Dad, Can I Borrow the Hearse?: Growing Up in a Detroit Funeral Home

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Located within the boundaries of one of the East Side of Detroit’s bluest of blue collar neighborhoods, 9074 St. Cyril Avenue served a dual purpose - funeral home and family residence. Occupying the first floor of the impressive yellow bricked structure from 1942 until 1978 was the Van Kula Funeral Home - the second floor I called home.

For over four decades I was associated with death and dying on an almost daily occurrence. Residing over a funeral home with five siblings added to the plenitude of memories - poignant, humorous and enduring.

As an observer and eventual practitioner of one of the world’s oldest professions, I have borne witness to human nature under the most demanding of emotional circumstances. In DAD, CAN I BORROW THE HEARSE? I have attempted to present a summary of events as they related to me - The Funeral Director’s Kid .