About Us

Daniel D. Purcell Funeral Home has a long standing history of being a Troy family owned and

operated business. Founded in 1926 by Daniel D. Purcell Sr., the funeral home was operated at

450 Fourth Street in Troy. To keep up with his growing increase in funerals each year Mr.

Purcell eventually moved his funeral home to Pawling Avenue and settled into our current

location at 510 Pawling Avenue where the funeral home has been located since 1966 where

Mr. Purcell’s son Daniel Jr. directed the day-to-day business of the funeral home.

In 2001 the business again transitioned into a new generation of Purcell family funeral directors

and Linda Purcell Rinella, granddaughter of the founder took ownership and continued on the

family tradition of funeral service. Linda’s kind and caring manner transitioned the funeral

home into an entirely new realm of funeral care that is noted by many of the families the

funeral home still serves today.

In October of 2020 the Collett family purchased the Daniel D. Purcell Funeral Home. Jeffery and

his son Daniel Collett, second and third generation licensed funeral directors, are the two

directors of the family and are proud to continue operating the funeral home in the “family

owned and operated” style that Daniel D. Purcell Funeral Home families are accustomed to.

Following the Collett’s acquisition of the business, facilities have been updated and some newer

funeral trends have been introduced to the funeral home to better meet today’s funeral family

needs. Jeff and Dan are available all hours of the day to meet with families interested in

prearranging/prefunding funerals as well as immediate need funeral services and pride

themselves on accommodating a family’s scheduling needs in today’s busy world.

In 2021 Daniel D. Purcell Funeral Home became proud provider of Collett Memorials LLC.

Collett Memorials LLC is the Collett Family’s monument design and sales company. Our

monument company is another example of making funeral and cemetery arrangements easier

for families. We offer this to our families in hopes of simplifying the aftercare process for them

in designing and purchasing monuments.