Bubbling Well 26 Years On…

Curious about what the Harberts family is up to now, I did some searching around the web. The best source I could find was this article about Bubbling Well. Here are some tidbits I found interesting.

-Cal Harberts passed away five years ago. (No word on whether he was buried in a giant, Styrofoam carry-out box.) Dan Harberts, the youngest son, is now the owner and president of the company. He lives with his wife in a house on cemetery grounds. His mom is still alive and devious.

-Only 1 percent of Bubbling Well’s business is private burial. The rest is cremation services.

-Since it was established in 1971, Bubbling Well has cared for the final oversight of almost 11,000 pets

-Having a pet interred there isn’t cheap. On average it costs $570 to bury a small pet there, with a $50 yearly fee to keep it from being exhumed and cremated. According to the article, Bubbling well has yet to do this despite some delinquent balances of 20+ years.

The article didn’t mention what became of Dan’s Brother. Though it’s pretty clear that Dan has become every bit as good of a philosopher salesman as his old man was:

Later Harberts reflects, “People bury people because they have to, but they bury pets because they want to. We’re proof that the relationships between people and their pets are truly special. With people, there are complications and conditions.

“With pets, it’s a pure emotion.”

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