In
1925, Clarence R. Lyons Sr. opened a store-front funeral parlor
on North Street in Salem. Within the next few years, he was
able to move from that location to one in the former Perley
Building in Danvers Square (where CVS and Minuteman Press
are currently located). The store-front moved again in those
first few years, this time just across the Square onto High
Street. Realizing that more people wanted wakes to occur in
a funeral home and not in private residences, Clarence Lyons
purchased the former home of Dr. Buck in the mid-1930s and
established a funeral home. During the next few years, his
sons, Bill, Junie, and Al joined him in the
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running
of the funeral home.
After Clarence's sudden death in 1952, his three sons saw the
funeral home through the next forty years. They made significant
improvements to the home and were active in the community.
In the late 1960s, Junie's son, Kevin Lyons, joined the funeral
home and worked along side his father and uncles until their deaths
in the 1990s. |
Kevin
has been joined by his daughter, Amanda Lyons Brinkley, and
son, C.R. Lyons III, in operating the funeral home. Together,
they continue assisting the families they serve in the tradition
that Clarence R. Lyons Sr. began eighty years ago.
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28
Elm Street Danvers, Massachusetts
01923-2802
Tel:
978-777-7900
Fax: 978-777-3399
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