About Ferguson Funeral Home

About Us

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.

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

History

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.

To celebrate the history of the business, Rob acquired an 1880 era domestic-made Rockfalls horse-drawn funeral hearse, and built both a vintage carriage house, and an aggregate concrete driveway with a functioning portico.  He also adorned the funeral home with handmade wood carved artifacts from his great grandfather, including tables, stands, plaques, and two grandfather clocks.

Our Mission

Ferguson Funeral Home’s mission is to care about our customers.  It’s that simple.  We take into consideration what would make planning a funeral easier for families and loved ones.  That is why we offer pre-planned funeral arrangements.  Funeral preplanning is one of the most loving things you can do for your family. 

Ferguson Funeral Home has made the process even easier by allowing you to make the decisions from the comfort of your own home through our website.  Our funeral preplanning process is a simple, three-step procedure that allows you to select a funeral package, finalize your funeral plans, and create your own obituary.  What takes most grieving family members hours to complete you can do in less than one hour.

Visit our Funeral Preplanning page to learn more

• Select a funeral package
• Finalize funeral plans
• Create your own obituary

Service Area

Ferguson Funeral Home, located in Scottdale PA, provides caring and respectful funeral services in Westmoreland and Fayette Counties including, but not limited to, the towns of Scottdale and Mount Pleasant, Everson, Dawson, Smithton, Connellsville, and the Townships of East Huntingdon, South Huntingdon, Hempfield, Bullskin, and Upper and Lower Tyrone.

Professional Services provided by Robert B. Ferguson, Jr., F.D., Owner

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