Sweeney Brothers Home For Funerals, Inc.

Sweeney Brothers Home for Funerals is an independently owned, family-oriented funeral home in Quincy that has served families for more than seventy years. Staff members listen to each family’s needs and guide them through the many choices involved in arranging a meaningful, dignified funeral. The funeral home is set in a late-1800s estate with a home-like atmosphere, known for its elegant cupola and the hand-carved granite lions that remain part of the front entrance.

Quincy brothers Francis M. Sweeney and Richard T. Sweeney established the business in 1949. Second-generation funeral directors and sons of Quincy funeral director Dennis S. Sweeney, both were World War II veterans: Francis earned the Bronze Star as an Army sergeant in the European Theater, and Richard served with the Coast Guard in the Pacific. The brothers bought the estate from the Barnicoat family, and it has since been enlarged with an addition, expanded parking and interior renovations.

What to Know

• The funeral home is in South Quincy, next to the birthplaces of John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
• A handicapped access project has been completed at the facility.
• Families are served from Quincy, Braintree, Weymouth, the South Shore and Greater Boston.
• It is listed by both the Quincy and South Shore chambers of commerce.