130 Years of History - Beecher & Bennett Funeral Service, Inc.

A wonderful ad in the New Haven Register, celebrating Beecher & Bennett's 100th Anniversary and the 3rd generation of the Erickson family to continue the tradition of service with Beecher & Bennett.

When 'phone books' were a popular resource, the New Haven 'Yellow Pages' were utilized as a major focus of advertising for customer awareness.

Celebrating 100 years in business while showcasing Beecher & Bennett's different locations during that time, including their very first at 280 Elm Street in New Haven. Notice the horse pulled hearse!

A 1967 New Haven Register ad featuring Iver Erickson, Carleton Erickson and staff. Staff is always the important asset!

Beecher & Bennett professional staff: Carleton V. Erickson and Iver A. Erickson.
Back row: Charles Roderick, Thomas Connelly and Edward Pendelow

Article featuring Beecher & Bennett celebrating their 100th year, emphasizing the generations of the Erickson family, and recognizing Georgia Erickson —a licensed funeral director— for her community outreach.

Beecher & Bennett professional staff in 1978.

2x 1970 Cadillac H & E Hearses, 1966 Cadillac Limousine, 1969 Cadillac Limousine and 1973 Pontiac Ambruster Stageway 6 door limousine.

Beecher & Bennett

130 YEAR HISTORY OF HELPING FAMILIES

1894

1894 Henry W. Beecher and James M. Bennett came to New Haven Connecticut and started a funeral business bearing their names Beecher & Bennett, Funeral Directors and Embalmers. From a simple store front at 280 Elm Street, this was the beginning of 130 years of helping families of all faiths who have lost loved ones.

Henry W. Beecher

James M. Bennett

1917

1917 In those days funerals and “wakes” were typically held in a family’s home. As families became larger and the population grew, Beecher and Bennett recognized the need for funeral dedicated facilities.
In 1917 the beautiful Georgian Colonial Building was constructed at 100 Broadway, on the corner of Howe Street in New Haven.
This purpose built “Funeral Home” served families until 1983. Many New Haven families remember their loved one’s funeral from this landmark building.
Times certainly have changed since the horse and buggy days!

James M. Bennett

Iver A. Erickson

1924

1924 in 1924 at the age of 66, Mr. Beecher succumbed to a heart attack, leaving the business to Mr. Bennett. In spite of the depths of the great depression in 1932, Mr. Bennett’s funeral business was growing. Bennett decided to hire Iver A. Erickson as Assistant Funeral Director after Erickson graduated from embalming school in New York. Iver Erickson worked with James M. Bennett until Mr. Bennett’s death in 1958.

1958

1958 After Mr. Bennett’s death in 1958, Iver A. Erickson became president and owner of the frm, hiring his son Carleton V. Erickson.

1977

1977 Iver continued Beecher & Bennett’s valued tradition of service until 1977, when Iver’s son Carleton V. Erickson —who had joined the firm in 1958— became president of the firm. Charles E. Roderick was the appointed vice president at that time.

2005

Carleton V. Erickson

Arthur I. Erickson

2005 Carleton‘s son Arthur I. Erickson is the 3rd generation of the Erickson family to serve as President of Beecher & Bennett Funeral & Cremation Services. Arthur strives diligently along with the rest of the professional and caring staff—including his son Jonathan who is a funeral director at the firm—to proudly maintain Beecher & Bennett’s tradition of exceptional service to people of all faiths who have lost loved ones..

2024

Left to right: Jonathan Erickson, Richard Aszklar, Erin rown Hastings and Arthur Erickson

2024 From its humble start in 1894, the tradition of Beecher and Bennett’s exceptional service continues today—to help families of all faiths pay tribute to their lost loved ones. Beecher & Bennett has two convenient locations in South Central Connecticut:

Beecher and Bennett Funeral and Cremation Service,
2300 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT 06518
(203) 288-0800

Beecher and Bennett Flatow Funeral Home,
48 Cook Avenue, Meriden, CT 06451
(203) 235-4152

Beecher & Bennett’s dedication to helping Connecticut families in need, established the foundation for the principles Beecher & Bennett would carry forward to 2024, marking their 130th year in business!

Beecher & Bennett

130 YEAR HISTORY OF HELPING FAMILIES

1894

Henry W. Beecher

James M. Bennett

1917

James M. Bennett

Iver A. Erickson

1924

1958

1977

2005

Carleton V. Erickson

Arthur I. Erickson

2024

Beecher & Bennett’s dedication to helping Connecticut families in need, established the foundation for the principles Beecher & Bennett would carry forward to 2024, marking their 130th year in business!

Hamden Location

Meriden Location

Beecher & Bennett

FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICE