Our Staff

Eugene L. Rudicel

Owner/Funeral Director

Eugene began working at the funeral home while in high school. “Gene,” as he is known by most, is a 1979 graduate of Jennings County High School and a 1983 graduate of Mid America Funeral College. He became a full-time member of the staff following his graduation from mortuary school and became a partner in the funeral home with Mr. Jerry Sharp in 1989. A few years later, the name was changed to Dove-Sharp & Rudicel Funeral Home.  Gene has been the sole owner of Dove-Sharp & Rudicel since Mr. Sharp's retirement in 1998.

Gene has served as Jennings County Coroner first being elected in 2000, again for a second consecutive term in 2004, and was reelected in 2012. Gene has served his community in many aspects, serving on the Jennings County School Board, Jennings County Council, Jennings County Republican Party Treasurer, and Jennings  County Community Foundation.

Gene married Angie Marling Crowley in 2010. He has two children, a son, Alden, who works alongside his Dad in the funeral home and a daughter, Ariel Rudicel. He also has two step-daughters, Corey Clark and Chelsie Short. Their children have blessed them with seven grandchildren, Rey, Wade, Brooklyn, Landon, Laydon, Blakelee, and Noah. 

He is a member of the First Church of the Nazarene where he has played in the Church orchestra since 1976 and was a former board member. Gene serves on the Burnt Pine Water Board and is a member of the Vernon Cemetery Board. He organized the Rudicel Brass Band in 2005; the Band plays for churches and civic and community functions in the Jennings County Area. He has been a member of North Vernon Kiwanis Club since 1987. In his spare time, Gene enjoys being on his tractor farming, riding motorcycle and 4 wheeler, and he especially enjoys riding and restoring Honda 70’s. 

Telephone: 1-812-346-3977

Alden W. Rudicel

Owner/Funeral Director

Alden Rudicel started working at the funeral home at 12 years old, mowing the grass and washing cars. He is now a licensed Indiana funeral director.  He graduated from Jennings County High School in 2006 and in 2010 he graduated from Mid America College of Funeral Service. He is serving as the Jennings County Coroner and received his Medicolegal Death Investigators License in 2012. He married his wife, Stephanie, in 2011 and they live in North Vernon. He has two children Rey and Wade and a step daughter, Brooklyn.  In his spare time, Alden enjoys playing video games, motorcycle and mountain bike riding, watching the Indianapolis Colts, and anything to do with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Star Wars. 

Telephone: 1-812-346-3977

Ashley Browning

Funeral Director

Daniel Ison

Student of Mortuary Science

Robert Rudicel

Support Staff

Bob is a lifelong resident of Jennings County with twenty years of experience in the funeral and monument profession and has been with the funeral home full time since 2014 providing assistance in all aspects of serving our families in their time of need.

Bob and his wife Kris have three children - Shelby, Carley, and Zach, and is a member of the North Vernon Church of the Nazarene where he plays trumpet in the orchestra. In his free time, he enjoys working on various projects around the house, riding motorcycles and atvs, and camping. 

Telephone: 1-812-346-3977

Lisa K. Wagoner

Office Manager

Lisa has been with the funeral home since 1999 where she started on a part times basis assisting the funeral directors in calls to our families for aftercare and setting appointments for pre-arrangement information. She began assisting the office manager on her days off and weekends. In 2009 Lisa joined the staff full time.

Telephone: 1-812-346-3977

Susan Burkhart

Pre-Need and After Care Specialist

Ariel Rudicel

Support Staff

Bernadine Sharp

Support Staff

W. Sherman Beville

Staff Minister and Associate

Carole Jackson

Service Associate

David and Agnes Hammersley

Service Associates

Nettie Malcomb

Service Associate

Gerald Caudlll

Support Staff

Rodger McKinley

Service Associate

Danny DeShong

Support Staff

Ed Galliher

Support Staff

Steven Pennycuff

Support Staff

Jack L. Hatton

Funeral Director-Retired

Telephone: 

Carol Roberson

Service Associate Retired

Joe Girt

Service Associate Retired