NOBLESVILLE — When a family was snowed in and couldn’t get to a funeral, Mark Roberts had their driveway plowed.

When family members were together for the death of a loved one at a nursing home, they met Roberts immediately following at the funeral home “at 2 o’clock in the morning,” he said, “so everybody could be there.”

The funeral director and co-owner of Randall and Roberts Funeral Home said he tries to meet his clients’ needs as best he can — which means being on-call 24 hours a day. And while “everybody always has little things that they need done,” he said he always tries to accommodate.

Thursday, the City of Noblesville and the Noblesville Chamber of Commerce honored Roberts as Business Person of the Year.

“It’s a nice birthday gift,” said Roberts, who’ll turn 42 on Sunday.

It’s an award the Noblesville native says “means a lot.”

“We try to serve each family and meet each family’s needs, and be flexible and compassionate to each one of their needs,” Roberts said.

Roberts and Tom Randall, who are first cousins, operate Randall and Roberts Funeral Home, which has a new location under construction.

“I think we try to pride ourselves on service, and we’re trying to grow with the community and give the community the facility that they deserve,” Roberts said.

A 13,000-square-foot mortuary, including the county’s first crematory, at 1685 Westfield Road, Noblesville, will be completed by end of the year, Roberts said.

It would be Randall and Roberts’ largest funeral home, he said. Randall and Roberts already operate a funeral home on Logan Street in downtown Noblesville, and in 2003 opened a second funeral home in Fishers.

Randall and Roberts dates back to 1919 in downtown Noblesville, when Charles M. Coaltrin opened Coaltrin Funeral Home. It moved a few blocks away to Logan and 12th streets in the 1940s.

Joe Roberts began working for the funeral home in 1953. Roberts and brother-in-law John Randall bought the funeral service in 1968, when the name was changed to Coaltrin, Randall and Roberts.

It became Randall and Roberts after Coaltrin died in 1982.

Randall and Roberts operated out of an historic home on Logan Street but tore that down in 1988, made it a parking lot and opened the current facility on a neighboring lot at 1150 Logan St.

Joe Roberts died in 2003 and John Randall in 2006. The Robertses were a pioneering family, coming to Hamilton County in 1834. A Randall or Roberts served as county coroner for 32 consecutive years until Thurl Cecil took office in 2007.

Mark Roberts, who served as coroner from 1999 to 2006, is a deputy coroner.

Roberts said his family and funeral service have always supported the community, not only in volunteer work but also with sponsorships from community nonprofits to church events. He said they particularly like to support youth activities that have included Noblesville Youth Soccer, Noblesville Elementary Football League, Boys&Girls Club basketball and Noblesville Youth Baseball.

He’s on the board of directors for the Boys&Girls Club of Noblesville, where he’s a volunteer coach. He’s a member of Noblesville Lions Club and is a member of Noblesville First United Methodist Church.

Roberts was one of five Enterprise Award recipients, narrowed from 15 finalists and more than 35 nominees during the sixth annual Enterprise Awards dinner at Purgatory Golf Club in Noblesville. Keynote speaker was Dr. Jo Ann Gora, president of Ball State University. Noblesville Mayor John Ditslear also spoke.

Nominations were accepted from Chamber members and the community. A selection committee of five comprised of two Chamber members, two city appointees and a representative from Noblesville Main Street picked the winners.

Recipients weren’t required to be Chamber members. “It’s about excellence and partnering in Noblesville,” said Pat Berghoff, vice president of commercial banking at First Merchants Bank in Noblesville.

Berghoff, co-chairman of the Chamber’s economic development committee with chairman Jerry Barr, a former Hamilton County judge, coordinated the event. Proceeds benefitted Noblesville Schools Education Foundation.