The tradition of the Haycock-Cavanagh Funeral Home began in 1920 when Edwin E. Cousins and Orrin Burlingham began a furniture and undertaking business. Mr. Burlingham retired in 1938 with Mr. Cousins continuing until 1946 when Hank Haycock moved to Wallaceburg from Ingersoll, after the war, to form a partnership with Sam Douglas. Mr. Douglas eventually moved on to furniture manufacturing.
Mr. Haycock changed the undertaking business from a store front location to a “Home for Funerals” which was a house located where the Bank of Nova Scotia is today. In 1952, that location moved to the present one level location on at the corners of Nelson & Elgin Streets. It was the first building built as a funeral home in the Lambton-Kent area.
The Cavanagh Family purchased the business in 1983. Since then, Michael, Patricia and Kevin have channeled their efforts into creating a facility that Wallaceburg could be proud of with it’s warm, bright, homelike atmosphere and quality of service.
