{"id":6804,"date":"2026-07-13T14:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/?page_id=6804"},"modified":"2026-07-14T10:46:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T10:46:25","slug":"strouf-funeral-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/features\/strouf-funeral-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Strouf Funeral Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/The_Journal_Times_1928_01_06_7-beautiful-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/The_Journal_Times_1928_01_06_7-beautiful-868x1024.jpg\" alt=\"**The New Strouf Funeral Home Is Beautiful**\n\n[Photo of a large two-story house with a porch, bare trees in the background]\n\n**Formal Opening of the Strouf Funeral Home Tomorrow**  \n**Public Inspection Invited Saturday and Sunday**\n\nTHE new Strouf Funeral Home is now completed. Those who accept our sincere invitation to inspect it tomorrow or Sunday will find it a place of quiet dignity and charm. It has been exceedingly carefully planned and contains many features of convenience which will be immediately recognized by all.\n\nAlthough decidedly home-like and restful in both furnishings and in design it is still strictly modern throughout and holds all the most modern equipment of merit.\n\n---\n\n**ANTON KRATOCHVIL**  \n*Designer and Builder of the Strouf Funeral Home*\n\n**Phone**  \n**Jackson**  \n**4265**  \n[ornamental border]\n\n**2048**  \n**Geneva**  \n**Street**\n\n---\n\n**We Take Pride in the Fact of Having Furnished**  \n**DOORS AND MILLWORK**  \n**FOR THIS HOME**  \n\n**RACINE SASH &amp; DOOR CO.**  \n*&quot;The Oshkosh Line&quot;*  \n625 Mead Street\u2003Jackson 1143\n\n---\n\n**THE WINDOW SHADES AND CURTAIN RODS**  \nWere Furnished By  \n\n**Loendorf Shade Shop**  \nWe carry a complete line of Linoleums and Rugs  \n2731 Washington Ave.\u2003Jackson 5152\n\n---\n\n**The Leaded Glass**  \nWas Made and Set by  \n\n**A. Hultman Glass Shop**  \nALL KINDS OF GLASS  \n1006 Eighth Street  \nTwo Phones\u2003Jackson 1380\u2003Jackson 1867\n\n---\n\n**MR. ANTON KRATOCHVIL**  \nDesigner and Builder  \nof This Home  \n\n**Knew Where to Find the Best**  \n\n**WEST SHORE LUMBER CO.**  \n941 Erie Street\u2003Prospect 1117\n\n---\n\n**Contractors For**  \n**Electrical**  \n**Wiring and**  \n**Fixtures**  \n\n**WIRING, FIXTURES AND COMPLETE ELECTRIC WORK**  \nFurnished and Installed by  \n\n**STANDARD ELECTRIC CO.**  \n224 Geneva St.\u2003Jackson 4806\n\n---\n\n**Sand**  \n**Gravel**  \n**or**  \n**Crushed**  \n**Stone**  \n\n**EXCAVATING Done by**  \n**HENRY GLOEDE, Jr.**  \nOffice \u2014 2600 North Main Street  \nYard \u2014 Liberty and Mead Streets  \nTelephone Your Orders\u2003Jackson 1045\n\n---\n\n**14**  \n**Trucks**  \n**2 Power**  \n**Shovels**  \n**to**  \n**Serve**  \n**You**\n\n---\n\n**The Plumbing**  \nIn This New Building  \nWas Installed by  \n\n**DALE'S**  \nIncorporated  \n1521 WASHINGTON AVE.  \nPHONE JACKSON 3403  \nfor Estimates on  \nHeating Plants, Oil Burner Installations, and  \nElectric Refrigeration\n\n---\n\n**ORNAMENTAL PLASTERING**  \n**AND MASON WORK BY**  \n\n**BEN JOHNSON**  \nContractor  \n\nEstimates on Any Job  \nGladly Furnished  \n\n1301 BLAINE AVE.\u2003JACKSON 4189\n\n---\n\n**THE TILE**  \nIn This Home  \nWas Furnished and Laid by  \n\n**Fred Petersen**  \nWe specialize in tile for floors, walls,  \nbuilt-in bath tubs, fireplaces, halls, en-  \ntrances and display windows.  \nEstimates Gladly Furnished  \n\n2044 Carmel Ave.\u2003Jackson 5830\n\n---\n\n**This Beautiful Home Is Heated by a**  \n**MOORE FURNACE**  \nFurnished and Installed by  \n\n**Chas. Macak**  \nWho Also Supplied the Copper Trim  \n\n1321 Lincoln Street\u2003Jackson 6330-W\n\n---\n\n*(Newspaper header: THE RACINE JOURNAL-NEWS, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 6, 1928. SEVEN)*\n\n\" class=\"wp-image-6805\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/The_Journal_Times_1928_01_06_7-beautiful-868x1024.jpg 868w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/The_Journal_Times_1928_01_06_7-beautiful-254x300.jpg 254w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/The_Journal_Times_1928_01_06_7-beautiful-768x906.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/The_Journal_Times_1928_01_06_7-beautiful-1303x1536.jpg 1303w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/The_Journal_Times_1928_01_06_7-beautiful-1737x2048.jpg 1737w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 868px) 100vw, 868px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Racine Journal-News, January 6, 1928. The New Strouf Funeral Home Is Beautiful.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/742362346_10217090244885545_424222038025348090_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"613\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/742362346_10217090244885545_424222038025348090_n-613x1024.jpg\" alt=\"**Transcription of the 1961 Advertisement:**\n\n**Announcing**  \n**A New Name for an**  \n**Old Dependable Service**\n\n**[Illustration of a large, two-story funeral home building with columns, awnings, and trees]**\n\n**The Strouf Funeral Home**  \n**Now Becomes**  \n**The Strouf-Sheffield Funeral Home**\n\nThe Strouf Funeral Home is pleased to announce that the addition to our firm name is in recognition of the fact that Mr. O. P. Sheffield is an owner of the firm with Mr. Del F. Strouf.  \n\nMr. Sheffield, a licensed funeral director and embalmer with twenty five years\u2019 experience, joined Strouf Funeral Home in 1958, following operation of his own funeral home for more than fifteen years.  \n\nThe same thoughtful attention to detail and high standards which have been a hallmark of the Strouf Funeral Home for more than forty years will continue to characterize the direction and operation of the Strouf-Sheffield Funeral Home.\n\n**[Photo of Mr. O. P. Sheffield]**\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003**[Photo of Mr. Del F. Strouf]**  \n**Mr. O. P. Sheffield**\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003**Mr. Del F. Strouf**\n\n**[Logo with column and cross motif]**  \n**Strouf-Sheffield**  \n**Funeral Home**  \n1001 High St.\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003\u2003ME 2-5101  \n**RACINE**\n\n---\n\nThis is a complete, faithful transcription of the advertisement as shown in the newspaper clipping. The ad announces the partnership and name change for the funeral home in Racine, Wisconsin.\" class=\"wp-image-6809\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/742362346_10217090244885545_424222038025348090_n-613x1024.jpg 613w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/742362346_10217090244885545_424222038025348090_n-180x300.jpg 180w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/742362346_10217090244885545_424222038025348090_n-768x1283.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/742362346_10217090244885545_424222038025348090_n-920x1536.jpg 920w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/742362346_10217090244885545_424222038025348090_n.jpg 1226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 613px) 100vw, 613px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Racine Journal Times, March 4, 1961<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/742446353_10217090242325481_2657297499758306352_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"348\" height=\"348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/742446353_10217090242325481_2657297499758306352_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6810\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/742446353_10217090242325481_2657297499758306352_n.jpg 348w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/742446353_10217090242325481_2657297499758306352_n-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/742446353_10217090242325481_2657297499758306352_n-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/742446353_10217090242325481_2657297499758306352_n-50x50.jpg 50w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/742446353_10217090242325481_2657297499758306352_n-120x120.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/743288818_10217090242365482_1988232287041755477_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"298\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/743288818_10217090242365482_1988232287041755477_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6812\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/743288818_10217090242365482_1988232287041755477_n.jpg 564w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/743288818_10217090242365482_1988232287041755477_n-300x159.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/744663566_10217090244685540_5397459562886574483_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/744663566_10217090244685540_5397459562886574483_n-702x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6814\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/744663566_10217090244685540_5397459562886574483_n-702x1024.jpg 702w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/744663566_10217090244685540_5397459562886574483_n-206x300.jpg 206w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/744663566_10217090244685540_5397459562886574483_n-768x1120.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/744663566_10217090244685540_5397459562886574483_n-1053x1536.jpg 1053w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/744663566_10217090244685540_5397459562886574483_n.jpg 1404w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Racine Journal Times, July 24, 1963<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Andy-Breaker-Screenshot-2026-07-11-193438.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"689\" height=\"733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Andy-Breaker-Screenshot-2026-07-11-193438.jpg\" alt=\"Andy Breaker\nI am presently taking ownership of the Strouf Funeral Home and was wonder if anyone may have older photos of it. I have one picture from the 1920s, one from the 1940s (the of the building facing High Street) and a few advertisements from the 1950s and 1960s. I would love to see photos of the building before the additions were added over the years, any interior photos, etc.\nI grew up in Racine on LaSalle Street and am thrilled to be back serving the community I grew up in.\" class=\"wp-image-6815\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Andy-Breaker-Screenshot-2026-07-11-193438.jpg 689w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Andy-Breaker-Screenshot-2026-07-11-193438-282x300.jpg 282w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Facebook post, July 11, 2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/744358784_10217090244565537_7598206163758173325_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"717\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/744358784_10217090244565537_7598206163758173325_n-717x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6813\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/744358784_10217090244565537_7598206163758173325_n-717x1024.jpg 717w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/744358784_10217090244565537_7598206163758173325_n-210x300.jpg 210w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/744358784_10217090244565537_7598206163758173325_n-768x1097.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/744358784_10217090244565537_7598206163758173325_n-1076x1536.jpg 1076w, http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/744358784_10217090244565537_7598206163758173325_n.jpg 1434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"x9f619 x1ja2u2z x78zum5 x2lah0s x1n2onr6 x1nhvcw1 x6s0dn4 xozqiw3 x1q0g3np xyri2b x1c1uobl x18d9i69 xexx8yu x11lt19s xe9ewy2 xmgb6t1 x1kgmq87\">\n<div class=\"x9f619 x1n2onr6 x1ja2u2z x78zum5 xdt5ytf x2lah0s x193iq5w xeuugli x14vy60q xyiysdx x1120s5i x1nn3v0j\"><span class=\"xt0psk2\"><span class=\"xjp7ctv\"><span class=\"x3nfvp2\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x x4zkp8e x676frb x1nxh6w3 x1sibtaa x1s688f xzsf02u\" dir=\"auto\">Bryan Halverson: <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Chuck Sheffield was a close friend of our grandparents. The Sheffields were with us at a hotel to attend the wedding of a family member. My brother was having trouble tying his tie. Dad asked Chuck if he would tie it for him. Chuck told my brother to lie down on the couch. As Chuck was tying it my brother realized why Chuck needed him to lie down to do it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bryan Halverson: Chuck Sheffield was a close friend of our grandparents. The Sheffields were with us at a hotel to attend the wedding of a family member. My brother was having trouble tying his tie. Dad asked Chuck if he would tie it for him. Chuck told my brother to lie down on the couch.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":33,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6804","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6804"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6804\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6828,"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6804\/revisions\/6828"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vindustries.com\/racinehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}