> Hello Gloria and all! > I had another conversation today with a funeral director about Home = > Undertaking. He said that originally Bleitz was called Clark, Rafferty & = > Putnam with Bleitz. This was early 1900s. Then about 1920-21 J.J. Bleitz = > started his own outfit over at "the new parlour" at 316 Florentia St. = > (north of Queen Anne at the Fremont Bridge). The rest of the gang "went = > to Acacia Park" -- we know as of now that Acacia was bought out by = > Evergreen Washelli and the records are now at EW. But back in the first = > quarter of the 20th century, we had this small group of business = > partners operating out of Acacia and Bleitz. I have been working at = > computerizing Bleitz' records from Client #1 to today. Let me tell you, = > this is a BIG TASK! And as I was typing away, I started to notice in = > 1921 "Home Undertaking Co." in conjunction with Bleitz. The records = > would say things like: Cremation for Home Undertaking Co., Evergreen = > Park (if the cremains were to be buried or placed in a niche). And these = > records that I have, include the vital stats. It's confusing as to who = > actually has the client - they all worked so closely together that there = > really aren't any boundaries. Isn't that nice? So I guess the point of = > this diatribe is that I believe that Home Undertaking Co. goes back to = > the 1920s and their records are mostly at Evergreen Washelli, but it = > wouldn't hurt to try Bleitz as well! Oh and also, Evergreen Washelli was = > known as Evergreen Park and Washelli was known as Washelli (I'm sure = > there was an official name for it, but I don't have receipts from them, = > so...). I hope this answers more questions than it created!!! > Fondly > Cynthia