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Mallory Laurel

Aspiring funeral directors Epitacio and son Jose crafted their first hearse by making a curtained, glass-sided box on the back of a Ford Model T.
Carved from a humble beginning, today Flores Funeral Home stands among the Valley’s oldest businesses and among the most respected mortuary establishments. Epitacio Flores was originally a cabinet maker who began using his carpentry skills to make wooden caskets. Flores Funeral Home began in  1913 when Epitacio and his son, Jose R. Flores, founded “Agencia

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