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A 4th-generation family b Home helps your family w By Ashley Pierce Contributing Writer
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n 1894, Harry E. Wentz, Sr. started a funeral home business in Atglen, Pennsylvania. At the time, there were no physical funeral homes, so Harry E. Wentz would travel to the family’s home to provide his services. Around 1900, Harry’s two sons – Harry E. Wentz, Jr. and Joseph Wentz – opened the first physical location, also in Atglen, PA. That building, which was the original Wentz Funeral Home, is still standing, now an apartment complex. Over time,
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as the business grew and as the Wentz family was serving families all over Western Chester County, Harry E. Wentz decided a change of location was in order to be more convenient for the families they served in Coatesville. In the late 1930s, Harry E. Wentz moved his business to Chestnut Street in Coatesville, PA into a house that was previously owned by the Worth family, who owned the Worth Steel Mill. Today, Wentz Funeral Home is still going strong and being run by Harry’s daughter and granddaughter – M. Joye Wentz and Kirstin Wentz McElroy. Wentz Funeral Home offers traditional viewing and funeral service, cremation, cremation
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