FOREWORD

MR. ANDREW FROSCHER, A GERMAN CABINET MAKER, OWNED AND OPERATED THE FIRST FUNERAL PARLOR IN TITUSVILLE.

MR. FROSCHER WAS BORN IN SAXANHAUSEN, GERMANY AND IN 1844 AT AGE 22 TRAVELED TO ROCHESTER, NEW YORK. TWO YEARS LATER HE CAME TO FERNANDINA AND WORKED AS A CABINET MAKER. IN 1869 HE SAILED DOWN TO HAULOVER CANAL AND INTO TITUSVILLE.

HE HAD NO INTENTION OF BECOMING AN UNDERTAKER. AS A CABINET MAKER, HE WAS OFTEN ASKED TO MAKE CASKETS. SOON HE REALIZED THERE WAS A REAL NEED FOR AN UNDERTAKER IN TITUSVILLE. HE WENT TO JACKSONVILLE TO LEARN THE EMBALMING TRADE AND FOUNDED THE FIRST FUNERAL HOME IN TITUSVILLE. IT WAS SITUATED ON WASHINGTON AVENUE, JUST NORTH OF THE CITY HALL BUILDING ON THE EAST SIDE OF WASHINGTON AVENUE. AT PRESENT (1991), THE CITY OF TITUSVILLE HAS TWO OFFICE BUILDINGS ON THIS SITE.

IN 1921, MR. FROSCHER SOLD HIS BUSINESS TO MR. J. E. KOON, A FELLOW CITIZEN OF TITUSVILLE. THE RECORDS IN THIS BOOKLET ARE THOSE OF THE KOON FUNERAL HOME FROM NOVEMBER 23, 1924, TO JUNE 1946. IN FEBRUARY 1946, MR. KOON SOLD THE BUSINESS TO MR. E. A. SMITH OF MIAMI, FLORIDA. THE RECORDS OF THE SMITH FUNERAL HOME BEGINNING IN 1946 HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED.

EDITORIAL NOTE:

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THANK YOU TO ROSE WOOLEY FOR DILIGENT WORK IN COLLECTING AND PUBLISHING THIS INDEX.

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