Tewksbury Funeral Home in Tewksbury

1 Dewey Street Tewksbury, MA 01876
(978) 851-2061 https://www.tewksburyfuneralhome.com/

About Tewksbury Funeral Home

The Tewksbury Funeral Home was founded in 1957 by Walter and Gloria (Roux) Deputat. The name was chosen specifically to reflect their commitment to serve any ethnic, religious, or cultural segments within the town and our neighboring communities.

The idea of serving the community through funeral service was conceived during WWII. As a B-17 and B-24 Bombardier, Walter, who would earn a Distinguished Flying Cross, passed non-flight time discussing the many aspects of funeral service with a fellow aviator, who was raised in a family dedicated to funeral service. Walter liked the idea of a career that could make a difference in his community and help his fellow man. At the close of WWII, with the support and backing of his newlywed wife, Gloria, and while working two jobs to support his fledgling family, he attended N.E.I. for Funeral Service in Boston. Through the "G.I. Bill" he was able to pay for his education and purchase the "Marshall House" on Main Street. After years of renovation and several additions, they transformed the "Marshall House," single family residence, into the town's finest funeral establishment. So began the distinguished career of this humble couple, first generation Americans.

The family struggled during the first eight years in funeral service, and it was only in 1966 that the family business turned its first financially profitable year. Operating in a town with a firm that had been founded in the 19th century, the growth and success of the Tewksbury Funeral Home was slow but steady. The commitment to innovation, change, and improvement was the driving force during this growth period. The family's spirit of public service through many fraternal and social activities helped create many lifelong and loyal friendships.

Walter's sense of community is readily apparent when you look at his efforts to charter the Tewksbury-Wilmington Elks Lodge, and the Tewksbury Lions Club. He remains as one of the few remaining charter members of both of these fine charitable institutions. Walter was recently honored with a Melvin Jones Fellowship by Lions International. Walter's many civic affiliations also include the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the American Legion, the former Tewksbury Veteran's Association, as well as numerous national and state professional organizations. Walter and Gloria's heirs continue in this tradition, serving as officers in both the Tewksbury Lion and Tewksbury Rotary Clubs.

However, Walter and Gloria's commitment to contain costs to allow reasonable and fair prices was considered the touchstone of their success. This commitment to fair prices has been the cornerstone and guiding principle for more than 40 years.

In 1976, Walter and Gloria invited their youngest son, Joel, to join them as the second generation in funeral service. After receiving a BSBA in Accounting, and completing a program at N.E.I., Joel received his licenses in funeral service in 1978. Joel purchased the family business from his parents in 1984. The years of apprenticeship training under the tutelage of a caring father, made the father to son transition seamless and transparent. The same standard of excellence and commitment to the community had been successfully passed to the second generation.

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Our original building was built in 1895. This date and the initials of one of the original craftsmen who built the structure can be seen hand stamped by nail-head on the back of the basement stairs. The building was purchased from Mrs. Mary Marshall in 1956, by Walter and Gloria (Roux) Deputat. On the sale date, the basement contained a hand fed hot air coal furnace, dirt floor, and tree trunks supporting the building. There was one electrical outlet on the first floor, and no heat registers on the second or third floors. With much sweat equity, and no outside financing, Walter and Gloria transformed the structure into a first floor funeral parlor and second and third floor residence. The first major expansion came in 1960, as Walter and many friends erected the rear garage and upper casket display area. The second major expansion came in 1972 when Walter and Gloria added a wing, which ran the length of the building along Dewey Street. During the second expansion, the entire building was covered with bricks. (The bricks were purchased from the demolition of the Belcher Building at Tewksbury Hospital. More than 52,000 individual bricks were hand cleaned by Walter and a few of his relatives and friends during a three year period.) Since 1972, the buildings interior walls have been moved, removed or altered to facilitate the ever changing demands of today's funeral service needs.

Garage space in the building has been eliminated, and those areas once used to house livery equipment have been converted to public space. Pocket doors and sliding partitions allow flexibility in function when meeting today's special demands. A modernized casket display room, featuring a complete range of materials and prices was added in 1998. We offer a private arrangement room featuring urn and cremation products. Non-public areas, vital to support the visible functions of funeral service, have also received attention during the past several years. In 1983, we erected an off premises commercial garage to house our company owned hearse, flower car and limousine. We have added fire alarm and protection, emergency lighting and back-up electric generation systems. More than a decade ago, in response to ever changing public needs, we added a ramp and restroom facilities to meet the needs of our physically challenged visitors. We retrofitted a building nearly 100 years old with central air conditioning, and updated or replaced our entire service infrastructure during the past decade. We continue to replace and refurbish the drapery, carpets, wall coverings, and furniture in each and every room on a timely basis.

The focus of our facility is on the bereaved. While some funeral providers align chairs in theater fashion, all facing the deceased, we recommend a road less traveled. Our rooms are designed to allow people to freely circulate, to visit and spend quality time with our families. Our flexibility and size allows us to handle extremely large crowds or small families with a degree of intimacy. Our internal size and building organization also allows your guests to wait inside, out of the elements, regardless of the number of visitors you expect.

As our community continues to grow, we look to the future with plans for internal expansion of our public areas. Our objective is to continue to provide clean and comfortable, not ostentatious, surroundings. All the while, we never lose sight of our goal to provide the finest facilities and funeral experience ....at a fair and reasonable price.

This location has proudly served the local community with exceptional care for years and will help guide your family through memorial etiquette, personalize your tribute, funeral costs, directions to cemeteries, guestbook, online obituary creation, and telling your life story. For anyone who is interested in preplanning your memorial, you can be sure your legacy will be secure and that you can have peace of mind.

Situated in Tewksbury, Massachusetts and 2.5 miles from downtown Tewksbury, this business is within Middlesex County and will serve the surrounding areas of: Internal Revenue Service, Bar Coded I R S, IRS Service Center, Billerica, N Billerica, Nuttings Lake, South Lawrence, S Lawrence, S Chelmsford, Kates Corner, Massachusetts District, Lahey Clinic Med Ctr, N Reading, N Chelmsford, N Andover, National Grid, Mellon Financial Services, Bank of America, Tyngsborough, and Nabnasset.

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Obituaries: Barbara A. (Stohl) Hahr, formerly of Tewksbury Twp., has died at 72
(Stohl) Hahr died on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010 at Norwood Terrace Nursing Home in Plainfield. She was 72. Mrs. Hahr was born in Elizabeth and had resided in Tewksbury and in Watchung ... Services: Funeral services 9 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3, at Higgins Home for ...
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Obituaries: Jane Amerman of Hillsborough dies at 75; has survivors in Tewksbury, Glen Gardner
a sister, Deanna Kinney of Tewksbury; a brother ... Jackson and Logan Ruthe. Services: Funeral services Thursday, Oct. 28, 2:30 p.m. in the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main St., Flemington. Interment following in Neshanic Cemetery.
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