As an Edward Jones financial advisor, I believe it's important to invest my time to understand what's important to you. After gaining a thorough understanding of each client's investment objectives, background and family situation, I build a customized strategy to help my clients meet their financial goals.

I began my financial career in 2004 with Edward Jones. While working for the firm, I earned my master's degree in accounting from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. This has served me well as a financial advisor, helping individuals and families in Wood River and surrounding area grow and protect their hard-earned wealth.

I am a proud member of the Wood River community where I serve on our local Rotary Club and as a board member of Operation Blessing. Our branch team also supports the annual Walk to End Alzheimer's, a cause that is close to our hearts. Outside of the office, I am a big fan of our local professional baseball team. Go Cardinals!

My Branch Office Administrator, Amy Martin, and I work as a team to give you the personal service you deserve when it comes to planning for your financial future. Working together, we have built meaningful relationships with community members, while helping them stay on track toward their goals.

If you value a personal relationship and professional guidance, it would be my pleasure to meet with you and help you create a financial strategy that you can not only understand, but also get excited about.

Contact our team today at (618) 258-8424 to get started!

  EIR Home Care is “Here to Help and Protect those important to you!”

Our mission at EIR Home Care is to Help and Protect clients and those important to them and their families. Provide excellent care services at an affordable rate. Serving seniors in their homes, wherever that may be. 

Relationships are the key.   Between clients and Home HELPers, office staff and community.

EIR Home Care strives to be an employer of choice in our community.  Building a relationship with our staff and maintaining a great culture in our office is how we reflect who we are.      

Our newest funeral home, built in 2002, has all the accouterments of a funeral home built for the 21st century.  Our large chapel, and its spacious layout will accommodate receiving lines for larger visitations without becoming cumbersome.  As well as our other locations, this chapel can also be split into two smaller chapels via a folding, sound rated wall.

This facility also has a large entryway and foyer, our Bethalto location offers a nice area away from the chapel for people to visit. This location has the largest lounge of all three locations.  The lounge has two tables, a sink, a refrigerator, a soda vending machine, a couch, and access to a smoking area outfitted with two benches. The lounge is also home to our children’s area that has games, toys, and access to a television.  This entire facility is handicapped-accessible and located all on one level.  

Our Bethalto facility also houses a preparation room where the embalming, dressing, cosmetic application, and casketing take place. This location also boasts a casket showroom with eight full-size caskets and numerous cut caskets displays and personalization options. With an area devoted to urns, there are also plenty of personalization options for those who chose cremation

Our Godfrey location offers many of the amenities you’ve come to expect from funeral homes as well as many updated options. This location is all on one level and completely handicapped accessible.  This location also has two chapels: one serving as our main chapel, and one serving as an additional chapel for two simultaneous visitations or an overflow area to be used for services or to accommodate long receiving lines.  This location has retractable walls, therefore, the chapels can be split to accommodate multiple families at the same time, the second chapel can also be set up as a memorial tribute video viewing room with added chairs, couches, and tables. 

This location also has a lounge with many amenities such as a refrigerator,  soda vending machine, coffee station, and a television and DVD player with a few family-friendly movies,  cable TV, two table and chairs. Our Godfrey facility, built-in 1987, is home to Elias, Kallal and Schaaf Crematory to assure our families that owning our own crematory gives you the peace of mind  that your loved one will always be in our care.   This location has a casket room with multiple casket displays, urns, and models of outer burial containers and vaults.

RBGA Small Business of the Month - December 2016

As one of the longest established funeral homes in the Riverbend area, as well as having one of the largest chapels, our Alton location carries on the tradition of reverence you have come to expect from funeral homes, as well as having a cherished history. The larger chapel is a one-of-a-kind chapel.

At its largest capacity, it can comfortably seat 200 people, but it can also be split into two, or three chapels to accommodate multiple visitations. The “Robert Wadlow Memorial Chapel” is the smaller of our two chapels at this location, but it is rich in history.

As the name implies, it is named after “The Alton Giant,” Robert Pershing Wadlow. His visitation and funeral were held in this very chapel. He passed away on July 15, 1940. 40,000 people attended the funeral, and his 1000 lb. casket required a dozen pallbearers and the assistance of 8 other men. 

With a lounge and a spacious layout, this location can serve your family’s need.

Our Alton facility houses a preparation room where the embalming process takes place,  a hairdresser and cosmetic room where the dressing and casketing are done and our refrigeration system for those families that choose cremation. At this location, we have a large casket selection room with 15 full-size caskets and numerous more corner-cut partial caskets, as well as many options for personalization.  We also have a  room for families who choose the cremation options with a vast selection of urns,  urn vaults, as well as a selection of cremation caskets.

First Mid is a community bank offering a full spectrum of financial products and services, from personal banking with FREE Online & Mobile conveniences to business banking with sophisticated Treasury Management services. But First Mid is more than just a bank! We also offer insurance through First Mid Insurance Group, and we offer retirement and financial planning through First Mid Wealth Management.

As diverse as our products and services are, the true strength that binds them together is our incredible team that works hard to deliver exceptional service. We understand how important each customer is and are committed to building long-term relationships. We believe it is our personal connection to our customers and commitment to our community that sets us apart.