RARE Billhead - S J Genung & Son - Funeral Embalmers Signed 1907 Waterloo NY

Description: RARE Original Advertising Billhead Seth J. Genung and son (Charles A) Funeral Directors and Embalmers Waterloo, New York 1907 For offer, a very nice old Advertising bill head! Fresh from an old prominent estate. Never offered on the market until now. Vintage, Old, Original - NOT a Reproduction - Guaranteed !! This came directly from papers from the Tallman Funeral home in Auburn, NY. Billhead for funeral and burial of Elizabeth M. Kern. Use of hearse, etc. Signed at bottom. In good to very good condition. Fold marks. NOTE: Will be sent folded up as found. Please see photos and scans for all details and condition. If you collect 19th century Americana advertisement ad history, United States of America printing, American manufacturing, industry, death, post mortem, etc. this is a nice one for your paper or ephemera collection. Genealogy research importance as well. Combine shipping on multiple bid wins! 3111 Seneca Falls, NYSeneca County Courier-Journal, pg. 8February 21, 1907SETH J. GENUNG, one of Waterloo's oldest and best known citizens, died early Friday morning of uremia after an illness of three months. He was born September 22, 1826, in the town of Milo, Yates county. At the age of twenty-one, sixty years ago, he was married and took up his residence in Waterloo where he worked at his trade, as a cabinet maker. He was also employed in Seneca Falls for a time by Birdsall Holly, inventor of the Silsby rotary fire engine and made the patterns for the first rotary steamer ever made. In 1857 he entered the undertaking business, continuing it until 1887 when his son Charles A. Genung became his partner and of late years the active business manager of the firm. He was always a public spirited citizen and took an active interest in everything that would help advance the interests of Waterloo. In 1852 he joined Seneca lodge No. 113, F. & A.M., and on the fiftieth anniversary of his becoming a Mason a banquet was tendered him by the local lodge and he was presented a handsome gold medal in honor of the occasion. His first wife died in 1877 and in 1880 he married Mrs. Anna M. Smith, who survives him. He leaves three daughters, Mrs. Edward Nugent and Mrs. C.V. Webster of Waterloo, and Mrs. W.F. Pelton of Brooklyn, also one son, Charles A. Genung of Waterloo. The funeral service was held Monday afternoon at the Methodist church, Rev. Melville Terwilliger, assisted by Rev. W.S. Carter of Rochester, officiating. The Knights Templar service conducted by Rev. Leonard J. Christler of Auburn, as prelate, followed. The members of Seneca lodge F. & A.M., also attended the service in a body and many friends were present from neighboring places, paying the last sad tribute of respect to one whom they had always held in the highest esteem as a true man and worthy citizen. A funeral director, also known as an undertaker (British English) or mortician (American English), is a professional involved in the business of funeral rites. These tasks often entail the embalming and burial or cremation of the dead, as well as the arrangements for the funeral ceremony (although not the directing and conducting of the funeral itself unless clergy are not present). Funeral directors may at times be asked to perform tasks such as dressing (in garments usually suitable for daily wear), casketing (placing the corpse in the coffin), and cossetting (applying any sort of cosmetic or substance to the best viewable areas of the corpse for the purpose of enhancing its appearance). A funeral director may work at a funeral home or be an independent employee. EtymologyThe term mortician is derived from the Roman word mort- (“death”) + -ician. In 1895, the trade magazine The Embalmers' Monthly put out a call for a new name for the profession in the US to distance itself from the title undertaker, a term that was then perceived to have been tarnished by its association with death. The term Mortician was the winning entry.[1][2] HistoryAs the societal need to account for the dead and their survivors is as ancient as civilization itself, death care is among the world's oldest professions. Ancient Egypt is a probable pioneer in supporting full-time morticians; intentional mummification began c. 2600 BC, with the best-preserved mummies dating to c. 1570 to 1075 BC. Specialized priests spent 70 full days on a single corpse. Only royalty, nobility and wealthy commoners could afford the service, considered an essential part of accessing eternal life.[3] Across successive cultures, religion remained a prime motive for securing a body against decay and/or arranging burial in a planned manner; some considered the fate of departed souls to be fixed and unchangeable (e.g., ancient Mesopotamia) and considered care for a grave to be more important than the actual burial.[4] In ancient Rome, wealthy individuals trusted family to care for their corpse, but funeral rites would feature professional mourners: most often actresses who would announce the presence of the funeral procession by wailing loudly. Other paid actors would don the masks of ancestors and recreate their personalities, dramatizing the exploits of their departed scion. These purely ceremonial undertakers of the day nonetheless had great religious and societal impact; a larger number of actors indicated greater power and wealth for the deceased and their family.[5] Modern ideas about proper preservation of the dead for the benefit of the living arose in the European Age of Enlightenment. Dutch scientist Frederik Ruysch's work attracted the attention of royalty and legitimized postmortem anatomy.[6] Most importantly, Ruysch developed injected substances and waxes that could penetrate the smallest vessels of the body and seal them against decay.[5] Historically, from ancient Egypt to Greece and Rome to the early United States, women typically did all of the preparation of dead bodies.[7] They were called "Layers out of the dead". Mid nineteenth century, gender roles within funeral service in the United States began to change. Late nineteenth century it became a male dominated industry with the development of Funeral Directors, which changed the funeral industry both locally and nationally.[8] Role in the United StatesAs recently as 2003, 15 percent of corporately owned funeral homes are owned by one of three corporations.[9] The majority of morticians work in small, independent family-run funeral homes. The owner usually hires two or three other morticians to help them. Often, this hired help is in the family, perpetuating the family's ownership. Other firms that were family-owned have been acquired and are operated by large corporations such as Service Corporation International, though such homes usually trade under their pre-acquisition names.[9] Most funeral homes have one or more viewing rooms, a preparation room for embalming, a chapel, and a casket selection room. They usually have a hearse for transportation of bodies, a flower car, and limousines. They also normally sell caskets and urns.[10] Organizations and licensing in the United StatesLicensing requirements in the US are determined at the state level. [1]. Most require a combination of post-secondary education (typically an associate's degree), passage of a National Board Examination,[11] passage of a state board examination, and one to two years' work as an apprentice.[12] Role in the UKThe role that a funeral director will play in the UK includes most of the administrative duties and arrangement of funeral service, including flower arrangements, meeting with family members, overseeing the funeral and burial service. This does not include embalming or cremation of the body until further training is completed.[13] Organizations and licensing in the UKIn the UK no formal licence is required to become an undertaker (funeral director). There are national organizations such as the British Institute of Funeral Directors (BIFD), the National Association of Funeral Directors (NAFD) and the Society of Allied and Independent Funeral directors (SAIF) The BIFD offers a licence to funeral directors who have obtained a diploma-level qualification - these diplomas are offered by both the BIFD and NAFD. The British institute of embalmers (BIE) offer Embalming training and qualifications All of the national organizations offer voluntary membership of "best practice" standards schemes, which includes regular premises inspection and adherence to a specific 'code of conduct' These organizations help funeral directors demonstrate that they are committed to continual personal development and they have no issue with regulation should it become a legal requirement [13].[14][15][16] Role in CanadaThe role of a funeral director in Canada can include embalming, sales, oversight of funeral services as well as other aspects of needed funeral services.[17] Organizations and licensing in CanadaA funeral director in Canada will assume many responsibilities after proper education and licensing. Courses will include science and biology, ethics, and practical techniques of embalming.[17] There are a number of organizations available to Canadian funeral directors.[2][3] Employment opportunitiesMortuary science graduates may have to relocate to find jobs.[10] Waterloo is a village and primary county seat of Seneca County, New York, United States.[6] The population was 5,171 at the 2010 census and is now the most populated village in Seneca County. The village is named after Waterloo, Belgium, where Napoleon was defeated.[citation needed] It is the primary county seat of Seneca County, with the other being Ovid as part of a two-shire system established in 1822.[7][8] Most of the county administrative offices are located in the village.[9] Therefore, many political sources only list Waterloo as the county seat. The Village of Waterloo is mostly in the Town of Waterloo, but the part south of the Cayuga-Seneca Canal of the village is in the Town of Fayette and a small area in the southeast of the village is in Town of Seneca Falls. Waterloo is east of Geneva and is located in between the two main Finger Lakes, Seneca Lake and Cayuga Lake.

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