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Our History
Robert E. Brueggemann started working for Mr. Harry Taylor in 1946 after being discharged from the army and continued to do so for 15 years. In 1958, Mr. Taylor purchased a location on Larkfield Road for a new funeral home but 3 years later decided to sell it. Robert had wanted to go out on his own so he purchased the one chapel funeral home from Mr. Taylor. The Brueggemann Funeral Home was established in 1961. Robert had the foresight to see that the East Newport community would be growing. He knew after a period of time that it would be necessary to expand the funeral home and did so twice to meet the community’s need, once in 1964 and again in 1991 but continued to work and maintained his funeral directors license until his passing on June 27, 2003. Douglas Brueggemann (Robert’s son) and Paul F. Papa took over the funeral home in 1991 and named it the Brueggemann Funeral Home of East Northport, Inc. Renovations were made again to the facilities on the lobbies in 2003 and the chapels in 2013.
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Robert Brueggemann Founder
Robert was born on December 17, 1924 in Tilden, Nebraska. Robert was one of seven children born to Rev. Anton W. and Lydia Brueggemann. Shortly after graduating Freemont High School in Nebraska, Robert and his twin brother Richard were drafted in the U.S. Army. Richard was sent to the Philippines where he was Killed in Action during WWII and Robert was stationed in California before being transfered to Eaton’s Neck with the Signal Corps. It was during his time in Eaton’s Neck that he met his wife Lillian Brueggemann, a life-long Northport resident and 15 year member of the Board of Education for Northport Schools. They were married in Nebraska on July 20, 1945. After bring discharged from the U.S. Army on February 26, 1946, Robert returned to Northport and begin working for S. Robbins & Son Funeral Home on Scudder Avenue (it was later named Taylor Funeral Home).
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