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Our History
In
1944, Don Goulet Sr. received his embalmers license
from the Canadian School of Embalming in Toronto. Upon
receiving his funeral directors license, he returned
to Renfrew to work at the Quinn Funeral Home.
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Circa
1946
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Circa
1968
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For
24 years Don faithfully served Renfrew and area at the
Quinn Funeral Home, building a reputation as an honest,
caring gentleman with his client families. In 1968 he
felt he could better serve the community with his own
funeral establishment and broke with Quinn's to chart
a new course. The new funeral home was a modest building
but quickly the community embraced Don's dream.With his
hard work and dedication and with the support and assistance
of his wife Christena, the business began to grow. |
In
1972 his son Don Goulet Jr. received his funeral directors
license from Humber College and began to work with his father
in the family business. While Don Sr. passed away in 1991,
the funeral home continued to grow under the direction of
Don Jr.
Extensive
renovations were made to the funeral home in 1991, creating
a larger atmosphere with 3 visitation rooms, 2 lounges along
with wheelchair accessibility.
In
1994, Don Jr.'s daughter Natasha received her funeral directors
license. As a newly licenced director, she gained valuable
experience working in the cities of Toronto and Hamilton.
In 2003, Natasha returned to her hometown officially making
the Goulet Funeral Home a 3rd generation family business.
In
June of 2003, the Goulet Funeral Home acquired the Quinn and
Zohr Funeral Home (formally Quinn Funeral Home). Following
the purchase, and not seeing the necessity of having two locations
in such close proximity, the Quinn and Zohr building on the
corner of Railway and Xavier streets was closed and all records
were moved to the Argyle Street location.
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