Our Helpful Staff
Who We Are
Meet our staff. Members of the local community make everything that happens possible.
Together, we make this place amazing.
Amanda Lyons Brinkley
Amanda is a 1989 graduate of Danvers High School. She furthered her education at Salem State College and the Funeral Institute of the North East. A Danvers resident, she has worked in funeral service for more than twenty years. She enjoys spending time at the beach with her family and watching her daughters’ sporting events.
Funeral Director
C.R. Lyons III, CFSP, CCS
C.R. grew up in Danvers and graduated from Saint John’s Prep in 1998. He went on to graduate from both Saint Michael’s College and the Funeral Institute of the North East. He is a member of Saint Mary of the Annunciation Parish and is a past president of the Danvers Kiwanis Club and the Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association. He also teaches in the funeral service program at North Shore Community College. Named a Certified Funeral Service Practitioner by the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice in 2014, C.R. was designated one of the first Certified Cremation Specialists in the United States by the Cremation Association of North America in 2022.
Funeral Director
Kevin M. Lyons
Kevin is a lifelong Danvers resident and a 1969 graduate of Saint John’s Prep. He continued his education at the New England Institute for Funeral Service and has worked in funeral service for more than fifty years. He is a member of the Polish, Russian, Lithuanian, American Citizens Club in Danvers and enjoys snowmobiling and ice fishing at his camp in Maine.
Funeral Director
Ronald Malionek
Ron grew up in Salem and graduated from Essex Aggie in 1977. He worked for several area cemeteries and the City of Salem before becoming a funeral director after graduating from the Funeral Institute of the North East. He lives in Danvers and when not spending free time with his wife, children, and grandchildren, he enjoys working on his historic home, playing guitar, and singing.
