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George FitzPatrick Funeral Home’s Heritage Spans
Four Generations
FitzPatrick Funeral Home, Renovation and Expansion, 1942
FitzPatrick Funeral Home, Second Location, 1925
ABINGTON,PA—
When
Matthew J. (M.J.) FitzPatrick
opened
for business at his private residence in Philadelphia in 1904
most funerals were still conducted in the private homes of the
deceased. He eventually moved the business to North Broad
Street at Rising Sun Avenue. M.J. was joined in business by his
son,
S. Raymond FitzPatrick
in 1917. Over the next half cen-
Continued on Page A14Over 150 Years of Innovation at Ruland Funeral
Home
PATCHOGUE,NY—
In
1856,
JohnR. Smith
found-
ed what would eventually
become the
Ruland Funeral
Home.
Mr. Smith worked from his home and provided un-
dertaking services to families in the greater Patchogue area.
In the late 1860’s Smith teamed up with
Charles Wallace
Ruland
and formed
Smith &Ruland Undertakers.
Due to
declining healthMr. Smith retired in the late 1880’s. No lon-
ger able to work from the Smith residence, Mr. Ruland pur-
chased the former Patchogue Laundry building which be-
came home to
C. W. Ruland Funeral Services.
In 1895, C. W. Ruland gained notoriety for his selfless work
in caring for the sailors of the Louis V. Place. The small schoo-
ner carrying a cargo of coal from Baltimore to New York be-
came stranded on a sand bar on Fire Island. Six crewmembers
perished during the rescue efforts, two were rescued, only one
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