Fred Crouch & Sons, Stawell, VIC

Serving the Stawell Community since 1862 Fred Crouch & Son Funeral Directors history began in 1862 and the name of Fred Crouch & Son is a name still recognised and trusted throughout Stawell & District. The business opened in 1862 on the corner of Griffith & Longfield St. Stawell by the Crouch family and they were known as carpenters and builders of furniture. As a side line in those days they also made coffins and they were the undertakers to the miners of Pleasant Creek. Frederick Joseph Crouch died in 1944 leaving his son Kenneth Frederick Crouch to continue the family business making furniture, coffins and conducting funerals. Ken Crouch continued in the business until his son took over and run the business until his early death in 1987. It was at this time the business was sold to it’s current owners Geoff & Wendy Sanderson who have continued the tradition of family service to the Stawell Community. Geoff Sanderson holds a certificate in Funeral Service IV as well as a qualification as a Embalmer with the Australian Institute of Embalmers and the American Society of Embalmers. The hall mark of the business over this long history has been it’s desire to provide quality service to the families we serve .