# Funeral homes in Lake Lillian **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [July 22, 2006, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-homes-in-lake-lillian/365580 "2006-07-22T05:24:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-homes-in-lake-lillian/365580/1 "2006-07-22T05:24:34Z")
In the article [Why are rebate checks drawn on obscure banks in the middle of nowhere?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_167.html), Cecil mentions: > [@](#): > > There are many tales of ventures that started out strong, then just sort of petered out. For instance: “HOTELS–Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Vath built a hotel in 1923 called the Lake Lillian Hotel, but in 1944 sold it to Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Junkermier, who used it as a residence. In 1963 the K.M. Funeral Home purchased the lot and building which was torn down so they could construct an addition to the mortuary.” What sort of creepy ass town of 300 people can not only support a funeral home, but a funeral home that needs extra room? Just how many people died in that town? ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2006, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-homes-in-lake-lillian/365580/2 "2006-07-22T12:17:57Z")
[QUOTE=Shalmanese] In the article [Why are rebate checks drawn on obscure banks in the middle of nowhere?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_167.html), Cecil mentions: What sort of creepy ass town of 300 people can not only support a funeral home, but a funeral home that needs extra room? Just how many people died in that town? [/QUOTE] Maybe you should ask the local [mortician](http://www.phantasm.com/hpages/SCRIMM_bio.html). ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-homes-in-lake-lillian/365580/3 "2006-08-13T02:48:23Z")
[The Lake Lillian Website](http://lakelillian.govoffice.com/) ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-homes-in-lake-lillian/365580/4 "2006-08-13T21:35:29Z")
[QUOTE=Shalmanese] In the article [Why are rebate checks drawn on obscure banks in the middle of nowhere?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_167.html), Cecil mentions: What sort of creepy ass town of 300 people can not only support a funeral home, but a funeral home that needs extra room? Just how many people died in that town? [/QUOTE] And can’t support a hotel? They check in… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/funeral-homes-in-lake-lillian/365580/5 "2006-08-14T02:28:28Z")
[QUOTE=Shalmanese] What sort of creepy ass town of 300 people can not only support a funeral home, but a funeral home that needs extra room? Just how many people died in that town? [/QUOTE] I can’t speak for this particular location myself, but knowing rural Wisconsin and Minnesota as I do, often a village of 300-500 people will serve as the locus of services for rural areas containing a few thousand folks.