WAUSeattleFuneralHomes5522_5529.xml Guide to the Seattle Funeral Homes Records Collection 1916-1999 Seattle Funeral Homes Records Collection Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries © 2008 (Last modified: 4/7/2020)
Seattle, WA 98195
Finding aid written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard). University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections 5522, 5529 Seattle funeral homes records collection 1916-1999 circa 134 cubic feet (155 boxes) Collection materials are in English. Records of eight Seattle area funeral homes between 1916 and 1999 (dates vary depending on funeral home), containing information on burials and cremations as well as arrangements for funeral ceremonies

Several independent businesses' records combine to form the Seattle Funeral Homes Records Collection. These businesses themselves combined through many mergers and acquisitions over the years, until finally Acacia Funeral Home possessed all of the records (with the exception of Sessions Funeral Home). These mergers resulted in several name changes for some of the businesses, which were also often colloquially referenced with name variations. For example, University Funeral Parlor was also known as University Undertaking; when Forkner Funeral Home merged with Acacia Funeral Home it became Forkner-Acacia for the three year period in which its records were kept separately from Acacia's; Clark-Rafferty & Putnam was originally Rafferty Undertaking, and is also referred to as Clark-Rafferty and Rafferty-Putnam; Acacia Funeral Home's variations include Adams Morrison Mortuary, Adams Forkner Acacia, and Acacia Forkner & Home.

These records are separated into series by funeral home:

Sessions Funeral Home, 1916-1937 Home Undertaking Company, 1918-1977 University Funeral Parlor, circa 1920-1968 Bothell Funeral Home, 1936-1963 Clark-Rafferty & Putnam, 1939-1978 Acacia Funeral Home, 1964-1999 Forkner Funeral Home, 1971-1974 Seattle Mortuary, 1976-1981

In each series, the original order and indexing methods used by the originating funeral home have been preserved as well as possible.

The Seattle Funeral Home Records Collection combines funeral home records from eight separate businesses in the Seattle area; most were maintained through a series of mergers and acquisitions until 1999. These records are usually comprised of data sheets or cards describing arrangements for funerals, cremations, or both - including detailed information about the deceased (name, age, next of kin, cause of death, insurance information, etc.). Data sheets also list the date of the funeral or cremation and details of the memorial service: the coffin, the headstone, the flowers, the music, etc. Finally, these cards often state information about the cost of these services and the arrangements for payment. Other related material is sometimes filed with the data sheets, such as newspaper clippings or typescripts of obituaries. In some of the later records, medical or hospital records related to the client's death are included. The larger series include alphabetical indexes to the data sheets.

Some records are fairly complete for the duration of that funeral home's operation, while others cover only a few years out of a longer span. See scope and content notes at the series level for more specific detail.

These records will be useful for genealogists, historians, and anyone interested in the death arrangements made in the Seattle area over most of the twentieth century.

For general researchers, one of the highlights of the collection is the Home Undertaking uncollectible accounts index. In this group, each index card lists multiple attempts to acquire payment, as well as notes describing the family's (or individual's) financial situation. Many of these cards date from the Great Depression.

There are also many records from the funeral homes active during the 1940s of funerals for WWII soldiers killed in action which may be of historical interest.

Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use. Contact Special Collections for more information or submit a Funeral Home Records Online Search Request .

No restrictions on access.

Researchers who are searching for information on a particular individual are encouraged to submit a search request online in order to determine whether we have any information on that particular individual.

Records stored offsite; advance notice required for use. Contact Special Collections for more information or submit a Funeral Home Records Online Search Request .

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Literary rights not transferred to the University of Washington Libraries. Unless restricted by deed of gift, records can be photocopied.

 Acacia Funeral Home Bothell Funeral Home Clark-Rafferty & Putnam Forkner Funeral Home Home Undertaking Company Seattle Mortuary Sessions Funeral Home (Kirkland, Wash.) University Funeral Parlor Seattle (Wash.) King County (Wash.) Seattle (Wash.)--Genealogy Seattle (Wash.)--History Undertakers and undertaking Funeral homes--Washington (State)--Seattle Funeral homes--Washington (State)--King County Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington) Seattle Businesses and Corporations

 

Accession No. 5522-001: Sessions Funeral Home records, 1916-1937 3 bound ledgers (3 boxes)

Arrangement: Arranged chronologically. Each volume contains an alphabetical index.

Biographical/Historical Note: Sessions Funeral Home (aka Sessions Mortuary), of Kirkland, Washington, is the only funeral home that was not involved in the mergers and acquisitions connecting the others in this collection. In 1923 Elmer L. Sessions built a new structure to house his mortuary, which included a five-room apartment for his family. Sessions Funeral Home operated until 1941 when it was bought by John R. Clark, continuing as a funeral home until 1947, after which the building served many purposes; it has functioned as the Kirkland City Hall Annex since 2006.

Source: Memorandum from Kirkland City Council meeting of September 2, 2008

Scope and Content: The records of Sessions Funeral Home from 1916-1937. The second and third volumes contain a printed statement from the ledger publisher on "Funeral Ethics" which provides clues about cultural demands and practices for mortuaries around funerals and death in the early twentieth century.

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Researchers who are searching for information on a particular individual are encouraged to submit a search request online in order to determine whether we have any information on that particular individual.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice is required for use.

Custodial History: These records passed into the possession of John R. Clark of Woodinville, a relative of the John R. Clark who purchased the funeral home from Sessions. The volumes were then given to Barbara Pearson of the Eastside Genealogical Society, who gave them to the Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society. After the TPCGS published the records, they were transferred to the Bellevue Archives, and subsequently donated to the University of Washington.

Acquisition Info: Source: Bellevue Archives, 2000.

Bibliography: Sessions Funeral Home records, Kirkland, Washington. (Tacoma: Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society, 1999).

153 5522-001 Sessions Funeral Home volume 1 1916 October 29-1926 March 11 154 5522-001 Sessions Funeral Home volume 2 1926 March 16-1931 September 4 155 5522-001 Sessions Funeral Home volume 3 1931 September 15-1937 January 28 Accession No. 5529-001: Seattle funeral homes records collection, 1918-1999

Restrictions on Access: No restrictions on access.

Researchers who are searching for information on a particular individual are encouraged to submit a search request online in order to determine whether we have any information on that particular individual.

Some material stored offsite; advance notice is required for use.

Custodial History: These records are the accumulated result of several mergers of Seattle area funeral homes over a period of years. Evergreen-Washelli acquired Acacia Funeral Home in 2001, at which time the records were transferred into Evergreen-Washelli's possession.

Acquisition Info: Source: Evergeen-Washelli, 2008.

Processing Info: Files are in original order as they were boxed by Evergreen-Washelli staff from the original file cabinets in 2007.

 Home Undertaking Company 1918-1977 March 75 boxes

Arrangement: Arranged in two subseries: Home Undertaking data sheets, 1918-1977 Home Undertaking indexes, 1918-1977

Scope and Content: The records of Home Undertaking Company from January 1918 to March 1977. This funeral home opened in 1913, so these records are fairly complete. The indexes describe the data sheets.

 Home Undertaking data sheets 1918-1977 57 boxes

Arrangement: Data sheets are on index cards in rough numerical order, which is also roughly chronological. Because of this "rough" numbering and ordering, some considerable overlaps and gaps are evident in the list below, which does not necessarily signify missing data.

The data sheets are bundled into groups by month, most frequently with the earliest cards at the bottom, but sometimes in reverse. There is usually an extra card on top, indexing the names and numbers for the records from that month.

 1 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #521-2218 1918-1921 2 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #2219-3649 1922 January-1925 February 3 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #3650-4929 1925 March-1927 May 4 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #4930-6078 1927 June-1929 March 5 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #6167-7140 1929 May-1930 October 6 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #7159-7818 1930 November-1931 September 7 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #7832-8274 1931 October-1932 April 8 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #8248-8751 1932 May-1933 January 9 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #8789-9270 1933 February-October 10 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #9289-9790 1933 November-1934 July 11 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #9807-10285 1934 August-1935 March 12 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #10310-10827 1935 April-December 13 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #10724-11400 1936 January-August 14 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #11436-11953 1936 September-1937 February 15 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #11830-12511 1937 March-October 16 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #12470-13028 1937 November-1938 April 17 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #12988-13512 1938 May-November 18 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #13503-14069 1938 December-1939 April 19 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #13994-14718 1939 May-November 20 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #14696-15357 1939 December-1940 June 21 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #15321-16020 1940 July-1941 January 22 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #16012-16562 1941 February-June 23 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #16536-17115 1941 July-November 24 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #17102-17721 1941 December-1942 April 25 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #17643-18259 1942 May-September 26 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #18206-18823 1942 October-1943 January 27 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #18770-19431 1943 February-May 28 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #19386-20051 1943 June-October 29 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #20001-20693 1943 November-1944 March 30 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #20663-21297 1944 April-August 31 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #21237-21992 1944 September-1945 February 32 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #21777-22679 1945 March-October 33 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #22657-23302 1945 November-1946 June 34 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #23291-23901 1946 July-1947 March 35 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #23893-24488 1947 April-November 36 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #24455-24986 1947 December-1948 May 57 5529-001 Cremations for out of town burials 1947-1948

General Notes: Numbered 1-11

Scope and Content: Includes burials for Bainbridge Island.

 37 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #24977-25450 1948 June-November 38 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #25440-25915 1948 December-1949 June 39 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #25796-26407 1949 July-1950 February 40 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #26396-26877 1950 March-October 41 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #26872-27358 1950 November-1951 July 42 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #27347-27863 1951 August-1952 April 43 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #27857-28364 1952 May-1953 January 44 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #28359-28996 1953 February-1954 February 45 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #28982-29769 1954 March-1955 June 46 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #29765-30472 1955 July-1956 September 47 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #30466-31046 1956 October-1957 November 48 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #31033-31630 1957 December-1959 February 49 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #31628-32229 1959 March-1960 June 50 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #32227-32778 1960 July-1961 December 57 5529-001 Miscellaneous 1960-1961

General Notes: Bundles with no case numbers assigned.

 51 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #32773-33295 1962 January-1964 September 52 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #33322-33884 1964 October-1967 August 53 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #33884-34465 1967 September-1969 October 54 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #34465-35044 1969 November-1971 September 55 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #35045-35659 1971 October-1973 November 56 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #35660-36259 1973 December-1976 September 57 5529-001 Home Undertaking data sheets #36273-36329 1976 October-1977 March Home Undertaking indexes 1918-1977 18 boxes

Arrangement: Arranged in five groups: Primary alphabetical index Secondary alphabetical index Special index: cremated remains only (A-Z) Special index: letters returned (A-Z) Special index: uncollectable accounts (A-Z)

58 5529-001 Home Undertaking primary index: A-Bla 59 5529-001 Home Undertaking primary index: Bla-Cla 60 5529-001 Home Undertaking primary index: C-D 61 5529-001 Home Undertaking primary index: E-G 62 5529-001 Home Undertaking primary index: G-H 63 5529-001 Home Undertaking primary index: H-K 64 5529-001 Home Undertaking primary index: K-Ma 65 5529-001 Home Undertaking primary index: Ma-Mz; McA-McFad 66 5529-001 Home Undertaking primary index: McFad-McZ; N-P 67 5529-001 Home Undertaking primary index: P-S 68 5529-001 Home Undertaking primary index: S 69 5529-001 Home Undertaking primary index: S-W 70 5529-001 Home Undertaking primary index: W-Z 71 5529-001 Home Undertaking secondary index: A-Z January 1956-May 1969

Scope and Content: This index actually contains records into the 1970s.

 72 5529-001 Home Undertaking cremated remains index: A-Knu 73 5529-001 Home Undertaking cremated remains index: Knu-Z 74 5529-001 Home Undertaking letters returned index: A-Z

Scope and Content: This index also contains miscellaneous cards ("code cards").

 75 5529-001 Home Undertaking uncollectable accounts index: A-Z 1918-1977 University Funeral Parlor circa 1920-1968 12 boxes

Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by last name.

General Notes: Alphabetic ranges taken from box labels added by Evergreen-Washelli staff.

Scope and Content: The records of the University Funeral Parlor, circa 1920-1968.

 76 5529-001 University Funeral Parlor data sheets: A-Blu 77 5529-001 University Funeral Parlor data sheets: Boa-Cly 78 5529-001 University Funeral Parlor data sheets: Coa-Equ 79 5529-001 University Funeral Parlor data sheets: Erb-Hal 80 5529-001 University Funeral Parlor data sheets: Ham-Jan 81 5529-001 University Funeral Parlor data sheets: Jar-Llu 82 5529-001 University Funeral Parlor data sheets: Lob-Moo 83 5529-001 University Funeral Parlor data sheets: Mor-Pix 84 5529-001 University Funeral Parlor data sheets: Pla-Sey 85 5529-001 University Funeral Parlor data sheets: Sha-Thw 86 5529-001 University Funeral Parlor data sheets: Tib-Wru 87 5529-001 University Funeral Parlor data sheets: Wul-Zyz Bothell Funeral Home 1936-1963 Five ledger volumes (1 box)

Arrangement: Each bound volume of data sheets is in chronological order and contains its own alphabetical index.

Scope and Content: The records of the Bothell Funeral Home between 1936 and 1963.

 88 5529-001 Bothell Funeral Home data sheets, volume 1 1936 October 5-1945 August 3 88 5529-001 Bothell Funeral Home data sheets, volume 2 1945 August 14-1951 October 13 88 5529-001 Bothell Funeral Home data sheets, volume 3 1951 October 25-1956 June 8 88 5529-001 Bothell Funeral Home data sheets, volume 4 1956 June 8-1959 December 3 88 5529-001 Bothell Funeral Home data sheets, volume 5 1959 December 17-1963 February 18 Clark-Rafferty & Putnam 1939-1978 9 boxes

Biographical/Historical Note: This funeral home opened as Rafferty Undertaking in 1920, moved in 1930 and was renamed Rafferty-Putnam in about 1950.

Arrangement: Arranged in two series: Clark-Rafferty & Putnam data sheets, 1939-1978 Clark-Rafferty & Putnam index, 1972-1978

Scope and Content: The records of Clark-Rafferty & Putnam between 1939 and 1978. These records appear to be complete for the period in which the business was named Clark-Rafferty & Putnam; in 1978 the company was absorbed by another funeral home.

 Clark-Rafferty & Putnam data sheets 1939-1978 8 boxes

Arrangement: Data sheets are in multiple locations and formats, depending on the year of the funeral. Overlapping systems were apparently in place for many years, resulting in a somewhat complicated and redundant arrangement peculiar to this organization, which has been preserved. Four main subgroups of data sheets exist: Unnumbered loose data sheets, 1939-1959 Ledger data sheets, 1953-1969 Ring-bound data sheets, 1960-1977 Numbered loose data sheets, 1972-1978

For 1972-1978: letter size file box 96: data sheets in chronological order dated January 1972-October 1978 and numbered C173-C603. Indexed by cards in box 97.

 Clark-Rafferty & Putnam unnumbered loose data sheets 1939-1959

Arrangement: Data sheets are mostly in chronological order beginning November 26, 1941 (1939, 1940, and most of 1941 are not in order). No reliable or consistent case numbers were assigned to these records, and there is no alphabetical index.

General Notes: Some of the data sheets, from the period 1953-1959, can be cross-referenced from the bound ledgers in the next subgroup.

 89 5529-001 Unnumbered loose data sheets 1939-1946 90 5529-001 Unnumbered loose data sheets 1947-1955 91 5529-001 Unnumbered loose data sheets 1957-1959 Clark-Rafferty & Putnam ledger data sheets 1953 March 20-1969 September 2

Arrangement: Each bound volume of data sheets is in chronological order and contains its own alphabetical index. No reliable or consistent case numbers were assigned to these records.

General Notes: The alphabetical index in each ledger may also describe records from the subgroup "Unnumbered loose data sheets" for the overlapping years 1953-1959.

These records seem to precede the subgroup "Numbered loose data sheets" (1972-1978).

 92 5529-001 Bound ledger #12/17 1953 March 20-1955 August 18 92 5529-001 Bound ledger #13/18 1955 August 20-1957 November 16 92 5529-001 Bound ledger #14/19 1957 November 18-1960 March 15 92 5529-001 Bound ledger #15/20 1960 March 18-1962 June 23 93 5529-001 Bound ledger #16/21 1962 July 2-1964 November 2 93 5529-001 Bound ledger #17/22 1964 November 3-1967 April 27 93 5529-001 Bound ledger #18/23 1967 April 27-1969 September 2 Clark-Rafferty & Putnam ring-bound data sheets 1960-1977

Arrangement: Data sheets are in chronological order. No reliable or consistent case numbers were assigned to these records.

General Notes: No alphabetical index exists for the earlier records, but data sheets for 1972-1977 can be cross referenced using the Clark-Rafferty & Putnam index in box 97.

 94 5529-001 Ring-bound data sheets 1960 June 23-1970 December 31 95 5529-001 Ring-bound data sheets 1971-1977 Clark-Rafferty & Putnam numbered loose data sheets 1972 January-1978 October 96 5529-001 Numbered loose data sheets C173-C603 1972 January-1978 October Clark-Rafferty & Putnam index 1972 January-1978 October 1 box

Scope and Content: Index describes the subgroup "Numbered loose data sheets."

 97 5529-001 Clark-Rafferty & Putnam alphabetical index, A-Z 1972 January-1978 October Acacia Funeral Home 1964-1999 49 boxes

Arrangement: Arranged in two subseries: Acacia data sheets, 1964-1999 Acacia index cards, 1964-1999

Scope and Content: The complete records of the Acacia Funeral Home from its opening in 1964 to its closing in 1999, at which point it was acquired by Evergreen-Washelli.

General Notes: Because Acacia Funeral Home engaged in several mergers with and acquisitions of other funeral parlors, it has been referred to under several different names: Adams Morrison Mortuary, Adams Forkner Acacia, Acacia Forkner & Home, etc.

 Acacia Data Sheets 1964-1999 44 boxes

Arrangement: Data sheets are in order by file number, which closely approximates chronological order.

General Notes: Slight overlap in dates is evident in the box listings.

 98 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #001-699 1964 May 23-1967 October 17 99 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #700-1499 1967 October 18-1970 April 21 100 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #1500-2699 1970 April 20-1973 July 13 101 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #2700-3899 1973 July 16-1976 February 6 102 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #3900-4999 1976 February 5-1978 March 6 103 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #5000-6049 1978 March 5-1980 February 4 104 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #6050-6550 1980 February 4-1980 December 29 105 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #6551-7050 1980 December 30-1981 December 5 106 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #7051-7550 1981 December 5-1982 October 22 107 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #7551-8050 1982 October 25-1983 September 30 108 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #8051-8550 1983 September 30-1984 September 4 109 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #8551-8999 1984 September 4-1985 July 19 110 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #9000-9399 1985 July 19-1986 April 8 111 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #9400-9731 1986 April 9-1986 December 5 112 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #9732-9999 1986 December 8-1987 June 3 113 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #10000-10299 1987 June 4-1988 January 9 114 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #10300-10599 1988 January 8-1988 July 27 115 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #10600-11050 1988 July 26-1989 May 18 116 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #11051-11299 1989 May 17-1989 November 7 117 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #11300-11550 1989 November 4-1990 March 20 118 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #11551-11799 1990 March 23-1990 August 29 119 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #11800-12050 1990 September 6-1991 February 9 120 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #12051-12299 1991 February 9-1991 July 27 121 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #12300-12550 1991 July 26-1992 January 25 122 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #12551-12799 1992 January 25-1992 June 24 123 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #12800-13050 1992 June 24-1992 December 26 124 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #13051-13250 1992 December 28-1993 April 28 125 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #13251-13450 1993 April 29-1993 September 16 126 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #13451-13650 1993 September 14-1994 January 27 127 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #13651-13850 1994 January 28-1994 June 29 128 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #13851-14050 1994 July 2-1994 December 17 141 5529-001 Acacia / Adams-Morrison Mortuary Data Sheets #M-0001-M0019 1994 January 7-1994 December 30

Scope and Content: This small group of records appear to cover some overlap in activities during the merger of Adams-Morrison Mortuary with Acacia Funeral Home. Some of the files are referenced by the Acacia index cards.

 129 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #14051-14250 1994 December 13-1995 April 25 130 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #14251-14450 1995 April 27-1995 October 14 131 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #14451-14650 1995 October 17-1996 March 9 132 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #14651-14850 1996 March 11-1996 August 20 133 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #14851-15000 1996 August 16-1996 December 6 134 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #15001-15180 1996 December 7-1997 April 7 135 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #15181-15350 1997 April 9-1997 September 4 136 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #15351-15530 1997 September 5-1998 February 7 137 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #15531-15720 1998 February 4-1998 July 11 138 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #15721-15899 1998 July 25-1998 December 13 139 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #15900-16080 1998 December 15-1999 May 2 140 5529-001 Acacia Data Sheets #16081-16092 1999 May 14-1999 May 19 Acacia Index Cards 1964-1999 5 boxes

Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically.

 142 5529-001 Acacia Index Cards A-E 143 5529-001 Acacia Index Cards F-K 144 5529-001 Acacia Index Cards L-Q 145 5529-001 Acacia Index Cards R-W 146 5529-001 Acacia Index Cards W-Z Forkner Funeral Home 1971-1974 1 box

Arrangement: Data sheets are in chronological order and are numbered.

Scope and Content: Records of the Forkner Funeral Home between 1971 and 1974. There are very few records from 1971, but 1972-1974 appears to be more complete. This funeral home opened in 1939, so the records here are not comprehensive, representing only the period immediately following Forkner's merger with Acacia Funeral Home, when it was referred to as Forkner-Acacia.

 147 5529-001 Forkner data sheets F18461-141 through F19080-124 1971-1974 Seattle Mortuary 1976-1981 5 boxes

Arrangement: Arranged in two subseries: Seattle Mortuary data sheets, 1976-1981 Seattle Mortuary index cards, 1976-1981

Scope and Content: The records of the Seattle Mortuary between 1976 and 1981. These records appear to be complete, as the business opened in 1976 and was absorbed by Acacia Funeral Home in 1981.

 Seattle Mortuary data sheets 1976-1981 3 boxes

Arrangement: Data sheets are in chronological order and are numbered sequentially.

 148 5529-001 Seattle Mortuary data sheets #001-500 1976 October 1-1977 July 3 149 5529-001 Seattle Mortuary data sheets #501-3399 1977 July 3-1980 March 19 150 5529-001 Seattle Mortuary data sheets #3400-4749 1980 March 19-1981 July 31 Seattle Mortuary index cards 1976-1981 2 boxes

Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically.

 151 5529-001 Seattle Mortuary index cards A-M 152 5529-001 Seattle Mortuary index cards M-Z + miscellaneous cards

Scope and Content: Miscellaneous cards include contact info for related services such as hairdresser, Russian Orthodox Church, etc.