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© The Chickasha Express-Star Chickasha, Oklahoma January 18, 2004 Sevier Funeral Home Celebrating 100 Years Sevier Funeral Home is 100 years old. The Chickasha Funeral Home was founded by Sid and Rose Anderson in 1904. Sid and his brother, Oatley, were furniture makers and undertakers before Oklahoma became the 46th state. Sid and wife Rose Anderson, who both came from Indiana, purchased four lots at Seventh Street and Chickasha Avenue from individual couples who had purchased the lots originally from the Choctaw-Chickasaw Indian Nations. They bought the lots in 1920 and built the existing building in 1921. They lived on the second floor of the funeral home. Jodie and Virginia Sevier came from Oklahoma City to Chickasha over 60 years ago. They eventually purchased the business and later bought the building. Larry and Linda Sevier joined the family business in 1966. After graduating from the University of Central Oklahoma and receiving his license, Todd Sevier, the third generation of funeral directors, started working at the funeral home in 1990. April Sevier Kile and her husband, Jeff Kile, also began working with the family funeral home. April serves as the bookkeeper, and Jeff is the prearrange and office manager. Jeff received his prearrange license this past year and April owns and operates April's Dance Studio which is adjacent to the parking lot. They have three sons, Jeremy, Austin and Brayden. Major remodeling projects were completed in 1960 and 1986 at the Chickasha Funeral Home. The funeral home at Tuttle, which was purchased in 1966, just finished a remodeling project in 2003. Both funeral homes, managed and owned by the Sevier Funeral Home, have complete Chapels with connecting community rooms for families and friends to interact and visit. With large parking lots and seating for several hundred people, the funeral homes are very convenient for large or small services. Our funeral directors, Rufus McMahan, Dan Friskel, Odes Hoehman, and Jay Ritter have a combined 92 years of experience in funeral service. Add this experience to that of the Sevier family services and it gives the funeral home a combined 260 years of profession commitment. That doesn't include the 20-year career of Pam Harris, the most dependable employee at Sevier Funeral Home. The Sevier Funeral Home, either owned by the Andersons or Seviers, have served Grady County for 100 years. We are not new, but we have set the standard for others with our facilities and staff locally and nationally, and we have been honored by the National Funeral Directors Association several times. The Sevier Chickasha Funeral Home is grateful for the confidence that so many people have allowed us to serve generation after generation after generation in funeral service. |
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