On March 24, 1933, Ray Sheenan began the Sheenan Funeral Home in a small one room storefront on Washington Ave in Dunellen. That one room was divided up into three spaces. In the front area was the office area where arrangements were made and all visitors would pass through to the single viewing room. In a small space in back was everything else. In less than a year, he moved to Dunellen Ave where his funeral home still stands today.

	A postcard showing Ray Sheenan's residence and Funeral Home offices in the foreground and the Viewing Rooms to the left

Though Ray Sheenan died in 1987, the Sensitive Service families expected did not falter. It has evolved and grown with his son Tom, to whom he had passed the torch before his death. Tom has been part of the Sheenan Funeral Home since 1959. He is a Graduate of St. Peters College, enlisted in the US Army for two years and graduated from the McAllister Institute of Mortuary Science in Manhattan with honors. He is also the first U.S. funeral director to attain the degree of "Certified Funeral Service Practitioner." A person who believed in supporting his community, Ray was active in civic organizations such as the Lions Club, Knights of Columbus and the Elks. He was twice elected County Coroner and spent 30 years with a group called Alhambra which benefits retarded children. Following in his father’s footsteps Tom is a member of the Lions Club and the Knights of Columbus. Tom has served as president to the New Jersey State Funeral Directors Association and of the Middlesex/Somerset Chapter. He was also president of the National Association of Approved Morticians and still an active member.