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Saturday, March 25, 2023
You’re invited to attend a no obligation interactive financial education seminar Prudential's financial education series is designed to help you understand basic financial.Concepts like managing debt, protecting and growing your assets, preparing for retirement, and building a legacy.
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11:00am to 1:00pm
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The John B. Houston Funeral Home of East Orange
102 Sanford St.
East Orange, NJ 07018
RSVP by: Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Contact
John B. Houston
The John B. Houston Funeral Home
Phone: (973) 678-1790
Email: bragghoust@gmail.com
Current News
The Tea
November 5th, 2018
The Cushnie-Houston Funeral Home hosted a tea on Sunday, August 26, 2018 from 4pm-8pm on its grounds. The tea is one of several events hosted by the home throughout the year to continue its quest of supporting the community and celebrating life. The event was great fun and enjoyed by all. Music was provided by Melvin Greenwich and his Sepia Network of NYC and the Voices of Zambia.
The Identification of the "The Iron Lady" is revealed
October 2nd, 2018
The identity of the "The Iron Lady" a 150 year-old body found in Elmhurst, Queens, NY, has been finally revealed to be Martha Peterson. Archaeologist, Scott Warnasch, puts her age between 25 and 35 and been born decades before the Civil War. She had been buried in what was once the grounds of a church founded in 1830 by the first generation of free African-Americans. There is a documentary premiering Wednesday on PBS called "The Woman in the Iron Coffin”
A Celebration of Joy for the Life of Selma Yvette Heraldo
December 12th, 2011
John B. Houston directed the final event for Selma Yvette Heraldo, a longtime friend and neighbor of Louis “Satchmo” and Lucille Armstrong on Friday, December 9, 2011, 7pm at the Corona Congregational Church located in Flushing, NY. The service officiated by the Revered Eugene R. Palmore including pre-recorded selections from Louis Armstrong. The service was well attended, including board members from the Louis Armstrong House Museum-Board of Trustees, local politicians, friends and family. In 1943, the great musician Louis Armstrong and his wife Lucille (a Cotton Club dancer) moved into the house next door (thanks to a tip from Selma’s mother, who knew Lucille’s mother). Selma became a close friend of the Armstrongs, and in the late 1940s and early 1950s traveled across North America with Armstrong’s band. Today, Louis Armstrong’s home is a national historic landmark (“Louis Armstrong House Museum”) visited by people from all over the world. Selma actively served on the Museum’s Advisory Board since its formation in 1995. She was a daily presence at the Museum, enthralling visitors with personal stories and lively banter. She made standing room only presentations about Armstrong at the Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C.), the East Elmhurst Public Library (Queens, NYC), and three Satchmo Summerfests (the annual Louis Armstrong birthday festivals in New Orleans). Mourners where speechless when the Professional Pallbearers of Cushnie-Houston / Triboro Funeral Homes while wearing white gloves, hoisted the casket of Miss Heraldo on their shoulders and carried her out of the church. As a final tribute to the Armstrong Family, Selma donated her home to the Louis Armstrong House Museum. Visit www.JohnBHoustonFuneralHome.com for a complete obituary on Selma Yvette Heraldo.
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John B. Houston Performs Handel’s Messiah
December 12th, 2011
Cushnie-Houston Funeral Home is an “Angels Circle” contributor of the Essex Chorale Director’s Circle. The funeral home was acknowledged in the program for the Chorale’s 30th annual performance of the complete work of Handel’s Messiah with full orchestra at Christ Episcopal Church, East Orange, NJ, Sunday, December 11, 2011, 4pm. Mr. John B. Houston, proprietor of the funeral home is a member of the Chorale and sings in the Bass section.
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Our new ‘Current News’ blog has launched!
November 8th, 2011
We are happy to announce that our new ‘Current News’ blog program has just been activated. It is our hope that the new blog will facilitate and improve our communications with the Families we serve.
If you have any comments or feedback on the new blog, please don’t hesitate to leave a comment below this post, or use our ‘Contact Us‘ form to let us know.
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