Beecher & Bennett Funeral Service

Beecher & Bennett Funeral Service is a funeral home in Hamden, CT, providing cremation and funeral services to Hamden, Meriden, and the greater New Haven area. The firm offers burial services, including visitation, traditional funeral services, and graveside ceremonies, along with cremation packages and pre-arrangement counseling. Services are available 24/7, and the staff works with local church parishes and clergy to help families plan services. Beecher & Bennett holds a rating of 4.80 based on 17 reviews.

The firm was founded in 1894 by Henry W. Beecher and James M. Bennett, brothers-in-law who established it on Elm Street in New Haven. By 1919 the firm had built its landmark building at 100 Broadway, where it remained until 1983. Iver A. Erickson joined in 1932 and became president in 1958; Carleton V. Erickson joined his father that same year and became president and owner in 1978, later serving as Chairman of the Board. Arthur I. Erickson, who joined the firm in 1984 after graduating from Quinnipiac College and the New England Institute of Funeral Service, was elected president in 2005. The firm is now in its fourth generation of family ownership and operation.

Beecher & Bennett operates two locations, in Hamden and Meriden, both with ample off-street parking. The Hamden location at 2300 Whitney Ave sits on Whitney Avenue, about a tenth of a mile from the Wilbur Cross Parkway and a short distance from Dixwell Avenue. Freedom Park and the Hamden Police Station are each about 0.2 miles away, and the Centerville neighborhood is roughly the same distance.

Arthur Erickson is a member and past president of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, active in the National Funeral Directors Association, and has served on the Board of Selected Independent Funeral Homes, including as its president. He is treasurer of the Greater New Haven Funeral Directors Association and serves on the Board of the Evergreen Cemetery Association. The firm's full-time licensed caregivers have decades of experience and are continuously trained. Beecher & Bennett's reputation rests on the families it has served across Hamden and the surrounding area.