128:. In 1985 Loewen Group went public and, in 1987, the company expanded into the United States. In the years that followed, Loewen rapidly expanded his company, purchasing hundreds of small independent funeral homes. By the mid-90s, the company had 15,000 employees and operated 1,115 funeral homes and was the world's second-largest funeral chain.
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in 1969 where he purchased two more funeral homes. At that time, he also became involved in real estate and transportation. The original Loewen
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Steinbach and several in British Columbia, with Loewen mostly focusing on other real estate investments. After Loewen's brief political career and downturn in the BC
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