Roche v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

This is an appeal from the July 21, 1980 order of the Pennsylvania State Board of Funeral Directors (Board) which affirmed its October 27, 1977 order revoking the license of Thomas F. Boche (Boche) to practice as a funeral director.

A hearing was held on December 6, 1973 to hear evidence on charges that Boche had acted improperly with regard to the arrangements involved in a funeral which he conducted. It was charged that Boche had not submitted a signed itemized statement of expenses to the family prior to the funeral, as required; that he had submitted a false funeral…