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Article: Steve Finacom: Pioneer Berkeley funeral director died in 1934
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- March 19, 2009
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Frank Ward Durgin, "pioneer funeral director of Berkeley and a
resident of the city for more than 40 years" died March 20, 1934, 75
years ago. In 1887 he came from Maine to San Francisco, then moved
to Berkeley five years later, "where he established a furniture
business and became the first funeral director." He lived at 1165
Shattuck Ave.
"Mr. Durgin was one of the pioneers in all the early day
activities of Berkeley," stated an article in the Berkeley Gazette,
active in the YMCA, and a member of local fraternal lodges. He
retired in 1927, leaving the business called Hull and Durgin, which
operated the notable "Little Chapel of the Flowers" on Adeline
Street. Today, that distinctive ...