Drive-Thru Funerals

Funeral houses, like many other companies, had to figure out how to deal with social isolation during the pandemic. Drive-thru funerals consequently become a more common way to attend funeral ceremonies all around the world. Even the Canadian province of Ontario's government has rules on how to administer them.

However, the development of a drive-through funeral home was not motivated by social exclusion. In actuality, reports of this service being provided go back more than ten years. The Robert L. Adams Mortuary in Compton, California, opened as the state's first drive-through funeral home in 2011. A drive-through would allow a greater number of people to attend a memorial service for a well-known member of the community without having to worry about parking or crowds, according to the theory. The first drive-through funeral home opened in Detroit in 1971.

In 1989, a drive-through funeral home was established in Chicago. The selling pitch in this case was that it would save professionals time and make it easier for elderly and disabled people who would otherwise have problems entering and exiting the premises.