Henrietta Duterte (née Bowers; July 1817 – December 23, 1903)[1] was an African-American funeral home owner, philanthropist, and abolitionist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

[5][6] The funeral home earned a reputation for quick undertaking service, which was necessary for the time before modern-day embalming methods.

[2] Duterte was a member of the Underground Railroad, and used her business to assist fugitive slaves from southern states seeking freedom in the North.

[5][7] In addition, the success of the funeral parlor allowed her to make generous contributions to her community, and she supported the AME Church of St. Thomas, the Philadelphia Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons, and the Freedman's Aid Society, which was created after the Civil War to assist formerly enslaved people in Tennessee.

Henrietta died at the age of 86 on December 23, 1903, and is interred at the historic Eden Cemetery[5] in Collingdale, Pennsylvania.