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Submitted: 12/19/12 • Approved: 12/19/12 • Last Updated: 12/22/12 • R796571-G0-S3
The History of Olmstead Funeral Home
One would have to go back in time more than 100 years to find the name "Olmstead "missing from a storefront in Heber Springs, AR. As a matter of fact , the Olmstead name has been part of Heber Springs longer than the name Heber Springs (the town was still called Sugar Loaf back in 1896).
Needless to say, plenty has changed in the past 100 years. The population of Sugarloaf in 1896 was only about 500 with less than 4000 residents in the entire Cleburne County. (Today the town has a population of about 6000 while the county has grown to more than 20000.) The town had yet to see its first bank, hospital, paved road - not to mention its first automobile.
When Thomas Edward "T.E." Olmstead opened a business to provide the community a wide range of services in 1896, little did he know he was creating a business that would be run by his family into the 21st century. This year (1996) Olmstead Funeral Home is marking 100 years of service to the community. In this era of acquisitions and mergers, it is quite remarkable that the business is still a family-run operation, now run by the fourth generation of Olmsteads.
Contributed on 12/19/12 by hawkinsdonna
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