Welcome to Gorder Funeral Home

The funeral home now known as Gorder Funeral Home got its start in Choteau when Charles Roberts owned and operated the Roberts Funeral Home from 1929 until 1939 out of a location in Choteau which is now the John Henry’s Restaurant on main street. After Mr. Roberts death in 1939 the funeral business was sold to G.L. “Larry” Banks, who operated the funeral home in it’s present location until 1958, at which time he constructed a new funeral home.

The present day Gorder Funeral Home was constructed in 1958, being completed and open for business in September of that year. J. Larry Banks was the owner and funeral director of Banks Funeral Home and operated this business until his death in 1979 as a result of a car accident.

The funeral home was unique in that it offered a simplistic design that afforded family privacy by offering separate family entrances off of a drive through garage.
The main floor consists of a chapel that will seat 96 persons, a family room that will seat 30 persons and an arrangement office. On the lower level there is a casket display room that contains 22 caskets, 20 cremation urns and a grave marker display section. There is also private office space for any staffing needs.

Over the last few years some interior remodeling has been done to the funeral home. The interior of the casket selection room was completely re-done which included wall covering, paint and a completely new lighting system. The chapel had chandeliers installed to brighten it up also. A sound system was installed to complement the current organ and allows families to provide either cassette tapes or CDs of their favorite music.

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