Metz Mortuary

Location:
1048 N Main Street
Henderson, NE, 68371

Phone: 402-362-3351
Fax: 402-362-2966
Email: metz@neb.rr.com
Website: http://www.metzmortuary.com

Owner: Jon Brouillette

We also have a location in York:
109 South Lincoln Avenue
York, NE  68467

History 

Metz Mortuary grew out of the furniture and undertaking business started in York in 1891 by Charles Baer and Burnard King. In 1895, Mr. Baer took the furniture business and Mr. King kept the undertaking business. Albert A. Metz came to York in 1903 to work for Mr. King and purchased the business in 1904 along with Olin Hitchcock and the name was changed to Metz & Hitchcock. Mr. Metz purchased the Hitchcock interest in the business in 1928 and the name was changed back to just Metz Mortuary as it remains today. Mr. Metz died in 1950 and the ownership was purchased by Harold Beattie who had been with the firm since 1928. Howard Harris, who began working for Mr. Metz while attending York College bought the firm in 1966 along with Melvin Briney.

Following the death of Melvin Briney in 1974, Charles Harris (son of Howard) returned home to assume the ownership of Metz Mortuary. Howard Harris remained active in the business until his death in 1998. The Harris family has been associated with Metz Mortuary for over 60 years. Metz Mortuary was located for many years in downtown York at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Wall Street. In 1978 we moved into our newly constructed building at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and 1st Street. Jon Brouillette assumed the ownership of Metz Mortuary at York and at Henderson in September of 2005.

OUR STAFF

Jon Brouillette joined the staff of Metz Mortuary in 1990 and purchased the business from the Harris family in 2005. Jon is a graduate of York High School and of the University of Minnesota with a degree in Mortuary Science and has been a licensed funeral director and embalmer since 1985. He was employed at Roper and Sons Mortuary in Lincoln, prior to coming to York in October of 1990.
Misty Brouillette joined the staff of Metz Mortuary in March of 2005. She is a 1998 graduate of York High School, obtained a bachelor’s degree in biology from York College in 2002, and an associate’s of science degree in Mortuary Science from Cypress College (Cypress, California) in 2003.
Paul Hubert joined the staff at Metz Mortuary in January of 2016, and has been a licensed funeral director and embalmer since December of 2015. He is an alumni of Nebraska Wesleyan University, earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, and a 2015 graduate of the KCKCC Mortuary Science Program. Paul and his wife, Addie, reside in York, and they enjoy spending time with family and friends.
Chuck Harris has been associated with Metz Mortuary since he started part-time as a student in 1963. He is a 1965 graduate of York High School and has a bachelor’s degree in Mortuary Science from the University of Minnesota and has been licensed as funeral director and embalmer since 1969. Chuck and his wife Karen have 5 grown children and 12 grand children.