Shaw & Sons Funeral Home is proud to once again be Yakima's Local & Family Owned Funeral Home. We not only care about the families we serve.
Tracing our heritage back into the 1800's, Shaw & Sons is the historical & landmark funeral home on N 2nd St., where families have came for generations. Shaw and Sons Funeral Directors is the oldest funeral home in Yakima, Wa. We also care about the community we live in.
04/07/2026
This evening we celebrated our team member, Amy Eldridge Denham and her completion of all state requirements and exams to become a fully licensed Funeral Director.
Having spent her life in ministry and in service to others, she is a natural at caring for our community. At our funeral homes, we hire heart and then help coach and develop skills, because the reverse is not possible in our profession. Heart and calling matter and Amy fits in well.
Join us in congratulating her on this significant accomplishment!
04/06/2026
We thank our community again for the confidence you place in our family and staff every year since Shaw's became locally owned again, leaving the corporate conglomerate in 2019.
We appreciate your support of our small town, locally owned, community involved, family first approach of serving you, our neighbors and friends. Our pledge to you is our continued excellence and dedication that you have voted in appreciation of. Thank you!
04/03/2026
As we go into this Easter weekend, we are reminded of the promise of new life, even after the darker days of winter. Our family wishes you all a safe and memorable weekend, complete with family, faith, fun, and a hope-filled future.
(Featuring Ivy's cuteness for your attention and for the evidence that even in our family, new birth comes and changes lives.
03/11/2026
On this National Funeral Director and Mortician Recognition Day, I want to pause and actually reflect on how blessed we are to serve in such a rewarding profession.
Those of us who choose to be involved in our communities and to give back to our profession at the state level, know firsthand how rewarding this calling actually is.
And last night was incredibly special when Ivy made her debut with the Washington State Funeral Directors Association - WSFDA. The relationships that our family enjoys with our colleagues throughout this state is a testament to the blessing of shared mission and purpose.
Thank you friends, for doing life with us and serving your communities.
03/07/2026
There’s something special about being a local, family-owned and operated funeral home and not a publicly traded corporation or jumbo multi state conglomerate. Today was one of those days that reminded me again why it matters.
Proud of our daughter, Maizie, for stepping in and helping serve with kindness, respect, and a servant’s heart.
Moments like this make me thankful that what we do isn’t just a business — it’s our family caring for other families in the communities we love.
Grateful every day to do this work, side by side with our family and incredible team. We’re so thankful for each of our staff members who show up each day to serve with excellence.
Local. Family owned. Small town. Small business.
Accessible ownership. Community first.
03/07/2026
Join us at 11:00 today at AC Davis High School in honoring the life of Willie Turner. The Memorial will also be live streamed at the following link:
Please note the service details for Yakima’s beloved athlete, coach, and friend.
The funeral service will be live streamed, compliments of Shaw & Sons, with the link shared in this post prior to the service.
While all events are open to the public, the family requests that special notice be given to the Willie Turner Invitational Memorial Service planned for city wide attendance on Saturday at Davis High School.
Willie Ben was born on October 14th, 1948 and passed away on February 15th, 2026 at the age of 77
02/08/2026
GO HAWKS!! 💙💚💙
01/22/2026
Our little town of Moxee was rattled this morning by a house fire that was a total loss for a young (and growing) family. With their permission, our funeral home has become the drop off point for donations, monetary gifts, and various items that they will need to start over.
Our office is open Monday-Friday from 9-5, but we will meet you here after hours if it makes it more convenient for you to contribute. Please call 509-457-1232, if that is helpful.
We are very thankful they all got out safely and that our first responders acted with such professionalism. Great job community for reaching out, for caring, and for being a blessing to this family in crisis. It is what we do and who we are. We are proud of our little town.
With their little one due in March, Kara will be putting together a community baby shower at a later date, as these infant items are not needed immediately.
Our daughter Abigail, will be hosting a Meal Train next week, with details being posted then.
**POST EDIT WITH SIZES NEEDED**
Little boy wears 2t in clothes and size 6 in shoes
Momma wears XL shirts and large in pants. Size 6 shoes
Daddy wears 2x in shirts jeans size 32/32 size 12 in shoes
Momma is due with a baby girl in March. They lost all of the things they had in preparation for her arrival.
01/01/2026
As I pause before leaving the office for the year, I reflect on the incredible blessing it has been to serve our community in 2025. We do not take lightly the immeasurable honor we have had to walk with the families who have called on our care. Thank you, dear families, for allowing us to be here for you in your loss.
In addition, I am grateful to lead such a world class team of consummate and compassionate professionals. We truthfully enjoy the shared mission with the absolute best in our profession. There is none better than the team we work, serve, and do life with. Thank you staff for your heart, your dedication, and for making the burdens lighter for the families of Yakima County, and beyond.
Stay safe community, the world needs you in 2026!!
12/27/2025
A quick coffee date with my daughter as the day gets rolling ☕ A few laughs, a little caffeine, and the kind of conversation that only happens when you steal a moment together.
Later today, we’ll be working a memorial service side by side—doing what our family does together with our work family.
Family-owned.
Family-operated.
Built on showing up and taking care of the details.
Thankful for this life, proud of this work, and especially proud to do it with my girl, Maizie Jo!
12/27/2025
At our funeral home, family has always been at the heart of what we do. Today, we are honored to share a moment of joy from our own family circle.
We are overjoyed to welcome Ivy Rae, our first grandchild, born to EJ and Abigail Morga. EJ’s mom, Zulema is also one of our licensed staff members, and stepping into this role as grandparents together is a gift we hold close.
We are incredibly thankful for the health and safety of both baby and mama. Moments like this remind us that even in a profession shaped by loss, life continues to arrive with hope, love, and profound meaning.
We know we are blessed as a family and thank our communities for sharing not only in our previous personal losses, but now, also in our joy!
-Papa J & Nana K
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Historical records of the Yakima Valley indicate that in 1891 one of the businesses in North Yakima on First and A Streets was that of Cross and Stanton Furniture and Undertakers. However, it was not until 1899 that another firm, North Yakima Furniture Company, provided the foundation for a family funeral business that would span four generations. Shaw & Sons has become the longest continuously operating funeral service firm of the area.
On March 3, 1899, A. E. Howard and A. L. Flint filed articles of incorporation as the Yakima Furniture Company and the business was located at 15 E. Yakima Avenue in North Yakima, Washington. It was common in those early years for a furniture business to get into undertaking, primarily because it had the means for building caskets, and this new company was no exception. The company's letterhead stated: “Furniture– Carpets – Picture Frames – Upholstering – Funeral Directing – Embalming”.
It is not totally clear when A. J. Shaw entered the business, however, after the retirement of A. L. Flint on February 5, 1906, the major trustees became Andrew Jackson (A. J.) Shaw, Herbert A. Shaw, Carl Shaw, and R. N. Shaw. At this time the business was renamed A. J. Shaw and Sons Furniture and Undertaking. In 1908, the firm closed out the furniture department and became a funeral home exclusively and was moved to 217 E. Yakima Avenue. Over the next many decades, four generations of the Shaw family would conduct over 30,000 funeral services for generations of Yakima Valley residents.
In 1910, the stock of A. J. Shaw was transferred to his wife, Alice Shaw, and the trustees then became Alice Shaw, Herbert A. Shaw and Royal N. Shaw. In 1914, the business was again moved to 131 North 2nd Street and new articles of incorporation were filed on March 18, 1920, under the new name of Shaw and Sons Undertakers. The new trustees were Alice Shaw Rice, Herbert A. Shaw, Royal N. Shaw and Lester S. Shaw, the son of A. J. Shaw and Alice Shaw Rice.
In 1923, Shaw and Sons Undertakers built a brand new facility at the present day location of 201 North 2nd Street. By the 1930’s, the firm had become highly successful with succeeding generations of one family operating the business, providing stability of operation and helping establish a “traditional” kind of reception from area residents.
The sons of Herbert A. Stanley and Gilbert Shaw, like the brother combination of their father and uncle before them, operated the business in the 1940’s and into the 1950’s.
In 1942, Lester Shaw’s daughter, Barbara, began working in the firm as the bookkeeper. Chalmer Nance joined the firm as an employee in 1947, he later married Barbara Shaw and together they carried the tradition of the family for many years. A fourth generation of the Shaw family and son of Stanley Shaw, Jack H. Shaw, joined the firm in 1957 and worked as assistant manager for several years.
In 1965, a remodel project and additional land purchase was underway to enlarge the foyer, add garage space, add another apartment and additional parking area was also added. A complete modernization of the entire facility was accomplished.
In 1980, A. J. Dionne joined the firm as an employee until 1981 when he assumed the responsibility of General Manager, working with Chalmer and Barbara Shaw Nance until the death of Chalmer Nance in 1985 and the retirement of Barbara Shaw Nance in 1986.
It was in February 1987, that yet another addition to the facility was underway which resulted in the addition of more garage space, a community room (now named The Bill Greenside Community Room) named after Mr. Bill Greenside who was an employee of the firm for 63 years.
Today, we are proud to be local, family owned & not affiliated with any large corporate conglomerate. We are once again able to serve our community, who are our friends and neighbors, without remote investors or corporate oversight. We are honored to continue the traditions of quality and compassionate service established by the four generations of the Shaw family and carried down through the years to our family and staff.
