Park Memorial Ltd. Funeral Home - Mayerthorpe, Alberta
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wildwoodke
N 53° 57.122 W 115° 08.457
11U E 621993 N 5979785
Park Memorial Ltd. Funeral Home is centrally located on 47th Avenue in Mayerthorpe, Alberta.
Waymark Code: WMEJJT
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 06/04/2012
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Park Memorial is located in central Mayerthorpe. It is part of the Park Memorial group of Funeral Homes with its central location in Edmonton.
"The Building of a Dream
Tod Smolyk started out in 1941 as a funeral director with a dream. He had his own embalming instruments, a fiancee, and 12 friends who had each contributed $100 to help him start his company. To be able to contribute his share, Tod had to donate his embalming instruments to the company at their appraised value.
Tod and his fiancee, Lucy Kostynuk, got married at 3 p.m. on November 29, 1941. Instead of heading out to enjoy a honeymoon, they opened the doors to their new funeral home at 6 p.m. that same evening.
Tod selected the name Park Memorial at a time when all other funeral homes in Edmonton carried the names of their owners. He wanted to ensure there were no overtones suggesting a preference to serve one religious denomination or a specific ethnic group over another.
Park Memorial's first hearse was a 1941 Ford panel truck that was converted locally and the first car used to chauffeur families was a used Studebaker sedan."
See: http://www.parkmemorial.com/our_heritage.html
Although this is a satelite funeral home to the main location in Edmonton, they like the other locations are committed to client care. The business reamins within the family today.