Michael F. Cahill has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for re-election as McKean County coroner in the May 21 primary.
He has served four, four-year terms in the office of coroner.
“Since being elected coroner in 2004 and prior to that as a deputy coroner for 17 years, I have been privileged to be a part of the death investigation of hundreds of people in McKean County,” Cahill said. “My years of service to the residents of McKean County currently stands at 32 years.”
He continued, “Over the years this position has allowed me to use my education, training, and experience of over 39 years to provide the answers to the questions which law enforcement officials and the decedent’s survivors have regarding the circumstances surrounding a death.
“While these answers are not easily determined or accepted, I have always strived to perform these duties in a dignified and professional manner. I feel that my experience and training will allow me to best serve the community for the Republican Party and the residents of McKean County for the next four years,” he said.
For the past 40 years, through his efforts and the efforts of his father, Frank Cahill, before him, “the taxpayers of McKean County have not been burdened with any expenses of paying for or maintaining an office, staff, a morgue, automotive equipment, and the ancillary costs of the other row offices in McKean County,” he said, adding he wants to continue to provide the same service to the county.
Michael Cahill was raised and educated in Bradford, attending St. Bernard Elementary School, Bradford Central Christian High School, the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, and graduating from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science.
After graduating from college, he returned to Bradford in 1984 and served his internship under his father’s supervision at the Francis D. Cahill Funeral Home. From 1985 to 1993, he served as a director at the Cahill Funeral Home and later at the Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc. He became a partner in the firm of Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes in 1993, and currently owns and operates Hollenbeck-Cahill Funeral Homes Inc.
From 1986 until 2003, he served as deputy coroner under then Coroner Francis D. Cahill. He was elected coroner in 2003.
“Furthermore, I was the first McKean County Coroner to complete the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General Coroner’s Education Course and Examination given at the Pennsylvania State Police Academy in Hershey in December of 2003,” Cahill said. “For the past 16 years I have completed and been recertified by the Pennsylvania State Coroners Education Course.”
His professional memberships include the National Funeral Directors Association, Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association, Western Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association, Pennsylvania State Coroners Association, Pennsylvania Department of Health-Child Death Review Team, and the Seneca Law Enforcement Agency.
Cahill is a former member of the board of directors of Bradford Regional Medical Center, former member of the board of directors of the Bradford Area United Way, former member of the board of directors at the Office of Economic and Community Development, member of the Knights of Columbus Council #403, Kinzua Valley Trails Association, former member East Bradford Businessmen’s Association, former committee member and past treasurer of the Don Raabe Big 30 All Star Charities Classic and the Rotary Club of Bradford.
He resides in Bradford, with his wife of 33 years, Mimi Zetts Cahill.
