Robert B Ferguson Funeral Home

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About Ferguson Funeral Home Ferguson Funeral Home is located at 105 Spring Street in Scottdale, PA in Westmoreland County. We have been an established business in the community since the late 1800s. Over four generations of funeral directors have been trained to give the highest quality service to our customers. The funeral home is housed in a Colonial Revival styled home that is elegant, well-maintained, and reverentially decorated. It is a quiet setting in which to grieve the loss of a loved one. Funeral Museum With over 130 years of service, Ferguson Funeral Home is the site of the Scottdale community's oldest business, dating back to 1880. Learn more on our Scottdale Funeral Museum website, including William Ferguson's master works of folk art that have been documented and preserved by Ferguson family for nearly a century, and our restored 1880 Rockfalls, horse drawn hearse, which is still in service. Web Log We regularly contribute articles to an informative web log ("blog") called Funeral Matters, Cremations, PrePlanning, and more. You can visit our blog and even comment on articles of interest by clicking on the following link to www.FergusonFunerals.WordPress.com Samuel D. Aultman was the first to begin the establishment which later became known as Ferguson Funeral Home. It was Aultman's service in the Civil War as a field mortuary technician that led him to begin a funeral parlor in Scottdale. He was also considered a pioneer in the emerging art of embalming. The business was then passed on to J. Patrick Owens in 1899. Owens was a turn of the century undertaker and livery service operator. He decided to team up with William "Bill" Ferguson, a foreman at the town's casket factory, to create "Owens and Ferguson Undertaking & Livery" in 1901. Bill was a cabinetmaker by trade and some of his original artifacts can be found at the Ferguson Funeral Home today. Shortly afterwards, Owens retired due to illness. It was then Bill decided to have his sons George and John operate the Ferguson Undertaking & Furniture Store. (In those days, it was not unusual for furniture entrepreneurs to also be in the casket business.) The store was located at 120 Pittsburgh Street, Scottdale. It was Bill's stern business sense and sympathetic demeanor that led the funeral home to flourish during the course of two world wars. Bill Ferguson passed away in 1951. Tragically within a year and ten days, his son George also died as a result of an ambulance accident in January of 1952. His wife, Nellie operated the firm on a widow's license until her son, Robert B. Ferguson, the third generation, purchased the business in 1963. Bob immersed himself in a daily commitment as funeral director for close to 38 years. He trained and mentored his son, Robert B. Ferguson, Jr., the fourth generation, until his well deserved retirement in 1992. Robert B. Ferguson, Jr., bought Ferguson Funeral Home in 1993. In the early 1990s the funeral industry was experiencing a period of transition including personalization features, alternative customs, and cremation. Rob took a hand in all of this to certain the Ferguson Funeral Home remained true to its traditions, offering an exceptional level of customer service and state-of-the art funerary offerings. Today, Ferguson Funeral home offers the latest in funeral preplanning and advanced funeral arrangements, funeral services, and cremation services.