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EGELHOF, SIEGERT, AND CASPER FUNERAL HOMES
EGELHOF, SIEGERT, AND CASPER FUNERAL HOMES. The Egelhof, Siegert, and Casper Funeral Homes are two funeral homes owned and operated by Gene Siegert, his son Tom Siegert, and Bob Casper.
One of the funeral homes is located at 2659 John F. Kennedy Road in Dubuque, the other is located at 390 N. Grandview Ave in Dubuque. The JFK Road facility, known as the Westview Funeral Home, was built in the 1970s. The North Grandview location operated from an older Colonial style home. This site was known as Siegert - Didesch Colonial.
In 1890, Louis F. Egelhof opened an Undertaking and Art Store on Main Street. Eglehof turned EGELHOF HOME FOR FUNERALS over to his son F. Louis EGELHOF, who moved the location to 1145 Locust Street, which had been the STOUT HOUSE. Louis F. Egelhof was followed in the business by his son Chuck Egelhof.
Over the years a number of local funeral homes were merged with Egelhof's business. These included the former Al Didesch Funeral Home and the Paul Strueber Funeral Home. Funeral homes operated by brothers Ed and Gene Siegert were later merged into the organization which took on its current form in 1999.