Dan D. Paulsen - Deceased - 1968-2014
October 18, 1968 - December 12, 2014
This article was in my morning paper:
Iowa funeral home marries and buries
SOLON (AP) — You can get married and buried at a funeral home in Solon.
The Brosh Chapel and Community Center offers the “till death do us to part” on its list of services.
“They said, ‘You’re going to marry them and bury them.’ You know, I guess we are doing some of that,” said Christine Brosh, co-owner and manager.
The funeral home is next to a cemetery. On the upper level is a chapel that seats 200 guests, an adjacent room with a patio overlooking a pond, a private kitchen and a children’s playroom
The lower level has a banquet room for 200 guests, plus a full-service kitchen.
The center, according to its Web site, has a liquor license and full service bar.
Brosh says hosting other events makes sense.
“Like any church you would go to ... do they have funerals? Yes. Do they have weddings? Yes,” Brosh said.
It’s one of the most popular places to host an event in Solon, a town of about 1,200 between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids.
Residents say the separation between the two parts of the building has helped people warm up to the idea.
“I really don’t feel like I’m in a funeral home,” said John McFarland.
Funerals are the priority, Brosh said. Many events aren’t scheduled during the week, and they never scheduled a funeral and a wedding at the same time.
Plenty of business is already lined up for next year. Half of the wedding and event weekends are already booked.
Business has been so successful, the Brosh Chapel is building a similar center in Cedar Rapids.
“Once they see it and understand it, they more readily accept it,” owner Matt Linn said.
The Cedar Rapids location should open by early next year.
Iowa funeral home marries and buries
SOLON (AP) — You can get married and buried at a funeral home in Solon.
The Brosh Chapel and Community Center offers the “till death do us to part” on its list of services.
“They said, ‘You’re going to marry them and bury them.’ You know, I guess we are doing some of that,” said Christine Brosh, co-owner and manager.
The funeral home is next to a cemetery. On the upper level is a chapel that seats 200 guests, an adjacent room with a patio overlooking a pond, a private kitchen and a children’s playroom
The lower level has a banquet room for 200 guests, plus a full-service kitchen.
The center, according to its Web site, has a liquor license and full service bar.
Brosh says hosting other events makes sense.
“Like any church you would go to ... do they have funerals? Yes. Do they have weddings? Yes,” Brosh said.
It’s one of the most popular places to host an event in Solon, a town of about 1,200 between Iowa City and Cedar Rapids.
Residents say the separation between the two parts of the building has helped people warm up to the idea.
“I really don’t feel like I’m in a funeral home,” said John McFarland.
Funerals are the priority, Brosh said. Many events aren’t scheduled during the week, and they never scheduled a funeral and a wedding at the same time.
Plenty of business is already lined up for next year. Half of the wedding and event weekends are already booked.
Business has been so successful, the Brosh Chapel is building a similar center in Cedar Rapids.
“Once they see it and understand it, they more readily accept it,” owner Matt Linn said.
The Cedar Rapids location should open by early next year.
