ParkMemorial.com
Title
Park Memorial
Description
The building of a dream
Tod Smolyk started out in 1941 as a funeral director with a dream. He had his own embalming instruments, a fiancee, and 12 friends who had each contributed $100 to help him start his company. For his share, he had to donate his embalming instruments to the company at their appraised value.
Tod selected the name Park Memorial at a time when all other funeral homes in Edmonton carried the names of their owners. He wanted to ensure there were no overtones suggesting a preference to serve one religious denomination or a specific ethnic group over another.
Park Memorial's first hearse was a 1941 Ford panel truck that was converted locally and the first car used to chauffeur families was a used Studebaker sedan.
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