From a horse-drawn hearse to services paid for with some peaches and a few chickens, the Strang family business has seen drastic changes over the past 100 years.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Abby Scalf
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Part of a series of articles about the Strang Funeral Chapel, one of the oldest businesses in Grayslake. The Strang family has roots in Grayslake that go back 113 years. In its earliest days, the Strang Funeral business in Grayslake occasionally relied on a horse-drawn hearse, said David Strang, who is still involved with the family business today. The local business began when George Strang started Strang Furniture and Undertaking in 1898. Strang Funeral Chapel officially opened in 1939 on Center Street. David Strang remembered that when times were especially hard, customers would barter instead of paying cash for the services received. “We received a case of peaches, a couple of chickens,” Strang said. “The one thing that caught me by …
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The village renamed Westerfield Place as David Strang Parkway in honor of the family's 113 years in business as the Strang Funeral Home
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- Abby Scalf
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Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Grayslake recognized David Strang for his personal and business contributions to the village operating the successful Strang Funeral Chapel more than 80 years by designating Westerfield Place as David Strang Parkway. “This is in respect to their long-term commitment to this community. The business itself is almost as old as the Village of Grayslake,” Mayor Rhett Taylor said during a village board meeting Aug. 2. “It recognizes the village as business friendly as well as to recognize connections within the town.” Strang is a third-generation member of his family who has run Strang Funeral Home. In 1954, he designed and initiated the building of its current facility at 401 Belvidere Road. Dave Oberg, executive director of the Grayslake …
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