The Nie Family Funeral Home tradition began when Doug and Sandi Nie purchased the Fontana Funeral Home from John and Dorothy Fontana in 1979. Doug and Sandi operated the funeral home while raising their seven children in the living quarters above the funeral home. As the Nie’s grew the business they were able to add staff to assist them in their goal of providing a personalized type of service to the families of Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti from the Carpenter Road location in Pittsfield Twp.

Doug and Sandi continued to serve the community and add to their staff including their son, Doug II, or Dutch as he would become to be known, in 1990 after returning from serving with the US Air Force for eight years. Doug, Sandi and Dutch continued to explore and implement the latest in technology and innovations in funeral service while continuing to remain true to their mission of providing personal funeral services to the families they served. 

In 2000, Doug and Sandi started to enjoy the fruits of their labors and began wintering in Florida, while entrusting the day to day business to Dutch and Todd Winter, who continue the tradition of the Nie Family level of care for the families we serve.

As society has witnessed a change in funeral services from traditional rituals that were preformed out of habit, to today’s emphasis of Personalized Services, the Nie Family Funeral Home has not only kept up, but actually are implementing and incorporating technology to it’s fullest levels in a respectful and dignified way. We are able to capture and preserve the stories of the lives that were lived and present them in a meaningful way so everyone who is affected by the loss can truly participate in the services. 

As the Nie Family Funeral Home tradition continues into it’s third generation our mission of “Our Family Serving Your Family” also continues with the additional mindset that “We don’t personalize a funeral service…We make it Personal”.