With over 80 years of industry expertise, Modetz Funeral Homes has earned a well-deserved reputation of extraordinary services throughout Michigan. With locations in Waterford, Rochester and Orion Township, each facility is following in the fine tradition of the Modetz Family of Funeral Homes. John Modetz can trace his business roots 34 years ago to the late Robert S. Rice, then proprietor of the Fred Wood Funeral Home in Livonia. John sought employment with Mr. Rice, telling the man he, too wanted to be a funeral director. Sixteen years after meeting Mr. Rice, John, along with his wife, Mary, opened their first funeral home with the 1986 purchase of the Potere-Modetz Funeral Home in Downtown Rochester. In 1989, John and Mary, together with longtime employee Timothy R. Simpson, purchased the well-recognized landmark of what would become the Riverside Chapel Simpson-Modetz Funeral Home in Waterford. Just recently, they added an absolutely stunning addition to the Modetz Family of Funeral Homes; the Modetz Funeral Home & Cremation Service-Silverbell Chapel in Orion Township. John Modetz Owner/Director Mary Modetz Owner/Family Service Coordinator Tim Simpson Owner/Director Judy Shindorf Family Service Coordinator Riverside Chapel Terri Williams Family Service Coordinator Potere-Modetz Joanne Erickson-Martincic Director Kathy Geczi Prearrangement Consultant Funeral Planning Center Sandy Purdom Marker Consultant Christopher Modetz Director Lisa Foster Family Service Coordinator Silverbell Chapel