
To be given space
Because it’s such a kindness
To ourselves and one another
When we do not look away.

-Liz Newman

12/10/2025

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407 S Main Street
Caledonia, OH
43314

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm

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Hello and welcome to the Timson & Melroy Funeral Home. Since 1924 this funeral service has served families from Marion and Morrow Counties with the kind of small town dignity that makes the people who come through our door feel as though they have come to the home of a friend and not just into another business establishment. It is our pledge to help anyone in their time of need regardless of their race, creed, color or financial situation. Again, Welcome to our Home. Mark Melroy History of the funeral home In 1916 Homer D. Timson had a dream of some day owning his own funeral business. A native of Caledonia and while still in High School the sixteen year old was encouraged by the local funeral director and physician to attend embalming school and become a funeral director. That summer he enrolled in a six week course at the Columbus School for embalmers and graduated, but could not take the State Board examination until he was 21. When the United States entered World War I Homer joined the army and served in France as an ambulance driver. After his discharge he returned to Columbus and reviewed for his examination and was granted his embalmer's license. In the years that followed he served his apprenticeship under M. H. Gunder of Marion, founder of the Gunder Hall & Foulk Funeral Directors. In 1924 Homer and his new wife Opal moved to Caledonia where they opened a store front operation on the village square called the Homer D. Timson Undertaking and Furniture Company. In 1926 the Timsons purchased a new Chevrolet Ambulance that would be the first of many that the funeral home would own over the next 50 years as they continued to provide this necessity for the community. In 1927 the funeral business was moved to a newly remodeled home on South Main Street where the business is still located today. This was the second "funeral home" established in Marion County. In February of 1936 Homer Timson died of septicemia contracted while embalming leaving his wife and two children to carry on. Mrs. Timson was determined to continue the dream. On April 6, 1936 Robert H. Allen came to Caledonia to become the funeral director and embalmer for the Timson Funeral Home. In 1939 Mrs. Timson and Mr. Allen were married and continued to operate the Timson Allen Funeral home until their deaths in April and September of 1980 respectively. In March of 1981 Mark and Diana Melroy came to Caledonia to pursue the day to day operations of the funeral home. The Melroys are natives of the Tiffin area and moved to Caledonia upon Marks graduation from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science. Since that time they have continued the challenges of operating a small town business by offering a dignified service that continues the practices of Homer & Opal Timson and Robert Allen.