Carpenter-Jenks Funeral Home was founded in 1914 by the Reverend Hugh B. Carpenter a well- known clergyman and has continued to be operated by the Carpenter family through five generations. The Reverend Carpenter was Pastor of the Cranston...
Funeral Homes in Wood River Junction, RI
Hill Funeral Home was established in East Greenwich in the 1800’s at its former location in the center of town on Main St. by the Hill family. The family tradition of funeral service continued when the Cranston family bought the funeral home...
Founded in 1889, the O'Neill-Hayes Funeral Home has been family owned and operated for five generations. We are one of the oldest funeral homes in Rhode Island, and the oldest funeral home on the entire Aquidneck Island. Over the past 121 years,...
Our mission is to provide dignified care for the deceased; to help create meaningful experiences for families which honor the lives of their loved ones; to contribute to our community; and to provide unmistakable value to the families we serve....
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Facts about the city
Wood River Junction is a small village in the town of Richmond, Rhode Island in America. It is home to the Chariho school district's main campus and is otherwise largely turf farms.
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History
Wood River Junction, Rhode Island is a small village located in the town of Richmond, Rhode Island It is home to the Chariho school district's main campus, and is otherwise largely Sod farms. The Wood River Branch of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad was chartered in 1872 and completed in 1874.
Wood River Junction is commonly considered by locals to be one of the coldest locations in the state of Rhode Island, due to its low lying and flat geography. The village is the site of the former Wood River Branch Railroad Station. The Branch was built to provide service from the Hope River Valley to the main line of the New York, Providence and Boston Railroad and was only six miles long.
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