Lenroot-Maetzold Funeral Home History

Lenroot-Maetzold Funeral Home History

Lenroot-Maetzold Funeral Home was established in 1945 by John Lenroot. John purchased the funeral home from Florence Flinn, daughter of the late James Flinn. This building was the home of the Flinns. A letter from Coad Lesage helped to establish this building, as it went to the zoning board to turn it into a business.

John Lenroot was a native of Superior, but before coming to Superior, he operated the Lenroot Funeral Home in Iron River, Wisconsin, for seven years. John Maetzold, who had been with the home since its opening, worked for the Gleason Mortuary in Minneapolis from 1936 to 1941. When John Maetzold came to Duluth, he was employed by Bell Brothers. John Maetzold was a native of Leser Prairie, Minnesota. John Maetzold left Lenroot-Maetzold in 1956 to establish another funeral home in another city.

Lenroot-Maetzold Funeral Home purchased Downs-LeSage on January 1, 1986, by William Downs Jr.

William Downs III became a licensed funeral director at Lenroot-Maetzold in 1984.