Our Staff

Our Staff

Meet the experts behind our company

Staff members of Merchant Memorial Group are caring and experienced professionals who understand that each family is unique and has personal requests and traditions. These requests and traditions are of utmost importance to our staff of licensed funeral directors. Scroll below and learn about our dedicated staff.

Our Board

Meet the experts behind our company

Jerry Bartlow

Funeral Director & Embalmer

Email: jbartlow@lewiston.com
Office Phone: 208-743-9464
Fax: 208-746-7002

Jerry is a graduate of the California College of Mortuary Science in Los Angeles. He has been a licensed funeral director and embalmer since 1976, and employed at Merchant Memorial Group since 1989. 


Richard Lassiter

Funeral Director

Email: richard.merchant.memorial@gmail.com
Office Phone: 509-758-2556
Fax: 509-758-5871

Richard grew up in Clarkson, graduating from Clarkston High School in 1999. He received his Associates Degree from the Clarkston branch of Walla Walla Community College and his Bachelors and Masters in English from Washington State University. Richard began working for Merchant Memorial Group in May of 2012. 

Meghan Hampson

Accounts Manager

Email: meghanhampson@gmail.com
Office Phone: 509-758-2556

I graduated from Clarkston High School in 2000 and Walla Walla Community College in 2005. I began working for Merchant Funeral Home in September 2001.

As a Funeral Director intern, I am learning to meet with families and assist them in any way possible; I also manage all the accounts for the three funeral homes and Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens.

My "other-half" Eddie and I have have one beautiful daughter, Sophie Maxine.

Conner Blewett-Beckvold

Funeral Intern

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Don Brown

Funeral Director & Embalmer (Retired)


I have been associated with funeral service since 1962 and I began my association with Merchant Funeral Home in 1964. I am the former owner of Richarson-Brown Funeral Home in Pomeroy, Washington. While in Pomeroy, I was chairman of the Garfield County Hospital board of directors for three years. I am also a former director of the Washington State Funeral Directors Association board of directors.  My wife, Connie, and I, enjoy five children and ten grandchildren. While I am keeping my license up, I am officially retired.

John Mainini

Cemetery Office & Monument Sales

Ed Lambert

Cemetery Grounds Manager

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