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      The funeral home was originally Hickey Funeral Home, and was located at 511 Main Street, Milford, which is at the corner of High Street.  Hickey owned a livery stable that rented horses near the bridge over the Little Miami River.  It was in a corner of this barn where he did his embalming.  An interesting event took place one day while Mr. Hickey was asleep on the couch in the front room of the funeral home, a street car derailed and ran into the front of the house; it caused quite a scene.

      George Monroe bought the funeral home from Mr. Hickey in 1931. The first records date back to January 2, 1931.  In August of 1932, George Monroe moved the funeral home to its present location of 741 Center Street, Milford at the five points intersection.  LaRue Copher became a partner of George Monroe in 1960.   The name was changed to Monroe-Copher Funeral Home.  George Monroe died in 1968 and  about the same time John H. Evans and William Noakes joined the funeral home.  William Noakes becomes a partner in 1972 and the name was changed to Monroe-Copher-Noakes Funeral Home.  The name was change to Noakes Funeral Home in 1974 when LaRue Copher died.  John H. Evans (Jack) purchased the funeral home in 1985 when William Noakes retired.  The name was changed to John H. Evans Funeral Home.

      Charles E. Evans son of Jack and Charlotte Evans becomes a licensed funeral director in 1990 after working summers during college.  In 1995, another son Andrew W. Evans joins the funeral home as a licensed funeral director. In 2000, Lewis E. Frith, II joined the firm, followed by Gerald L. Burger in 2003.

History of the building at 741 Center Street, Milford

      The home was built around around 1900 and was occupied as a residence.  Subsequently it was used as a doctor’s office and grocery store.  George Monroe purchased the home in 1932 and converted it into a funeral home.  The building has undergone many changes since it was built.  A wrap around porch on the front of the building was enclosed to make a private sitting room for the family during a visitation.   Later this space was converted to an office.  A garage was added on the rear of the building.  Sometime later it was converted to a casket showroom, then into the existing lounge.   LaRue Copher added a second chapel to the funeral home in 1967.  When additional space was needed a new room was added to the south side of the building in 1991.  This provided space to enlarge the original chapel, add a new casket, vault and urn selection room and expand the office. The facility was completely remodeled and upgraded in 2002. In 2004 the arrangements office was moved to a building adjacent to the main funeral home to provide a private office to meet families and larger selection room for caskets, vaults and urns. This allowed the old selection room to be used for office space for the funeral directors. In 2005 the parking lot was expanded to provide additional parking during services.

History of the building at 1944 State Route 28, Goshen

      In 1994, John H. Evans purchased a house and land, for a funeral home in Goshen, Ohio, to meet the expanding needs of the community.  The original house was expanded to include a chapel, large foyer, sitting room with a fireplace and a lounge.  Other parts of the house were remodeled to suit the needs of the funeral home.  The funeral home officially opened in 1995 as a full service facility.