Scope and Contents The collection contains funeral record books, account books, and a few files of pre-arranged funeral accounts spanning from 1886 to 1960. The records arranged alphabetically by type of document and chronologically within each type. The funeral record books comprise the bulk of the collection and date from 1886 to 1916 with three gaps: 1890-1894, 1897-1899, and 1903-1905. Each page of the pre-printed funeral record books has the capacity to record all pertinent personal and...

Scope and Contents

Collection contains six account books, dated 1894-1938, and nine record books of funerals, dated 1913-1975. Funeral records in these latter volumes contain the decedent's name, age, date of death, place of death, place of interment, and other information. Collection contains other material relating to the operation of the funeral home.