Several of the longevity practices that turned up in my research of companies over 100 years old have to do with personalized customer service and close ties to the firm's local community. Perhaps because these are also practices of well-run funeral homes, we find a rather large number (relatively speaking) among Century Club Companies and that the majority of these have been run by the same family for generations. Longevity congratulations to the following generational funeral homes in operation for over 150 years. I would love to hear of more!
Backman Funeral Home, Strasburg PA 1769 8th generation
Rogers Funeral Home, Frankfort KY 1802 7th generation
Bear Funeral Home, Churchville VA 1812 6th generation
Eaton Funeral Homes, Newton MA 1818 6th generation
Stuard Funeral Home, Ardmore PA 1822 6th generation
Mitchell-Wiedenfeld Funeral Home, Baltimore MD 1837 6th generation
Wilbert Funeral Home, Plaquemine LA 1850 6th generation
Smith & Sons Funeral Homes, Columbia City IN 1851 5th generation
Davis Funeral Chapel, Leavenworth KS 1855 6th generation
Schoedinger Funeral & Cremation Services, Columbus OK 1855 5th & 6th generations
Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Homes, Fort Dodge IA 1856 5th generation
Quinn Funeral Homes, Warwick RI 1857 4th generation
J. Henry Stuhr, Charleston SC 1865 5th generation
