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Established in 1911 by Mr. Joseph O'Regan by offering the service of undertaking, it was the first funeral home in the community.
Her son, Guy L. O'Regan, joined his mother in 1935, after having taught school in St-Leonard, Bathurst and Toronto. He returned home to help with the business due to the failing health of his mother, he added an insurance business. In 1961, he constructed a new funeral home in Grand Falls, and then one in St-Leonard in 1967. Guy's health failed and he died in March 1985. After Mr. O'Regan's death the business was purchased by Mr. Patrick J. Kavanaugh in 1986, Mr. Kavanaugh had been working for Guy since 1976.
Our branch funeral home located in St-Leonard, serves the regions of St-Leonard-Parent, St-Leonard and Notre-Dames de Lourdes. O'Regan's funeral home is independently owned and operated, and is proud to be part of the community. Our goal is to provide the
families we serve with personal
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Mr. O'Regan died accidentally in
1924 leaving his wife, the former Mattie Paradis with eight children and
the funeral business. Mrs. O'Regan studied hard and became the first
certified woman embalmer in the Atlantic Provinces.
Ground was broken in 1993, for a new
funeral home, an eight thousand square foot building. Perched above one of
the town's major traffic artery at 515 Everard Daigle Blvd, it serves
Grand Falls and surrounding areas, such as Drummond, St-Andre, Bluebell
and New Denmark, which is the largest Danish colony in North America.