Category:Trexler Funeral Home, Allentown, Pennsylvania

Established in 1860 by Jonas Mink. Mink had a reputation as a cabinetmaker, capable of constructing coffins whom people sought out at time of death for the quality of his workmanship and because he was more considerate of the family's feelings. In the mid 19th-Century, instead of body preservation, the body was simply washed and dressed by friends, and the grave of the deceased was dug at a simple ceremony followed at the church yard.

After Mink's death, his widow, Caroline Wieand Mink and a nephew, Jacob G Sterner continued the business. In 1873, the business was moved to 116 South Eighth Street in Allentown. Sterner, following his uncle's footsteps, continued cabinetmaking. He assumed full control of the business in 1884. Modern embalming was introduced about the time Oliver S. Rabenhold took over the business, nephew-in-law of Jacob Sterner, father of Arline Rabenhold Trexler, entered the business in 1904. He assumed full control in 1915. When Oliver Rabenhold died in 1939, his widow, Mrs Lillie J Rabenhold, took over the business. She passed in 1941, and her daughter, Arline Rabenhold Trexler and her husband, Theodore T. Trexler, became the operators.

In January 1954, Rachel M. Neuweiler, the widow of Charles F. Neuweiler passed at her home at 1626 Highland Street (Highland and Roth Avenue) in northwest Allentown. The Neuweiler home was subsequently sold by the family and purchased by the Trexler Funeral Home. A large addition was added to the north and east sides of the former residence to enable arrivals, and services and departures were made under cover of canopies. With the opening of the new home in October, 1955, the original home on South Eighth Street was used mainly for business offices, but funerals were still held there for those who desired it. It also held the selection room for caskets.

The Eighth Street home was used until August 1961 when it was purchased by Park & Shop, Inc. The business remains at Highland and Roth Avenue today, serving Allentown and the area.