John J. LaManna, Jr.

Funeral Director

Native of Newark, New Jersey, came to Florida in 1977 while in the US Air Force, was stationed at the Avon Park Bombing Range.  In 1978, started working for the Stephenson-Nelson Funeral Home part time until 1980.  Attended Miami-Dade Community College, majored in funeral service education, and graduated at the top of the 1982 graduating class as valedictorian.  Have been working in the Winter Haven area since 1983, after interning at John’s Funeral Home in Stuart following graduation.  Member, and past president of the Cypress Gardens Sertoma Club; former member of the Bartow Kiwanis Club, former greeter, and member of the Winter Haven Area Chamber of Commerce, former member of the board for Good Shepherd Hospice, member of the Winter Haven Moose Lodge, St. Joseph’s Catholic Church; Charter member of the Polk County Stingrays scuba club; PADI Divemaster, member of the National Association of Cave Diving, the National Speleological Society Cave Diving Section, recovery diver for the International Underwater Cave Rescue and Recovery team.

Daughter: Jennifer

Son: Jason

1 Grandchild

D. Keith Fields

Funeral Director

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Keith moved to Florida in 1993 after graduating with honors from Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service, Decatur, GA.  A Licensed Funeral Director since 1994, Keith worked at Southerland Funeral Homes in Panama City, FL before moving to Winter Haven, FL in 1994 to work at Ott-Laughlin Funeral Home in Winter Haven and Lane-Holt Funeral Home in Haines City.   

Growing tired of the big corporate politics and impersonal way of dealing with families, Keith left the area in 1997 to work for an independent family-owned funeral home in Jacksonville, FL.  The next five and a half years were spent at George H. Hewell and Son Funeral Home in Jacksonville, FL.  In 2002 Keith moved back to the Winter Haven area to join Dave L. Holt in the opening of the new Oak Ridge Funeral Care in Winter Haven. 

Keith served in the United States Marine Corps, is a member of Haines City Lodge #219, F. & A.M. and the Rotary Club in Auburndale.  As a Licensed Florida Insurance Agent, Keith handles the prearrangements made with the funeral home by families.  He also serves as webmaster for Oak Ridge Funeral Care and the Haines City Masonic Lodge.

Keith is married and lives in Auburndale with his wife, Christine.  His son, Zachary, is presently serving in the United States Navy.  Keith’s son, Johnathan, is a graduate of Auburndale High School and is now working at Oak Ridge Funeral Care.  The youngest son, Matthew, attends Tenoroc High School.