Goodwin Funeral Home & Cremation Services

Specialties

Goodwin Funeral Home Serving Manchester, New Hampshire vaults, caskets, cremation, cemeteries, funerals, urns. Goodwin Funeral Home and Cremation Services has been serving families in the Greater Manchester community since 1874. We have always helped area families, regardless of their financial means, make final arrangements for their loved ones. We serve families of all religious faiths from Manchester very diverse population. Our wide range of experience gives us a special understanding of the varying needs and wishes of each faith community. In addition, we also serve families without a specific religious affiliation. The attentive, caring service we give to each family in creating a fitting celebration of the life of their loved one is why we serve many families, generation after generation. 2005 Goodwin Funeral Home Cremation Services. All rights reserved.

History

Established in 1874.

The Goodwin Funeral Home, originally known as A.E. Morse Undertakers, was established in 1874 at the corner of Elm and Stark Streets in downtown Manchester. In the late 1800’s, Morse’s business was purchased by Elmer D. Goodwin. Until his death in 1919, Elmer’s son, Lewis B. Goodwin, worked with his father in the funeral business.

In 1929, Elmer purchased the «Straw Mansion», the residence of the overseer of the Amoskeag Textile Mills, then the largest textile manufacturers in the world. Goodwin relocated his business to this historic building where the business remains today. Lewis’s son, David P. Goodwin, joined his grandfather, Elmer, in 1936, retiring in 1986. David’s son, Charles S. Goodwin joined the firm in 1974. He owned and operated the business until 2005 has since been sold to its present owners, Gary A. Carolan and Richard A. Meyer.