In the previous three columns I mentioned that the Shriner name has continuously been a part of the name of the funeral home or undertaking business in Monroe since the 1870s. The business, in fact, goes back even further than when Ferdinand Shriner became involved. The earliest article I found about Newell Blakely, with whom Shriner became a partner, was in 1856. Even though there were different partners and different names, the business has continued to the present day and is now known as Shriner-Hager-Gohlke Funeral Home.