\u201cThe sign was always going to go wherever we went,\u201d said Patrick Gormley, who is the fourth generation of his family to work in the business, during the installation Thursday morning. His son, his daughter and their mother were also on hand.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a part of our history,\u201d Gormley said. \u201cIt\u2019s like over inside the new funeral home now. We\u2019ve incorporated our pews from our old funeral home, which are in great shape, stained glass windows. So we did incorporate some of the old into the new. But the sign was always at the forefront.\u201d<\/p>\n
Getting the sign to its new location was no easy feat.<\/p>\n
Pacific Neon removed the sign from the old location on Aug. 18<\/a>, bringing it back to its shop at 2939 Academy Way for touch-ups<\/a>.<\/p>\n The installation wasn\u2019t simple. Pacific Neon had installer James Guthrey in a crane about 10 feet in the air and had the sign attached to a saddle and hanging over the poles. Installer Hank Uroff was at ground level, operating the crane.<\/p>\n Patrick Gormley Jr. said that his company had its first service Wednesday at the new location, for a middle-aged Land Park resident, attracting more than 30 people.<\/p>\n W.F. Gormley & Sons held its final service at its old location within the past two weeks. It plans an open house at the new location on Oct. 25 from noon to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n Gormley Jr. said he was both sad and excited to leave the old location.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re closing that chapter, which my family has been there for a long time,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the fact that we\u2019re here is kind of the next chapter for my dad and I to continue to serve the community.\u201d<\/p>\n The Sacramento Preservation Commission is slated next Wednesday to consider putting the Gormley sign on the local historic register, city Preservation Director Sean de Courcy said Thursday.<\/p>\n Asked why it was worth going to some trouble for a sign, Drury said it was about history.<\/p>\n \u201cTo have operations like this, 129 years old, I mean, still in the same family, five generations, pretty unique, not too many of those running around,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Same sort of thing went for the sign.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s fun to retain the heritage and the history of town and to see these type of displays still in place,\u201d Drury said. \u201cBecause they don\u2019t do it like that anymore. That\u2019s old school.\u201d<\/p>\n This story was originally published October 15, 2026 at 1:30 PM.<\/p>\n Follow More of Our Reporting on In the Spotlight<\/p>\n![\"Hank](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/SAC_7325_GormleySign_HA_261015.JPG\" "\\"SAC_7325_GormleySign_HA_261015.JPG\\"")
Hank Uroff guides the restored W.F. Gormley Funeral Chapel sign as it is installed by the Pacific Neon Company at its new location on Riverside Boulevard in Sacramento on Thursday. HECTOR AMEZCUA hamezcua@sacbee.com First service at Land Park location<\/p>\n
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