About Us

Jonathan DaPonte is a Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer who has been licensed in Vermont and Massachusetts.

Jonathan grew up in the greater Fall River community and was a 2006 graduate of BMC Durfee in Fall River, Massachusetts. After completing high school, he began a career in Military Service, with the Massachusetts Army National Guard. In addition to his National Guard Duties, Jonathan also served on Active Duty, performing Military Funeral Honors; where over 900 honors were performed for our deceased veterans. He was deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in October 2008. His awards include: an Army Achievement Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Iraqi Campaign Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal and a few state awards for various activations. He also has the 10th Mountain Combat Patch and 2 service stripes for 6 years of honorable service.  It was in Iraq where, after the loss of a fellow soldier, the life long decision was made to be in funeral service. After his deployment he began his education, starting at Bristol Community College, and continuing on to the Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service, in Houston Texas, while serving his apprenticeship. In 2011, he obtained his associates degree in Applied Science. Jonathan has worked in the Boston area serving the Jewish Community, and then south coast of Massachusetts where the experience based on volume is unmatched here in Vermont. Jonathan has served all the major faiths and is very well versed in the traditions. Due to his mother and her native language,  Jonathan is fluent in the Portugese language, and is able to conversate in Spanish. "Ele fala Português" and  "el habla Español"

He successfully passed the National Board Examination and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Funeral Examination gaining licensure in Mass in 2011. In 2020, Jonathan began his licensure journey in Vermont and is currently licensed.

Jonathan is married to Alyssa Roy and is the father of Payton Jane Roy, Sawyer Grace DaPonte and Dawson Allen DaPonte. The DaPonte family lives here in Milton and is fully invested in the community. He also has served on the Vermont Funeral Directors Association Board as Vice President.  He is also a member of the Knights of Columbus,  St. John Paul, II Council #10417. Jonathan is dedicated to serving families who have placed their confidence in the Minor Funeral Home and Cremation Center. In his spare time, he enjoys playing hockey and going to the University of Vermont Catamount hockey games. He is a member of the Ice Breakers.  Intersting fact, Jonathan was at West Point, commonly known as The United States Military Academy, during his military career.  

Kaitlin Bigelow is a licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer in Vermont with an Associates Degree in Applied Science, Funeral Service, from Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service. 

Kaitlin grew up right here in Northern Vermont, in the town of Georgia directly next to Milton. She graduated from Bellows Free Academy High School, Saint Albans in 2013. 

She has had a desire to work in funeral service since she was around 15 years old. She was eager to work and got her first job at 14 and spent her late teens to mid-twenties gaining ~12 years of customer service and management experience before being blessed with the opportunity to follow her true calling of funeral service. 

After losing many people close to her, her dream of becoming a funeral director was only strengthened. Her goal and drive for this industry was to treat every person that she is privledged to serve as she would want her own family members taken care of and provide that comfort and peace to their surviving loved ones. 

Her belief is that families entrusting us with their loved one is the utmost privilege and honor we can recieve. She wants the families to be able to feel some of the burden of pressure, stress and grief to be lifted and know that they have someone in their corner to rely on, trust and a shoulder to lean on during some of the most difficult times of their life. 

When Kaitlin isn't at the funeral home, she spends most of her time writing poetry or music. While funeral service is her main passion, music is a very close second and on her days off you might spot her at the local concert venues in or out of state. 

Kaitlin plans to continue to serving the community that she grew up in and loves deeply.

Hannah St. Denis is a current student enrolled in SUNY Canton, working towards her bachelor's degree in the Funeral Service Administration program. In her spare time, she contributes to her academic community by serving as a peer mentor in the academic recovery department at Canton. As vice president of the Canton chapter of the Pi Sigma Eta Mortuary Honor Society, Hannah values upholding professionalism and integrity in funeral services. She believes in compassionate care for those who are grieving in her community.

Beyond her academic and professional commitments, Hannah finds joy in a variety of hobbies. She is an avid reader and video game enthusiast, and she enjoys exploring museums and the natural wonders of the Champlain Valley in her native Vermont. Hannah aspires to carve out a meaningful career in funeral services driven by compassion and a genuine desire to help her community in times of loss and hardship.