N.J. Hogenkamp Sons Funeral Home | Saint Henry, Ohio (2024)

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What is the oldest funeral home in Ohio? ›

BROWN-FORWARD, INC., a funeral service company, was established in 1825 and is one of the oldest, continually-operating funeral homes in Ohio.

When you buy a Victorian funeral home, you'd expect a few surprises. Just ask the Blumberg family – Heather, Arryn and their children Rafferty and Noa – who purchased an 1880s "Gothic mansion" to transform into their family dream home.

"The original Kirk & Nice funeral home opened in Philadelphia over 250 years ago, and is America's oldest funeral home. Relocating to the grounds of George Washington Memorial Park in 1999, Kirk & Nice Inc. continues providing quality service to Philadelphia and surrounding region."

If the human remains are properly preserved they can be stored for longer periods of time. In most cases, so long as the remains are properly refrigerated, funeral homes can store a body for a few days to a few weeks.

Located 2.31 miles from Struthers

Also there are no local markets within Struthers and the only free food service for low income families is outside of the city limits. Additionally, there are only two grocery stores located in town. Finally, Struthers is the only city in the United States without a cemetery.

US woman declared dead found alive at funeral home. A woman in Nebraska who was mistaken for dead at a nursing home and later found to be alive at a funeral home has now really died, authorities have confirmed. Constance Glantz, 74, was declared dead at a nursing home near the state capital of Lincoln on Monday.

Most funeral homes are privately owned, and increasingly, more funeral homes are owned by large corporations. Service Corporation International, the largest death-care corporation in the country, owns and operates more than 1,400 locations in North America and brought in more than $4 billion in revenue in 2023.

But, of course, that's all fiction. The Addams family doesn't actually exist, but the Blumberg family in Dresden, Ontario, comes pretty close! The family behind the Discovery+ show We Bought a Funeral Home have shown the world their spooky side, turning an old funeral home into an incredible work of art.

The earliest evidence of wooden coffin remains, dated at 5000 BC, was found in the Tomb 4 at Beishouling, Shaanxi. Clear evidence of a rectangular wooden coffin was found in Tomb 152 in an early Banpo site. The Banpo coffin belongs to a four-year-old girl; it measures 1.4 m (4.6 ft) by 0.55 m (1.8 ft) and 3–9 cm thick.

Many undertakers (as morticians were once called) used their homes to care for the deceased. Funeral homes were originally run by undertakers who would use their homes to do business. This is probably where the name “funeral home” comes from.

What state has the most funeral homes? ›

Which States have the highest number of businesses in the Funeral Homes industry in the United States? New York (1,813 businesses), Pennsylvania (1,748 businesses) and Texas (1,742 businesses) are the States with the most number of Funeral Homes businesses in the US.

Established in 1788, Marietta is the oldest city in the state of Ohio, and the first official American settlement territory north and west of the Ohio River. Known as the “Riverboat Town,” it is located at the confluence of the Ohio and Muskingum rivers.

Steubenville, Ohio's first settlement and also home to the oldest cemetery in the state was founded in 1797 by Bazaleel Wells on the ruins of what had been Fort Steuben.

The Betts House, built in 1804, is the oldest surviving building in Cincinnati and the oldest brick home in Ohio. This remarkable survivor of Cincinnati's period of settlement offers exhibits and programs that focus on Cincinnati history, historic preservation, and the built environment.

Researchers discovered several specimens of hom*o naledi buried about 30 metres underground in a cave system. The burial dates back to at least 200,000 BC. The researchers say the hom*o naledi was capable of complex emotional and cognitive behaviour despite their brain size.