Fretthold Funeral Home

Fretthold Funeral Home Our family has been serving our community for over 70 years. We are dedicated to providing compassionate care and personalized services.

We’re here to support your family with respect, dignity, and understanding during life’s most difficult moments. Fretthold Funeral Home is a premier full service funeral home, offering burial services, cremation services, and funeral pre-planning. We provide 24 hour on-call services, and are always available to help in any way we can. Our goal is to provide our families with the support and guidance they need throughout this difficult time. No one likes to think about loss, but it is a part of every person’s life. When you are grieving the loss of a loved one, it can be very hard to plan a funeral. Having a professional and caring funeral home to help you is very important.

Shirley A Lucas, age 89, on December 27, 2025. She was the daughter of the late Henry and Mary Salley. Loving wife of th...
12/30/2025

Shirley A Lucas, age 89, on December 27, 2025. She was the daughter of the late Henry and Mary Salley. Loving wife of the late Andrew Lucas and cherished mother of the late Andrew Lucas, John Lucas, Judith (late Kenneth) Weiland, and Holly Prescott. Grandmother to Marshall, Emily, Chelsea, McKenzie,...

From our family to yours, we wish you a Merry Christmas filled with peace, comfort, and cherished memories. We are honor...
12/25/2025

From our family to yours, we wish you a Merry Christmas filled with peace, comfort, and cherished memories. We are honored to serve our community—today and always. 🎄

Dorothy M. Ostwald (nee Hanes) age 92 of Niagara Falls, December 20, 2025, In Lockport Rebab & Health Care Center. Dorot...
12/21/2025

Dorothy M. Ostwald (nee Hanes) age 92 of Niagara Falls, December 20, 2025, In Lockport Rebab & Health Care Center. Dorothy was the daughter of the late George and Catharine Hanes. She was the wife of the late Richard Ostwald. Beloved mother of Kevin (Rosalie Wittcop) Ostwald, Keith (Christina) Ostwa...

Patricia Carol (Burgasser) Doebler, age 84, beloved wife, mother, “grandmama”, aunt and friend to many, went home to Jes...
12/19/2025

Patricia Carol (Burgasser) Doebler, age 84, beloved wife, mother, “grandmama”, aunt and friend to many, went home to Jesus on December 16, 2025. She was born in North Tonawanda, New York, to the late George and Irma Burgasser.

Pat owned and operated God’s Acres Bible & Bookhouse on Oliver St...

Herbert W. Meissner, age 81, was welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven on December 15, 2025. He was the son of the late He...
12/17/2025

Herbert W. Meissner, age 81, was welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven on December 15, 2025. He was the son of the late Herbert and Esther Meissner. Cherished husband of the late Jan Meissner for 48 loving years. Beloved father of Kelly (Bill) Carney, Katie (Kevin) Gundell, Doug (Angie) Meissner, and ...

Kathleen Ellen Grose (nee Magorien) age 84, of North Tonawanda, passed peacefully, December 11, 2025, in Niagara Hospice...
12/12/2025

Kathleen Ellen Grose (nee Magorien) age 84, of North Tonawanda, passed peacefully, December 11, 2025, in Niagara Hospice House following a short illness. Kathleen loved the outdoors and camping with her family. She also loved attending basket auctions with her best friend Berna. She was loved dearly...

Walter Churpita, age 90, of the Town of Wheatfield, passed away December 9, 2025, following a lengthy illness. Walter wa...
12/10/2025

Walter Churpita, age 90, of the Town of Wheatfield, passed away December 9, 2025, following a lengthy illness. Walter was a Kenmore High graduate in 1954. He joined the U. S. Air Force in 1955 and served in Korea. He was a millwright and repaired machines at Delphi Thermal Systems in Lockport, retir...

12/10/2025

Here's a few of our family' s highlights from 2025! It's hard to believe we're only 3 weeks away from 2026!

12/08/2025

The big tree is up!
We had a few problems this year, but we managed!

First, the wind blew the phone over and we were recording the ground for a few minutes. Oops!

Then we got it all the way up and realized we never plugged in the star! Rookie mistake!

Brought it back down, plugged in the star, hoisted it back up and it looked shorter than usual. We forgot to extend the whole top section!!

Back down it came, and finally, we got it right!

She's a beaut!

Our trees and decorations are up! Leave us a picture in the comments and show us your beautiful trees, please!
12/08/2025

Our trees and decorations are up! Leave us a picture in the comments and show us your beautiful trees, please!

Devin Timothy Scott Kutlak, age 32, of North Tonawanda, passed away suddenly, November 28th, 2025. Devin loved music, hu...
11/30/2025

Devin Timothy Scott Kutlak, age 32, of North Tonawanda, passed away suddenly, November 28th, 2025. Devin loved music, hunting, and fishing. He loved spending time with his father, especially at the camp. Beloved son of Jackie Serrano and Tony (Jeri) Kutlak. Dear grandson of Juan “Tony” (Cheryl) Serr...

11/28/2025

Please help us in wishing Lisa a very happy 40th birthday today!

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1241 Oliver Street
North Tonawanda, NY
14120

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The Fretthold Funeral Home is committed to provide direction, encouragement, give hope and comfort to those in need at the time of loss of a loved one. We fully understand that our future rests upon the quality of service we provide our families, the compassion we extend and the promise to provide dignified funerals in a warm atmosphere of genuine love and concern. Our funeral home was founded with a sincere desire to help those in need with warm and caring personal service, a wide selection of merchandise, and funeral options to fit every budget. The Fretthold Funeral Home stands apart as an independent family owned and operated full service funeral home. The business was founded in 1947 by Carl E. Fretthold Sr. Today the funeral home is operated by his two sons, and 3 of his grandchildren. Carl E. Fretthold Jr. who serves as President and by James P. Fretthold who is the Licensed Manager, Lisa Hansson, Michael Fretthold, and Jenna Fretthold.

We are proud to be the exclusive giver of the Memory Tree in the Tonawandas. The MEMORY Tree: A symbol of Hope and a Living Tribute to your loved one.