(715) 447-8235
135 Riverside Dr.
Gilman, WI 54433
502 N. Broadway Street
Stanley, WI 54768
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About Plombon Funeral Home
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History of Plombon Funeral Home
Plombon Funeral Service had its beginnings when Vincent Plombon arrived in Stanley in 1925 from Foley, Minnesota. He was experienced in the furniture and funeral home business. Being a father of 7 young children and 3 grown children, he was looking for a business to call his own. Vince moved his family by train and never looked back.
He leased a business and building on the SW corner of Broadway and Fourth Ave from Howard Cummins. There were two other funeral and furniture establishments in Stanley at that time, Harrington and Lauer. Vince had an advantage over the competition because he was an established embalmer. Enabling family members time to make the long travel to Stanley gave him a distinction in Stanley.
A few years later, Mr. Harrington left town in the middle of the night, and his building and stock went up for sale at an auction. Vince purchased both at this time and moved across the street into what is now the Plombon Furniture building. The Lauers' business folded, and they soon discontinued the funeral home business leaving only Vince in the funeral home business in Stanley. Vince and Mary moved into the upstairs apartment.
In 1930, Vince passed away from TB from complications from the flu epidemic that took so many lives in the U.S. in 1919 and 1920. Mary, Vince’s wife, still had a family to raise, and she had to have a funeral director to operate a funeral business.
The oldest son, Severyn - now the head of the household - had helped his father in the business ever since he was a young boy. He felt obligated to achieve his license in funeral directing and embalming to help his mother keep the business.
Sev had other ideas of what he wanted to do with his future life, but he knew what he had to do. He and his younger brother, Lawrence “Bud” Plombon, kept the business alive for the family.
In 1937, the two boys purchased the Grubb residence one block to the north on Broadway and moved the funeral business to this building. Sev was now married to Genevieve Rivers, and they moved into the apartment above the funeral home.
The two brothers purchased the business from their mother in 1946, and then parted ways with Sev taking the funeral business and Bud the furniture store business.
Alice’s brother, Ed Theirl, worked for Bud and Alice Plombon and later purchased the business from them. They later sold the furniture store to their son Todd. He and his wife own and operate the furniture store
known as Plombon Furniture.
Sev saw a need for the Gilman area to have a funeral home of their own. Sev and Gen purchased a house in Gilman in 1951, developing a funeral business there. Genevieve received her funeral director’s license by studying at home and passing the state board exam.
With her funeral director's license, they were able to open that funeral home where there hadn’t been one in the Gilman area and surrounding communities. Later that same year, they purchased an established funeral business at Cornell, purchased a house there, and moved the business into this building. The Cornell business was later sold in 1974 to an employee.
In 1959, Bill, son of Sev and Gen, joined the family business. He worked with his father, and Keith, another son, joined them in 1971. They worked together until 1979. Sev and Gen sold the two funeral homes to Bill and Keith at that time. Bill retired in 2000 and Keith in 2010.
In 2010, the business was sold to a son of Bill’s, Daniel, who now operates both establishments. Daniel is the 4th-generation Plombon in the funeral home business. Having worked as a funeral director since 1994, Dan brings with him a diversity of experience.
The Plombon family has always felt honored to serve the families in this area. The traditional funeral has been expanded to include personal choices, and we look forward to helping you achieve a meaningful and thoughtful service every time.
Year Established
- 1925