About Us

For 122 years, Boal Funeral Home P.A. has been dedicated to compassionately serving families in the Tri-Towns area, Georges’s Creek area, and surrounding communities as a family-owned and operated full-service funeral home. We strive to serve each and every family member that comes into our care with absolute dignity and respect. Boal Funeral Home offers families two locations; a facility in Westernport, Maryland, and a facility in Barton, Maryland.

Boal Family History

1901 — David & Eliza Boal purchased the business from the late John Dawson of Barton David & Eliza Boal


1901 — David & Eliza Boal founded Boal Funeral Service in Barton, Maryland


1926 — David Boal, a graduate of the National School of Embalming in Pittsburgh, established a business in Westernport, Maryland


1928 — Ellsworth Boal, a graduate of Eckels College of Embalming in Philadelphia, became associated with his father


1937 — Fay Boal Hill, a graduate of Eckels College of Embalming in Philadelphia, was the first female funeral director in the Boal family


1937 — The Boal family purchased the Collins Home on Church Street in Westernport- which is still the main part of the building today


1950 — F. Wayne Boal II (David Boal’sgrandson), a graduate of Eckels College of Embalming, becomes associated with the funeral home


1954  David Smith Boal, founder of Boal Funeral Home, dies at the age of 79


1971 — The Boal’s celebrate 70 years of service by renovating and updating the Westernport funeral home


1978 — F. Wayne “Beaver” Boal III, a graduate of Mortuary Science from Catonsville Community College, becomes the fourth generation funeral director of the Boal family


1997 — The Barton funeral home was newly constructed on land adjacent to the original structure, dedicated to David and Eliza Boal


2001 — The Westernport facility is renovated and a new addition of a chapel is added


2001 — Boal Funeral Home celebrates 100 years of service to the community


2011  Theresa Boal, daughter of F. Wayne “Beaver” Boal III, graduates from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science and will become the fifth generation funeral director and second female in the family


2019 — F. Wayne "Beaver" Boal III retires, putting full ownership of the funeral home to his daughter, Theresa.


Present — Theresa Boal is the owner and operator of Boal Funeral Home.

David & Eliza Boal
Ellsworth Boal
Ellsworth Boal
Ellsworth Boal
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