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Serving Families since 1864 and, at 2815 South 4th Street from 1948 until 2006, and 7336 Southside Dr, since 1977.
Joe and Cletus Ratterman were third generation funeral directors. They were raised and lived above the funeral home on Market Street. Upon returning from service in the U. S. Navy during World War II, Joe and Cletus, with their dad’s help, purchased the old Blanford Funeral Home at 2815 S. 4th Street in the Churchill Downs neighborhood. Joe and his wife Cabby Ratterman lived in the upstairs above the funeral home until she became pregnant with her 5th child. The family outgrew the space and moved to a home in the Iroquois Park neighborhood to raise their eventual 10 children. In 1977, after Cletus retired, Joe designed and built the 7336 Southside Drive Funeral Home. They live above this funeral home for 10 years then moved to a home across from Iroquois Park, once again, staying in the South End
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Joe’s eldest son Joe Jr. joined the family business in 1982. He and his wife Stella also still live in the South End. In 2002, their son Joe III, also known as Joey, who owned a home in the nearby Fairdale community joined the family business as the fifth generation funeral director. As a result the Joe Ratterman family is known by many as a family that offers an alternative to high cost and a resource for information dealing with caskets, vaults, cremation, urns, cemetery plots, resale of plots, veteran benefits, Medicaid requirements, and much more.
At Joseph E. Ratterman & Son funeral home, we serve families of all faiths and provide a full range of funeral services from cremation with ceremony to the more traditional funeral and pre-need arrangements.
