FUNERAL HOME IS NOT
CLOSED
THE WIDOW OF PAUL ROBINSON, THE FORMER OWNER OF HOUSE OF ROBINSON
FUNERAL HOME SAYS THEY ARE STILL OPEN DESPITE THE RUMORS THAT
THEY HAVE BEEN CLOSED SINCE HER HUSBAND PASSED AWAY.
A family made a visit to the
Gwendolyn Robinson said
for a family. Since then his
House of Robinson Funeral
the House of Robinson has
widow says the funeral home
Home requesting that the
all of its paper work in place
has not received any request
pre-arranged funeral services
and have met all of the
for funeral services because of
they set up with their loved
requirements with the State
alleged rumors going around
one’s life insurance policy be
of Indiana to operate a funeral
town that they are closed. She
returned to them after they
home.
said none of this is true.
closed following the death
She said, “I have a licensed
She said, “All of the staff is still
of its owner Paul Anthony
funeral director on staff, a
here and we have even added
Robinson.
licensed embalmer on staff, we
more staff. We just haven’t had
have a Certificate of Authority
any calls. We are here to serve
But according to his widow
to do pre-arrangements and
the community in the manner
Gwendolyn Robinson, the
we are registered with the
that my husband always did.
House of Robinson is still
state. We are legal with the
We want the citizens to know
up and running the way her
state to do business. They
that the rumors circulating
husband would have wanted it
came through and inspected
about us being closed are defi-
to be. She said, “They wanted
the premises and we passed.
nitely untrue.”
to move it somewhere else
We are good to go.”
heard that the funeral home
because of rumors they had
been hearing around town
Robinson passed away
that they were closed, but we
suddenly in February of this
are up and running.”
year at his funeral home after
performing a funeral service
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