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The Fortin Group in Auburn, Maine, provides complete funeral and cremation services. Our experienced team brings decades of caring service and funeral expertise to all our families in Auburn and Lewiston. We'll be honored to help guide you through this emotionally challenging stage of life.

Our Auburn funeral home

Sitting area at The Fortin GroupOur spacious Auburn funeral home has earned an excellent reputation for its convenience and comforting environment. The Fortin Group houses visitation rooms for more intimate gatherings as well as a large area that accommodates families who require more space. A recent renovation also added a catering room and a staging kitchen for our caterers. These amenities provide families with plenty of space for receptions and spending time with family and friends.

Personalized memorial services in Maine

We believe that every life should be celebrated. That's why all of our funeral and cremation services are fully customizable, allowing you to showcase your loved one's interests, passions and hobbies. We'll help you design a fitting service complete with obituaries, personal videos, photo displays, catering options and keepsakes.

These options not only provide you with the ability to honor your loved one, but also provide comfort and compassion during this difficult time. Our team at The Fortin Group wants to help you start the journey to healing and will guide you every step of the way.

Building local relationships

Chapel at The Fortin GroupWe pride ourselves on providing the service you expect before, during and after the loss of a loved one. As a locally operated funeral home, our staff is local to the Auburn-Lewiston area and actively involved in the community.

For decades, The Fortin Group has helped families create lasting funeral, memorial and cremation services—whether at time of need or planned in advance. We welcome all families and consider it an honor to serve you. Feel free to come meet a member of our team and learn about your funeral service options.

History

The Fortin Group manages funeral homes in both Auburn and Lewiston, known locally as the Twin Cities in Maine. For decades, our caring staff has provided thoughtful funeral and cremation services with a personal touch.

Our service begins

In the early 1900s, families began the transition from having undertaking services and embalming take place in the family home to utilizing funeral homes for these services. In 1925, Reginald Fortin became an owner at Poisson and Fortin Funeral Home on Park Street in Lewiston. When Fortin Sr. died, his sons, Donat and Roland G., established their funeral home at our current location: 70 Horton Street in Lewiston.

A family tradition of care

In 1975, Roland G. Fortin sold his interest to existing shareholders Raymond Duprez, Denis Croteau and Roger Bouffard. In 1985, Raymond A. Perreault also became a shareholder in Fortin Funeral Directors.

Nearly 20 years later, Fortin Funeral Directors merged with Plummer & Merrill & Teague Funeral Homes in 1992. They changed the business name to The Fortin Group of Lewiston and Auburn, offering a choice of locations for our families in both cities. Since 1996, our Auburn and Lewiston funeral homes have been members of the Dignity Memorial® network of funeral, cremation and cemetery service providers.

This partnership has enabled us to offer more service options to our families with the ability to customize each one to meet the needs of our community. Our local team members are experts in arranging meaningful tributes in our welcoming and comforting facilities, providing each family with service beyond their expectations.

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Ratings & Reviews

Verified Customer Reviews

Since 2005, many of our customers have taken the time to tell us how we did each year via our Voice of the Customer program. Our star ratings and comments from families come directly from these surveys.

"Korey was great to work with. He was friendly, patient and professional. He fit right in with my families' sense of humor as we attempted to lighten the heavy moments. I love that I could not only call or email, but also TEXT Korey to stay in touch and keep him posted with any and all updates to my plans. I loved that! When I found out Korey was go

ing to be off the day of my son's service, I was disappointed. We had talked in person, emailed and texted for a week and a half. Now, all our plans would be turned over to another director. I was very anxious as I had made some last minute changes in music and added a power point presentation to be done by my brother. Upon arriving at the home before the service, I met my new directors. My brother worked with one director on the connections for his power point presentation and I talked with Paul and Lynette to make sure all the updates had been noted. It was a bit of a scuffle, but it all came together beautifully. As a mom, I couldn't have asked for anything more to honor the life of my son. The service ran perfectly smooth. The photo dumping link Fortin offers was so very helpful and made adding pictures to the slideshow so easy. 'Easy' was wonderful at a time like this. I highly recommend Fortin Group Funeral Homes."

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March 2022

"It is nice that our family met with Fortin back in 2004 to make advanced arrangements ahead of time for both our parents. It made such a time of grief easier to deal with as things were already paid ahead and planned."

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March 2022

"I believe they did a well job at representing my brother's life in his obituary. I also believe they did well with the simple set up for his services/visitation. Thank you for a job well done."

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November 2021

"The staff was awesome. All of our questions were answered. Our family even asked for a different color hearse ( we did not like the white one) and they provided the traditional black hearse. The staff paid attention to all the details and made our dads service wonderful. Michelle was great in the office to help us with the life insurance policy. Wh

en a loved one dies you are emotional and in the moment the staff at Fortin's did not miss a beat and greatly helped my sister and I through this sad situation. We would recommend Fortin's in a heart beat."

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November 2021

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