North Egypt News

In a Dec. 14 Facebook post, Rep. Dave Severin shared that he'd presented his nephew with an Official Illinois House of Representatives Certificate of Congratulations.

"Yesterday I was honored to present my nephew Marty Leffler with an Official Illinois House of Representatives Certificate of Congratulations Celebrating 100 years of the funeral home he and his wife own," Severin said. "Leffler Funeral Home started out as Freeman Funeral Home and then became Poulson Funeral Home and changed to Leffler Funeral Home when Marty purchased it. Congratulations and thank you for your service to families throughout these many years."

Leffler Funeral Home was established in 1921, by Cora and Will Freeman first operated the funeral home. It was owned later by Maurice "Smokey" Poulson. It remained in the Poulson family until April 1, 2010, to Marty and Alisa Leffler and is now known as the Leffler Funeral Home.

Leffler is a lifelong Benton resident, and a licensed funeral director and embalmer since 1988. Marty started his funeral career on August 8, 1988, with the Hobbs-Johnson Funeral Home, where he was employed for 15 years until his departure in 2003.

Severin has been a State Representative since January 2017. His current committee assignments include: Judiciary - Criminal (Republican Spokesperson); Mental Health & Addiction (Republican Spokesperson); Tourism Committee (Republican Spokesperson); Approp-Elementary & Secondary Educ; Elem Sec Ed: School Curric Policies; Redistricting Committee; Criminal Administration and Enforce; Firearms and Firearm Safety Subcomm; Juvenile Justice and System Involve; Sex Offenses and Sex Offender Reg.; Sentencing, Penalties and Criminal; Veterans' Affairs.