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Patrick Quinn as a young 18 year old man, who immigrated to this country as a child, founded the Quinn family funeral business in the North End section of Providence in 1857. A master stair builder by trade, he was asked to make a casket. The casket he made had intricately carved corners and was so unique that people repeatedly requested him to build caskets, and thus he expanded into the funeral business. At this time there were no phones to contact the undertaker's office. To provide better access to the undertaker, he opened three satellite offices, on Broadway, Atwells Avenue and Branch Avenue in addition to his main office on Orms Street .

Upon his death in 1889, Patrick's widow and young daughter asked his brother Thomas Quinn, our great, great grandfather, to take over the funeral business. Thomas Quinn operated the business for many years and in time was joined by his two sons, Thomas and Walter Quinn, our great grandfather and great uncle. During this era funeral corteges went form horse drawn to motorized and telephone service became available. As a result they were able to close their satellite offices. Subsequently, they established one of Rhode Island 's first funeral homes where people would be able to have wakes and funerals from a home other than their own, at the Orms Street location.

Thomas and Walter Quinn's sons Thomas and Walter Quinn, Jr., the third generation, joined the family business in the late 1940's. In 1967, due to the redevelopment of the North End section of Providence , the Quinn Funeral Home moved to Warwick where they built one of Rhode Island 's first state-of-the-art funeral facilities. Walter Quinn, Jr. took over the business in 1971. His sons, Michael, Patrick and Jerome joined their father in the 1980's to become the fourth generation to enter the business, which they currently operate.

In 1938, James L. Tucker, established the Tucker Funeral Home. Later, his son J. Earl Tucker and his daughter Shirley Tucker McAllister joined their father in operating the family business. The Tucker Funeral Home continued to provide this community with dignified and caring service for many years. In December 1994, the Tucker and Quinn families joined to form the present Tucker-Quinn Funeral Home. In 2000, a decision was made not to expand the original Victorian home so as not to ruin its historical integrity, but rather to build this state-of-the-art facility to accommodate the needs of a growing community.

In 1976, Lawrence E. Fagan, Jr. established the Lawrence E. Fagan, Jr. Funeral Home at 825 Boston Neck Road in North Kingstown . Mr. Fagan who was well known in the community operated the funeral home with caring and compassionate service until he passed away in 1997. In December of 2004, the Quinn family purchased the funeral home which is now the Fagan-Quinn Funeral Home.