Funeral Service in Woodstock can be traced back to Alex Henderson, who was listed as a charter member of the Maritime Funeral Directors Association, on March 29, 1902.
He would be followed by J. Henry DeWitt, who operated from a two-storey residence on Main Street in this town of five thousand.
DeWitt served Woodstock for decades until the sale of his business holdings to Stewart and Stewart-Cecil Stewart and sons- in 1957. (DeWitt passed away on January 18, 1962.) Stewart and Stewart also purchased Broadway Funeral Home from Arden Shea in the same year. (As a result of its long establishment and service, DeWitt Funeral Home was awarded a Certificate of Achievement at the annual Atlantic Provinces Funeral Directors and Service Convention in 1959.)
From there, DeWitt Funeral Home came under the management of Percy Colwell, until his death in 1968, when Earle MacMillan took over the management duties.
The Stewarts started construction of a new facility in 1975, and the official opening of the current building on Upper Main Street was held on July 5, 1975.
Robert R.”Bob” Scott began his apprenticeship with the DeWitt funeral Home in 1967. He received his professional license in November 1970 and became the managing director of the Dewitt Funeral Home Main Street, in Woodstock in May 1971. Scott is soft-spoken and well suited for his profession.
Bob purchased the DeWitt Funeral Home from the Stewarts on March 5, 1982 and changed the name to Scott Funeral Home that same year. Scott recalls his grandfather helping to dress and “lay out” people, in the early times, when most funerals started from the residence.