Peter Mulqueen – Mulqueen Family Funerals

 

Peter is now 66 and says he has been involved in the family business as long as he can remember. The business commenced back in 1853 a family business currently up to the 6^th generation of funeral directors. Peter is an accountant and is currently a partner in MGR accountants. Since 1999 he has specialised in accounting for the funeral industry and his services are in high demand across Australia. In 2010 he formed a partnership with Martin Tobin in an enterprise which focusses on selling funeral business, Peter has considerable expertise in valuing funeral businesses. He is also a member of Family Business Australia and in 2011 he attended their conference, and he heard a talk from Michael MacQueen, he spoke about how his father died suddenly. He started to go through his father’s belongings and found a notebook he had given his father a year before and he asked him to record his story. To his delight he had written down a series of stories and experiences, Michael was enthralled and captivated. This led to the development of a document called ‘Momento’, the idea is to get people to record their experiences and stories, so they can leave a legacy and share all aspects of a life. Peter adopted this and handed it out to his clients, it was a big document some 178 pages with 130 questions. Peter subsequently thought about developing a document specific to the funeral industry, he searched widely. As a result he has developed a document called ‘My Story’ which he developed with his brother Paul who has a background in Media. It provides an excellent starting point for reflecting on a life, it is divided into sections, childhood, friendships, schooling, romances, working life. There are a wide range of questions like ‘When did you get into the most trouble as a child and Why?’ What is the most mischievous prank you have pulled on a friend?    

If you would like a copy of ‘My Story’, please let Jim Rolfe know and he can laisse with Peter.