This is the L.W. Ott Funeral Home, 111 North Reading Avenue, Boyertown, PA.

I've been there for funerals of family and friends over the years. Back in 1994 I interviewed Mr. Ott for an article for The Boyertown Times. The late Mr. Ott was then 82. (Named Linwood W. Ott, friends called him Linny).

Mr. Ott retired in March 1979 and sold the business to Terry L. Starr, who's since retired. Ott went into the funeral business in 1931, serving as an apprentice to James J. Brown until 1935. Ott bought the business in July 1936 and relocated it from the corner of East Philadelphia Avenue and Washington Street to Warwick Street. In 1952 he again reloacated to the location pictured.

The building here was formerly the home of L.P.G. Fegley, a founder of Boyertown Mutual Insurance. The house was built in 1891.

In the late 1990s there was a small fire at the funeral home that caused some damage.

In front of the funeral home is one of the Boyertown Bears, Paul Bear, which is a play on "pallbearer".