About Us

Brater- Winter Funeral Home in Harrison, started in 1945 by Paul Lutz. He operated the funeral home until 1968 when he sold the business to John C. Brater. He remained the funeral home to John C. Brater Funeral Home. Our Sayler Park funeral home was started in 1945 by Glenn Seifert. He sold the business to Mr. Hardig and in 1998 sold the business to John C. Brater. John renamed the funeral home to Seifert-Hardig & Brater. John and his wife Kathie operated both businesses until their retirement in 2011, when they sold to Jolene Winter.  John C. Brater passed away in 2016 and Kathie Brater still lives in the Harrison community.