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The original location, sometimes referred to as the [[Old Mortuary]], is on [[Shatter Hill]]. The [[New Mortuary]], a second location which in time became the primary, was opened in [[Samuelton]], Oregon in the 1950s. | The original location, sometimes referred to as the [[Old Mortuary]], is on [[Shatter Hill]]. The [[New Mortuary]], a second location which in time became the primary, was opened in [[Samuelton]], Oregon in the 1950s. | ||
Founded informally in the 1870s by [[Eugène de Bouton]] as a carpentry shop which served the mines dotting the slopes of [[Shatter Hill]] and the further ranches and settlements of [[Barlow County]], in a relatively short time it became the go to place for coffins and even burials at the [[Pioneer Cemetery]] adjacent to the home and workshop grounds. Eugène committed to providing funeral and burial services when he built what would eventually be known as the [[Old Mortuary]] in the mid-1890s. His son, [[Anton de Bouton]], would establish Bouton Funerary Service as a company in 1905. For the next sixty years, it would be the only funeral services provider in Barlow County, until [[Swarthmore Funeral Home]] opened in [[Wilton]] in 1968. | |||
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Revision as of 08:31, 24 June 2018
Bouton Funerary Service is the funeral home owned by the Bouton Family in the Melisende Dulac Series.
Details
The original location, sometimes referred to as the Old Mortuary, is on Shatter Hill. The New Mortuary, a second location which in time became the primary, was opened in Samuelton, Oregon in the 1950s.
Founded informally in the 1870s by Eugène de Bouton as a carpentry shop which served the mines dotting the slopes of Shatter Hill and the further ranches and settlements of Barlow County, in a relatively short time it became the go to place for coffins and even burials at the Pioneer Cemetery adjacent to the home and workshop grounds. Eugène committed to providing funeral and burial services when he built what would eventually be known as the Old Mortuary in the mid-1890s. His son, Anton de Bouton, would establish Bouton Funerary Service as a company in 1905. For the next sixty years, it would be the only funeral services provider in Barlow County, until Swarthmore Funeral Home opened in Wilton in 1968.