Duggan's Serra Mortuary

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Since 1959, five generations of Duggans have provided funeral arrangements, burials and cremations in Sonoma Valley.But this winter marks the end of an era. Two Duggan daughters, Susan and Marilyn, who have run the business for decades, have handed the reins to a new owner: Edward Leon. Leon, 42, purchased the business at the end of December. He now splits his time between his other funerary business, Monte’s Chapel of the Hills in San Anselmo, and learning the ropes at Duggan’s. The Duggan family has a deep history in the undertaking business – one that stretches back to 1916 when William Duggan entered the business in San Francisco. He came up to Sonoma in 1959 with his wife and children and purchased the Mission-themed funeral parlor from the Bisso Brothers, who had it built in 1952. Over the next two decades, the Duggans added two small chapels and redecorated the main chapel. In 1987, cremation service were added, making Duggan’s the first crematory in the area and the only licensed crematory in Sonoma Valley. In 2001, Duggan’s Mission Chapel purchased its only local competitor, Bates, Evans & Fehrensen, which was located on Broadway (where Friexnet is now) and consolidated its operations into its West Napa Street facility. “Sonoma was definitely not a large enough market for two funeral parlors,” said Marilyn.The five Duggan children grew up in San Francisco surrounded by 18 cousins most of whom worked, and continue to work, in the funeral business. Members of the extended family still own and run Duggan’s Funeral Home in San Francisco and Duggan’s Serra Mortuary in Daly City. As adults, the two sisters and a third, Leticia (Tatarian), each took on roles alongside their father at Duggan’s in Sonoma. Women running a funeral home isn’t as unusual as one might think. Today, more than 60 percent of mortuary science students in the U.S. are women. According to the National Funeral Director’s Association, women are attracted to the skills and traits needed as a funeral director, including skills in communication, co... (Sonoma Index-Tribune)