Schrader-Howell Funeral Home
is family owned and operated, celebrating over 100 years of dedicated service to our community.
Through the years we have gained the reputation for honest, ethical and sympathetic service to those in need. Serving Plymouth, Canton, and surrounding areas, the people of our communities have found comfort in the depth of our concern at one of life's most difficult times.
Schrader Funeral Home was founded in Plymouth in 1904 by Fred D. Schrader and his brother Nelson C. Schrader. The brothers bought the Bassett and Millspaugh Funeral Home and began operating as Schrader Brothers. In the beginning, a furniture store was part of the business. In 1908, Nelson Schrader moved to Northville and operated a funeral home and furniture store, still under the name of Schrader Brothers.
With the sale of the furniture business in 1933, the partnership dissolved and this firm began operating under the name Schrader Funeral Home. After W.W.II, Edwin A. "Bud" Schrader, Fred's son, took over the reigns. Bud Schrader retired in 1972 when his son, Edwin A. "Win" Schrader, the third generation of Schraders joined the firm. In 1991, Win Schrader partnered with Patrick E. Lynch and Michael V. Howell of Lynch & Sons Funeral Home.
The funeral home then became Schrader-Howell Funeral Home, with Michael V. Howell as Managing Director. Julie Howell Romein joined in 2002 and now serves as Funeral Director. Patrick E. Lynch is Managing Director of Lynch & Sons in Clawson, Michigan, while Win Schrader is still involved at Schrader-Howell in Plymouth. Lynch & Sons also operates funeral homes in Walled Lake, Oxford, Lapeer and Milford, Michigan.
