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Business Established

Jan 1, 1890

1890 - F. Louis Egelhof establishes the F. Louis Egelhof Undertaking and Art Store at 466 Main Street.

Undertaking and Art Store

Jan 1, 1915

The F. Louis Egelhof Undertaking and Art Store

Didesch Funeral Home

Jan 1, 1925

Al Didesch Sr. takes control of the Voelker - Didesch funeral home after the death of his partner and establishes the Didesch Funeral Home at 1300 Main Street.

Ashworth & Bennett Funeral Home

Jan 1, 1928

James Ashworth and Merlin Bennett establish the Ashworth & Bennett Funeral Home at 7th and Bluff Street.

James Ashworth

Jan 1, 1928

James Ashworth

Streuber Funeral Home

Jan 1, 1931

Edwin F. Strueber establishes the Strueber Funeral Home at 1454 Iowa Street.

Edwin Streuber

Jan 1, 1931

Edwin F. Strueber

Louis F. Egelhof

Jan 1, 1934

F. Louis' son, Louis F. Egelhof

Henry Stout house purchased

Jan 1, 1934

F. Louis' son, Louis F. Egelhof purchases the Henry L. Stout (Fannie Stout) house at 1145 Locust Street and
relocates the funeral home to that location.

Paul Streuber joins business

Jan 1, 1946

Paul Strueber goes into business with his father at the funeral home.

Gene Siegert joins his grandfather

Jan 1, 1956

Gene Siegert joins his grandfather James Ashworth at the funeral home.

Colonial Funeral Home Established

Jan 1, 1962

Edmund Siegert establishes the Ed Siegert Colonial Funeral Home at 390 North Grandview Avenue.

Gene Siegert & Son Westview Funeral Home Established

Jan 1, 1978

E. Gene Siegert establishes the Gene Siegert & Son Westview Funeral Home at 2659 JFK Road.

Egelhof, Casper & Strueber Funeral Home formed

Jan 1, 1979

Paul Strueber merges with the Egelhof Funeral Home to form the Egelhof, Casper & Strueber Funeral Home at 1145 Locust Street.

Ed Siegert - Al Didesch Colonial Funeral Home formed

Jan 1, 1983

Edmund Siegert and Al Didesch merge to form the Ed Siegert - Al Didesch Colonial Funeral Home at 390 North Grandview Avenue.

Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Westview Funeral Home formed

Jan 1, 1997

The Egelhof, Casper & Strueber Funeral Home merge with the Gene Siegert & Son Westview Funeral Home to become the current Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Westview Funeral Home at 2659 JFK Road.

Siegert - Didesch Colonial Funeral Home formed

Jan 1, 1999

The Egelhof, Siegert & Casper Westview Funeral Home merge with the Ed Siegert - Al Didesch Colonial Funeral Home to become the current Siegert - Didesch Colonial Funeral Home at 390 North Grandview Avenue.