In October 1972, Frank Welch died and his niece and her husband, Corrinne and John Fleming assumed ownership of the Funeral Home. In November 1975, the business was purchased by Gordon and Donna Monk (being the first people other than the Welch family to own the funeral home). Gordon licensed in 1958 and was employed by large funeral homes located in Ottawa and Toronto. The funeral home was operated by them until their son, Cameron in 1984, and daughter, Kirsten in 1986, became qualified as Funeral Directors and joined the firm. In 1986, the Monks purchased an existing funeral home (Nisbetts) in Bobcaygeon.
As the business grew and expanded, it was decided in 1989 that the Funeral Home (Minden Chapel) be enlarged to include a second visitation room , a lounge, a kitchen, an office and was completely redecorated and is now approximately 10,000 sq. ft. in size. As of the spring of 1995 adjustments were made to provide a third visitation room, a family centre, a private arrangement office, thus enabling us to accommodate four individual funeral visitations, service clubs, fraternal associations, and luncheon/receptions. To date, we constantly try to update and improve our facilities to accommodate the needs of our families.