Pittsburgh Funeral Home Business Closes After 153 Years

PITTSBURGH, PA — McCabe Brothers Funeral Homes, a business that had been in operation since 1870, has permanently closed. The two locations were on Walnut Street in Shadyside and Penn Avenue in Bloomfield.

Owner Edward McCabe recently made the closure announcement on the website for the funeral homes.

"Unexpected health issues have made it necessary for me to cease operations, effective April 18, 2023," he wrote. "It is a difficult, yet necessary, decision."

For those who have made prearrangements with the funeral homes, McCabe provided assurances that all customer money is being held in trust.

McCabe is working with Walter J. Zalewski Funeral Homes, which has locations in Lawrenceville and Polish Hill, to service its prearrangements. But McCabe emphasized that the prearrangement can be moved to any funeral home.