One of the oldest funeral homes in Eureka, Pierce Mortuary has had signs for sale up for a while. Pierce Mortuary was at the 7th and H location since 1875. Service Core International, the company that owned Pierce Mortuary also owned Chapels in Arcata.
Sanders Funeral Home, Eureka's only full service funeral home, has been operating since 1906. The owner purchased Paul's Chapel, a few months ago. The building that housed Pierce Mortuary is closed, that license has been cancelled. Several old records that were found while it was being cleaned. Sanders Funeral Director Megan McAllister told me that some of those records had been given to the Humboldt Historical Society.
As a longtime local business, Sanders Funeral Home is accommodating any one that had "prior arrangements with Pierce." Letters were sent out to everyone who had such arrangements with Pierce, said Ms. McAllister. There are three options that previous Pierce clients have: they can either keep their arrangements with Sanders; transfer the arrangement to another funeral home; or cash out their policy.
For more information, call Sanders at (707) 442-2941 or go to http://www.sanderseureka.com/home/index.cfm?fh_id=13581
Why would the license be cancelled?
ReplyDeleteBecause the business is closed. There is no Pierce Mortuary anymore hence no license needed to operate.
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