Our staff is committed to providing support, compassion, information, and direction as needed to all members of our community, their families, and friends who are dealing with loss and grief.
Brad CarlsonCEO
Brad Carlson graduated from Washington State University in 1975. After spending many years in the computer business as a sales person and sales manager, he joined the family business in 1987. Currently he is the company President and General Manager, as well as a licensed Funeral Director.
Brad has been actively involved in many outside activities and organizations over the years. He is Past President of the Columbia River Cougar Club, and still enjoys supporting the Cougars in various activities, especially attending football games. He is also Past President of the Washington Interment Association, now called the Washington Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association. He is the Past President of the Vancouver Executives Association. Also, he served for 11 years on the Washington State Funeral Directors, Embalmers and Cemetery Board, as appointed by the Governor, and was elected to the Chair position of that board. Additionally, Brad is past Chair of the Board of the Association of Washington Business, which is a statewide business lobbying group with over 8,500 members. Currently he is serving on the boards of the Historic Trust, Riverview Community Bank, Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital Foundation, Identity Clark County and the Washington State University Foundation.
Brad has been a member of Royal Oaks Country Club since 1999 and joys golfing as much as he can. He has been married to his wonderful wife Mary since 1978, and they have shared a working relationship since 1987. Brad and Mary are very proud of the fact that their daughters, Lindsay and Megan, are now involved in the business extending the family interest in the company to the third generation.
Lindsay FisherPresident
Lindsay has been with Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Funeral Chapel and Crematory since February 2006. She attended LaSalle High School in Milwaukie, Oregon. In 2003 she graduated from Washington State University with a degree in Hospitality Business Management and a second degree is Business Management. She has been a licensed Funeral Director since August 2012.
Lindsay enjoys traveling, concerts and spending time with her friends and family. She is involved in many community service activities and various boards and committees. Lindsay has been married to her husband, P.J., since 2005 and together they have two sons.
Mary CarlsonAdministration
Mary is a 1975 graduate of Washington State University. She joined Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Funeral Chapel and Crematory in 1987 and works in the business office as Administrative Assistant to her husband, and General Manager, Brad Carlson. Mary receives great joy and satisfaction from working with the families that she serves. She loves to spend time with her family, reading, walking and relaxing in Central Oregon.
Megan Carlson FieldVice President of Crematory Operations
Megan has been with Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Funeral Chapel and Crematory since June 2005. Along with her sister, Lindsay, she is the third generation to work at EMG. She earned her Funeral Director's license in 2007 and is Vice President of Crematory Operations.
Megan was born and raised in Vancouver and still lives in Clark County. She is married and has two children. In her free time, Megan enjoys spending time with her family and exploring the Pacific Northwest.
Angela BallFamily Service Counselor
April SistoniFuneral Director
April joined Evergreen Memorial Gardens in 2021. She enjoys helping others and being there for them in times of need. She graduated from Mt. Hood Community College in 2013 from the Funeral Service program and has been in the industry ever since. April takes advantage of all the nature and beauty that Washington has to offer. She loves hiking, camping, and the rain. Her pride and joy are her two boys that keep her very busy.
Becca Miranda-TorresService Ambassador
Becky PfeiferAdministration
Becky has been with Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Funeral Chapel and Crematory as a Funeral Home Administrative Assistant since October 2006. She was born in Seattle, raised in Ridgefield and attended Ridgefield High School..
Becky enjoys working in her yard, carpentry, traveling, fishing, clamming and camping. Most of all she loves spending time with her four children and four wonderful grandchildren.
Brenda McKayHospitality Hostess
Chris CastroFamily Service Counselor
Dan WhiteFamily Service Manager
Daniel RidenourFamily Service Counselor
Daniel has been serving families with Evergreen Memorial Gardens since December 2018. He’s been in the Cemetery and Funeral profession in Family Services since May 2009. He completed his undergrad studies in 1999 from Multnomah University and his graduate studies in 2005 from Saint Martin’s University.
Daniel spends family time with his children and grandchildren, and enjoys travel, motorcycling, sports, and outdoor activities. He’s a member of Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Church.
Dee SchoeneAdministration
Dee joined Evergreen Memorial Gardens on July 6, 2021 after 25 years in the medical field. She and her husband have lived on their sailboat for the last 9 years. She enjoys hanging out with my family and friends, sailing and traveling...especially abroad.
Devyn HaleyIntern Funeral Director
Devyn was born in Portland, Oregon and joined Evergreen Memorial Gardens in 2021, Devyn has always had a passion to help others. Putting herself through college right out of highschool while working as an in-home caregiver, her kindness transpired into becoming a funeral director and serving families in need. She is truly passionate about her job and loves providing families all the support she can give. She looks forward to completing her internship and furthering her career/experience as a funeral director.
In her free time, she loves cooking, drawing, painting, going on adventures, peaceful retreats, night drives and spending time with her family.
Erin ChavezAdministration
Erin Chavez joined Evergreen Memorial Gardens in August 2021. Erin was borned and raised in Vancouver, WA, attending Hudson's Bay High School and Clark Community College. In her spare time, Erin enjoys spending time with her family, reading and traveling.
Grounds Crew
Andrew Gardner (Manager), Ubaldo Gonzalez, Brandon Quintana, Harley Rhodes, Randy Simpson, Joe Smith and Blake Taylor
Heather Ransom Office Manager
Heather Ransom joined Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Funeral Chapel and Crematory in July 2009. She was born in California and raised in Vancouver. She graduated from Fort Vancouver High School and attended Clark College. She has over 27 years of customer service experience.
Joy JewellFamily Service Counselor
Julie MarshallIntern Funeral Director
Lo DerrickDeath Certificate Courier
Lo was born and raised in Laguna Beach, California. He is an only child and moved to Washington after High School to be closer to his father, who is a Marine. His father’s military background and his mother’s career in law really made him want to find a career involving helping others and hard work. Lo joined Evergreen Memorial Gardens in search of a new position with value. He has a newfound passion within his new job and wishes to pursue studies and continue working in the Death Care profession.
Lo enjoys horror movies, anything to do with the 80’s, and wine-tasting. Most of all he loves taking trips to the beach!
Rochelle MayerAdministration
Scott BowenFuneral Home Manager
Scott has been with Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Funeral Chapel and Crematory since September 2007. He is a licensed funeral director and embalmer. Scott is a 1995 graduate of Mt. Hood Community College with a degree in Funeral Service Education. He started his career in Funeral service in 1991 and has worked in many communities around the state of Washington, Priest River, ID and Ketchikan, AK.
Scott is a member of the Masonic Lodge and Scottish Rite. He has two daughters, Olivia and Madison, and wife Norma and two grandchildren. Scott is huge Oakland Raiders (Las Vegas) fan and he enjoys hunting fishing, camping, hiking and the great outdoors. In the summer of 2009 he climbed to the summit of Mt. St. Helens! He enjoys serving the families of Vancouver and Clark County at a difficult time.
Tyson HaileyFuneral Director
Tiffanie StritmaterFuneral Director
Tiffanie Graduated from Mortuary school in June of 2022 and has been with Evergreen since May of 2022. She is a funeral director and in a few short months will complete her embalmer internship. She is a mother of 3, dog mom of 2 and a cat mom of 1. She enjoys cross stitching, baking, reading and playing with her kids. Tiffanie is dedicated and passionate about her work and truly enjoys being a part of the team.
Will Carlson
Willard J. Carlson Chairman of Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Funeral Chapel and Crematory passed away July 3, 2010. His legacy will live on at Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Funeral Chapel and Crematory through the many lives he touched.
He learned the cemetery business as General manager of two large cemeteries in Spokane, Washington in the 1960's. He also spent time working with several small mining companies, as well as for the railroad. During that time he served two terms as PTA President and two terms as President of Kiwanis.
His eldest son, Brad, is President and General Manager of Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Funeral Chapel and Crematory. He also has a son Kelly of Redmond, Washington and a daughter Celeste of Vancouver, WA. His wife Norma is active in the community. Will and Norma have 5 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren
During WWII Will enlisted in the Army Air Corp (later the US Air Force) and was airplane commander of the heaviest bomber at that time, the B-24 Liberator and flew 40 missions in the South Pacific as squadron and group leader. He was recognized with the Air Medal and five Oak Leaf Clusters.
Will graduated from a business college in Spokane, Washington and the University of Washington in economics and business. He was a two term President of the Washington Cemetery Association and two term member of the Washington State Cemetery Board appointed by Governor Dan Evans.
Brad Carlson
CEO
Brad Carlson graduated from Washington State University in 1975. After spending many years in the computer business as a sales person and sales manager, he joined the family business in 1987. Currently he is the company President and General Manager, as well as a licensed Funeral Director.
Brad has been actively involved in many outside activities and organizations over the years. He is Past President of the Columbia River Cougar Club, and still enjoys supporting the Cougars in various activities, especially attending football games. He is also Past President of the Washington Interment Association, now called the Washington Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association. He is the Past President of the Vancouver Executives Association. Also, he served for 11 years on the Washington State Funeral Directors, Embalmers and Cemetery Board, as appointed by the Governor, and was elected to the Chair position of that board. Additionally, Brad is past Chair of the Board of the Association of Washington Business, which is a statewide business lobbying group with over 8,500 members. Currently he is serving on the boards of the Historic Trust, Riverview Community Bank, Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital Foundation, Identity Clark County and the Washington State University Foundation.
Brad has been a member of Royal Oaks Country Club since 1999 and joys golfing as much as he can. He has been married to his wonderful wife Mary since 1978, and they have shared a working relationship since 1987. Brad and Mary are very proud of the fact that their daughters, Lindsay and Megan, are now involved in the business extending the family interest in the company to the third generation.
Lindsay Fisher
President
Lindsay has been with Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Funeral Chapel and Crematory since February 2006. She attended LaSalle High School in Milwaukie, Oregon. In 2003 she graduated from Washington State University with a degree in Hospitality Business Management and a second degree is Business Management. She has been a licensed Funeral Director since August 2012.
Lindsay enjoys traveling, concerts and spending time with her friends and family. She is involved in many community service activities and various boards and committees. Lindsay has been married to her husband, P.J., since 2005 and together they have two sons.
Mary Carlson
Administration
Mary is a 1975 graduate of Washington State University. She joined Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Funeral Chapel and Crematory in 1987 and works in the business office as Administrative Assistant to her husband, and General Manager, Brad Carlson. Mary receives great joy and satisfaction from working with the families that she serves. She loves to spend time with her family, reading, walking and relaxing in Central Oregon.
Megan Carlson Field
Vice President of Crematory Operations
Megan has been with Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Funeral Chapel and Crematory since June 2005. Along with her sister, Lindsay, she is the third generation to work at EMG. She earned her Funeral Director's license in 2007 and is Vice President of Crematory Operations.
Megan was born and raised in Vancouver and still lives in Clark County. She is married and has two children. In her free time, Megan enjoys spending time with her family and exploring the Pacific Northwest.
Angela Ball
Family Service Counselor
April Sistoni
Funeral Director
April joined Evergreen Memorial Gardens in 2021. She enjoys helping others and being there for them in times of need. She graduated from Mt. Hood Community College in 2013 from the Funeral Service program and has been in the industry ever since. April takes advantage of all the nature and beauty that Washington has to offer. She loves hiking, camping, and the rain. Her pride and joy are her two boys that keep her very busy.
Becca Miranda-Torres
Service Ambassador
Becky Pfeifer
Administration
Becky has been with Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Funeral Chapel and Crematory as a Funeral Home Administrative Assistant since October 2006. She was born in Seattle, raised in Ridgefield and attended Ridgefield High School..
Becky enjoys working in her yard, carpentry, traveling, fishing, clamming and camping. Most of all she loves spending time with her four children and four wonderful grandchildren.
Brenda McKay
Hospitality Hostess
Chris Castro
Family Service Counselor
Dan White
Family Service Manager
Daniel Ridenour
Family Service Counselor
Daniel has been serving families with Evergreen Memorial Gardens since December 2018. He’s been in the Cemetery and Funeral profession in Family Services since May 2009. He completed his undergrad studies in 1999 from Multnomah University and his graduate studies in 2005 from Saint Martin’s University.
Daniel spends family time with his children and grandchildren, and enjoys travel, motorcycling, sports, and outdoor activities. He’s a member of Saint George Antiochian Orthodox Church.
Dee Schoene
Administration
Dee joined Evergreen Memorial Gardens on July 6, 2021 after 25 years in the medical field. She and her husband have lived on their sailboat for the last 9 years. She enjoys hanging out with my family and friends, sailing and traveling...especially abroad.
Devyn Haley
Intern Funeral Director
Devyn was born in Portland, Oregon and joined Evergreen Memorial Gardens in 2021, Devyn has always had a passion to help others. Putting herself through college right out of highschool while working as an in-home caregiver, her kindness transpired into becoming a funeral director and serving families in need. She is truly passionate about her job and loves providing families all the support she can give. She looks forward to completing her internship and furthering her career/experience as a funeral director.
In her free time, she loves cooking, drawing, painting, going on adventures, peaceful retreats, night drives and spending time with her family.
Erin Chavez
Administration
Erin Chavez joined Evergreen Memorial Gardens in August 2021. Erin was borned and raised in Vancouver, WA, attending Hudson's Bay High School and Clark Community College. In her spare time, Erin enjoys spending time with her family, reading and traveling.
Grounds Crew
Andrew Gardner (Manager), Ubaldo Gonzalez, Brandon Quintana, Harley Rhodes, Randy Simpson, Joe Smith and Blake Taylor
Heather Ransom
Office Manager
Heather Ransom joined Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Funeral Chapel and Crematory in July 2009. She was born in California and raised in Vancouver. She graduated from Fort Vancouver High School and attended Clark College. She has over 27 years of customer service experience.
Joy Jewell
Family Service Counselor
Julie Marshall
Intern Funeral Director
Lo Derrick
Death Certificate Courier
Lo was born and raised in Laguna Beach, California. He is an only child and moved to Washington after High School to be closer to his father, who is a Marine. His father’s military background and his mother’s career in law really made him want to find a career involving helping others and hard work. Lo joined Evergreen Memorial Gardens in search of a new position with value. He has a newfound passion within his new job and wishes to pursue studies and continue working in the Death Care profession.
Lo enjoys horror movies, anything to do with the 80’s, and wine-tasting. Most of all he loves taking trips to the beach!
Rochelle Mayer
Administration
Scott Bowen
Funeral Home Manager
Scott has been with Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Funeral Chapel and Crematory since September 2007. He is a licensed funeral director and embalmer. Scott is a 1995 graduate of Mt. Hood Community College with a degree in Funeral Service Education. He started his career in Funeral service in 1991 and has worked in many communities around the state of Washington, Priest River, ID and Ketchikan, AK.
Scott is a member of the Masonic Lodge and Scottish Rite. He has two daughters, Olivia and Madison, and wife Norma and two grandchildren. Scott is huge Oakland Raiders (Las Vegas) fan and he enjoys hunting fishing, camping, hiking and the great outdoors. In the summer of 2009 he climbed to the summit of Mt. St. Helens! He enjoys serving the families of Vancouver and Clark County at a difficult time.
Tyson Hailey
Funeral Director
Tiffanie Stritmater
Funeral Director
Tiffanie Graduated from Mortuary school in June of 2022 and has been with Evergreen since May of 2022. She is a funeral director and in a few short months will complete her embalmer internship. She is a mother of 3, dog mom of 2 and a cat mom of 1. She enjoys cross stitching, baking, reading and playing with her kids. Tiffanie is dedicated and passionate about her work and truly enjoys being a part of the team.
Will Carlson
Willard J. Carlson Chairman of Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Funeral Chapel and Crematory passed away July 3, 2010. His legacy will live on at Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Funeral Chapel and Crematory through the many lives he touched.
He learned the cemetery business as General manager of two large cemeteries in Spokane, Washington in the 1960's. He also spent time working with several small mining companies, as well as for the railroad. During that time he served two terms as PTA President and two terms as President of Kiwanis.
His eldest son, Brad, is President and General Manager of Evergreen Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Funeral Chapel and Crematory. He also has a son Kelly of Redmond, Washington and a daughter Celeste of Vancouver, WA. His wife Norma is active in the community. Will and Norma have 5 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren
During WWII Will enlisted in the Army Air Corp (later the US Air Force) and was airplane commander of the heaviest bomber at that time, the B-24 Liberator and flew 40 missions in the South Pacific as squadron and group leader. He was recognized with the Air Medal and five Oak Leaf Clusters.
Will graduated from a business college in Spokane, Washington and the University of Washington in economics and business. He was a two term President of the Washington Cemetery Association and two term member of the Washington State Cemetery Board appointed by Governor Dan Evans.
