Duggan's Funeral Service

San Francisco Department if Public Health issued an order yesterday requiring all deceased persons be tested for COVID-19 before leaving the City or before preparation for burial or cremation. If you use a San Francisco Funeral Home you will have more prompt service and fewer delays in both testing and preparation.

Rev. Kirk Ullery’s Funeral Mass today. Fr. Kirk was best known for his work at Our Lady of Lourdes serving the Bayview/Hunters Point.

"At Duggan’s Funeral Service in the Mission, director Vaughn Nixon, 65, organized services for the dead. A refrigerated cooler, chilled to 37 degrees, was parked out back for coronavirus victims, in case the death toll exceeded what the mortuary could handle. For now, it held one woman a patient from a skilled nursing home in Hayward who had succumbed to the virus. But most of the funerals still centered on those who had died of more familiar causes." https://www.sfchronicle.com//The-deadly-spread-of-the-coro

We have set up a professionally installed and permitted temporary morgue so everyone in our care will have the same dignified treatment you would expect. VA Cemeteries are not allowing witnessed interments. We can take a photo for you of the burial. Honors for Veterans can be scheduled at a later date.

We have temporarily adjusted our open hours to Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm. Please call ahead for an arrangement appointment and the people in attendance should be the legal next of kin and one support person. Visitations of embalmed remains for up to ten persons are being scheduled. Graveside Services for up to ten are allowed at most cemeteries. We will hold embalmed remains until after the SIP order is lifted for a public Funeral.... Holding of embalmed remains for public Fujerals

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Death and taxes may be inevitable, but the business of death is changing. Funeral homes that have been around for decades have been closing around San Francisco as sons and daughters of owners pursue other careers. Morticians are cashing out in the hot real estate market by selling their building sites for bigger housing developments. Duggan’s Funeral Service is an exception. The family-owned, Mission District company celebrates its 100th anniversary on Saturday. It’s one of ...Continue reading

ATTN: SF Mission residents . We know funerals can be tough on the people you care about. . Spare your family of your own funeral costs and arrangements.... . Open a final-expense planning account Low monthly payments Come into our office and speak with a Family Counselor by clicking "Send Message" below . Our family serving Yours in San Francisco since 1918

Remembering Memorial Day began informally as decoration of graves day during the War of the Rebellion aka Civil War and all the young Americans who fought to save the Union and free the unfree. Hundreds of thousands of families never heard what happened to their sons, fathers and husbands. My great great grandfather, who fought in the XXVIII Corps with the US Colored troops and was wounded and discharged for his injury which affected him for the rest of his life capturing Fort Harrison from the rebels on a day when 14 USCT earned the Medal of Honor. Steven Welch, Funeral Director and Embalmer, President, Duggans Funeral Service

Beautiful weather for Easter!

Survivors spend hours gathering, collaborating, discussing, writing and editing the obituary. Writing what is important to you will guide your survivors and save them precious time. The elements of a newspaper notice include who you are, your relatives, where you worked and what organizations would people know you from. Leave the service information to your funeral director to write for you. One last bit of advice, the purpose of a newspaper notice is to notify people of your passing. Newspapers are no longer a bargain, so I recommend you save your life story to be read at the service where the group sharing is so much more rewarding.

St. Patrick Season officially begins this Friday 3/8/2019 with the Flag Raising Ceremony at Mayor London Breed's office in City Hall at 11:00 am. All are welcome to attend.