About Us
Our Mission
The mission of the Roland Funeral Home is to serve families of all faiths ~ in Christian love.
Our Philosophy
- We are dedicated to assisting each family by providing a deeply meaningful and personal final tribute for their loved one.
- We are honored to care for each loved one who is entrusted to us.
- It is our hearts' desire to encourage and inspire grief healing through continuing care.
Get Acquainted With the
Warren Roland Family
Co-owner Warren B Roland, son of Roland Funeral Home owner Burdette L. Roland graduated from the University of Minnesota with an associate degree in Mortuary Science in 1966. Warren and Amy Jo Paul were wed at the Little Brown Church in Nashua in 1971. The couple has been blessed with six children. As lobbyists, the Roland family took active part in the pioneering of the revival of home education. In co-operation with Iowa laws and monitoring by the Atlantic public school system, they homeschooled their family from the time the eldest was eleven years old. Their dream come true was the ruling that homeschoolers could take part in public school activities as desired. While they had what they considered "the best of both worlds," the Rolands have maintained their friendship and support of the Atlantic Public Schools.
In recent years, since their children have graduated and gone on to college and various vocations, Amy Jo has taken an active part, helping with the funeral home and secretarial work and management. Her heart for grief support, helping clients with memory keepsake items and cemetery monuments and holding remembrance programs has added new dimensions to the family funeral service.
The Roland Children
Along with a career in teaching piano and vocal music, the eldest Roland daughter, Heidi Hinman has married and, with her husband Larry, is enjoying rearing a family of three children with a little one presently on the way. Heidi's husband, Larry is Director of Operations for a group of nursing home facilities in Iowa.
The Roland's son, James has served as a professor at the Pan African School of Theology in Nyahururu, Kenya, Africa for three years. His wife, Heidi Sarah Dahl (whom Jim met at L'Abri, a Christian Study Center in Rochester, MN), has made strides teaching women and exemplifying gardening and domestic work in their village in Kenya. Their family of four children has been blessed by the past three years of experiences, attending a Kenyan school along with part time homeschooling in Africa.
Second son, Burdette Roland is currently studying at Covenant Theological Seminary in Saint Louis, Missouri. B.J. and his wife Jessica (Lamb) also became acquainted at the Rochester, Minnesota L'Abri. They recently became parents to their first child. Jessica is a medical technician and was previously employed at Rochester's Mayo Clinic laboratory.
Second daughter, Buffy Jo Barrs met her husband Ian in Liss, England where she was working as a volunteer for the British L'Abri Study Center. Ian presently works for the family funeral business in Atlantic. He serves in the photo and video editing and printing position and does maintenance work. Buffy is presently a homemaker, yet lends a hand with funeral home art and computer projects. The couple is gifted with a young daughter.
Youngest son, Spencer attended Iowa Western Community College gaining an Associates Degree in Building Trades and now works as a carpenter in Atlantic and the surrounding area. His wife, Annie (Seehusen) is a secretary for Rick's Auto Body here in Atlantic. They are active in mission work and have recently served in New Mexico.
The youngest Roland daughter, Jo Beth, 2007 graduate of Iowa State University, is enjoying teaching elementary and junior high school English in Korea for her second summer. She has plans to take a teaching position in China following a return to work in Ames awhile this fall.