EXHIBIT 5.1


                    [LETTERHEAD OF ALDERWOODS GROUP, INC.]



May 30, 2002

Alderwoods Group, Inc.
311 Elm Street, Suite 1000
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202

Ladies and Gentlemen:

        In my capacity as Senior Vice President, Legal & Asset Management of
Alderwoods Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Alderwoods Group"), I am
acting as counsel to Alderwoods Group in connection with the registration for
resale, on the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (including any amendments,
supplements or successor forms thereto, the "Registration Statement") filed by
Alderwoods Group and each of the co-registrants listed in footnote (a) to the
cover page thereof (collectively, the "Subsidiary Guarantors" and, together
with Alderwoods Group, the "Company") under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, by certain selling security holders listed in the Registration
Statement of up to (i) 14,836,852 shares (the "Shares") of Alderwoods Group's
common stock, par value $0.01 per share, each of which Shares trades with one
preferred stock purchase right, (ii) $42,452,400 aggregate principal amount of
Alderwoods Group's 11% Senior Secured Notes due 2007 (the "Five-Year Secured
Notes"), which are guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors and (iii)
$74,262,269 aggregate principal amount of Alderwoods Group's 121/4% Senior
Notes due 2009 (the "Seven-Year Unsecured Notes"), which are guaranteed by the
Subsidiary Guarantors.

        I have examined such documents, records and matters of law as I have
deemed necessary for purposes of this opinion.  Based on such examination and
subject to the qualifications and limitations hereinafter specified, I am of
the opinion that (i) the Shares are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable and (ii) when issued in accordance with the terms of the
Rights Agreement, dated as of March 6, 2002, between Alderwoods Group and Wells
Fargo Bank Minnesota, National Association, as rights agent (the "Rights
Agreement"), the Rights (as defined in the Rights Agreement) will be validly
issued, (iii) the Five-Year Secured Notes and the Seven-Year Unsecured Notes
have been duly authorized by Alderwoods Group, executed by proper officers of
Alderwoods Group, authenticated by Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, National
Association (the "Trustee") and delivered by Alderwoods Group, and are valid
and legally binding obligations of Alderwoods Group enforceable in accordance
with their respective terms, except, in each case, to the extent enforceability
may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting
creditors' rights generally and general equitable principles (whether
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (iv) the guarantees of the
Five-Year Secured Notes and the Seven-Year Unsecured Notes by each of the
Subsidiary Guarantors are enforceable in accordance with their respective
terms, except, in each case, to the extent enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and
other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights generally and
general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or
at law).

        In rendering this opinion, I have (i) assumed the authenticity of all
documents represented to me to be originals, the conformity to original
documents of all copies of documents submitted to me, the accuracy of the
statements and certificates described in the following clause (ii) and the
genuineness of all signatures that purport to have been made in a corporate,
governmental, fiduciary or other capacity, and that the persons who affixed
such signatures had authority to do so, (ii) relied as to certain factual
matters upon statements or certificates of representatives of the Company and
public officials, and I have not independently checked or verified the accuracy
of those statements and certificates, and (iii) assumed that the applicable
indenture governing each of the Five-Year Secured Notes and the Seven-Year
Unsecured Notes is the valid and binding obligation of the Trustee.





        I am a member of the bar of the State of Washington, and I have not
been admitted to the bar of any other jurisdiction.  In addition, my
examination of matters of law has been limited to the General Corporation Law
of the State of Delaware (the "DGCL") and the federal laws of the United States
of America, in each case as in effect on the date of this letter.

        The opinion set forth in clause (ii) of paragraph 2 hereof is limited
to the valid issuance of the Rights under the DGCL.  I do not express any
opinion herein with respect to any other aspect of the Rights, the effect of
equitable principles or fiduciary considerations relating to the adoption of
the Rights Agreement or the issuance of the Rights or the enforceability of any
particular provisions of the Rights Agreement.  In rendering the opinion set
forth in clause (ii) of paragraph 2 above, I have assumed that the Board of
Directors of Alderwoods Group has acted and will act in the good faith exercise
of its business judgment with respect to the authorization of the issuance of
the Rights and the execution of the Rights Agreement.

        I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the
Registration Statement and to the reference to me with respect to this opinion
under the heading "Legal Matters" in the prospectus that is part of the
Registration Statement.


                                        Very truly yours,


                                        /s/  BRADLEY D. STAM

                                        Bradley D. Stam





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