Shaefer Funeral Home Records

Jul 13, 1902 - Jan 25 1904

Compiled by Virginia L. Aldridge

Schaefer Funeral Home of Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana opened its doors around 1872 and continued doing business in Evansville for 100 years. The name changed as the words "and Son" were added when son, Edward joined his father in business in 1900. The business expanded and grew at it's location on lower 5th Street. The business remained solely in the family until it became Schaefer Dorsey Funeral Home as announced in the Evansville Courier on 1 January 1970 the last funeral I find announced from that business was published in the Evansville Courier
11 February 1974.

In September 2010 I copied Schaefer Funeral Home Evansville 13 July 1902 - 25 January 1904 courtesy of Kay Lant who was in possession of the Schaefer Funeral Home books. The Schaefer Funeral Home collection is now in the possession of Boone Funeral Home.

Sources:
Evansville City Directories
Obituary: Joseph Schaefer Evansville Courier, issue 30 December 1919
Obituary: Edward M. Schaefer Evansville Courier, issue 7 February 1946
75 Years Sunday Courier and Press, issue 22 June 1947
Funeral Home Firm Renamed Evansville Courier, issue 1 January 1970
Legal Notices Evansville Courier, issue 5 April 1974