About us

In 1904 Edward Wise Harrold and his wife, Blanche (Burget)came to Fostoria to enter the funeral business. They were originally partnered with the Stoner family, starting the Harrold & Stoner Funeral Home. The Harrolds went on to join with the Asire family, forming the Asire-Harrold Funeral Home. At this time the funeral home was a store front.

Blanche and Edward settled in Fostoria and started their family in 1904 with their first child, Duane Edward. Their second son, Arvine Wilson was born several years later. Arvine married Martha Crocker and moved to Tiffin, Ohio to start his own medical practice. Duane married Wanda A. Gallagher, daughter of Henry A. and Alta J. (Myers), in 1929 and stayed in Fostoria to carry on the family tradition as the 2nd generation of Harrolds.

Edward and Duane became a father and son business and started the Harrold Funeral Home. The original Harrold Funeral Home was located on Tiffin Street and is pictured above in black and white. In 1943 the family purchased the home of the widowed Mrs. Carle, the original E.W. Allen home, our current location on Tiffin Street.

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