February 2020

NEWS FEBRUARY 2020 Fam i l y Own e d a n d Ope r a t ed S i nce 1974 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY P O B o x 5 1 5 9 Yo u n g s t o w n O H 4 4 5 1 4 1 - 8 0 0 - 3 2 1 - 7 4 7 9 O n l i n e a t www . n o m i s p u b l i c a t i o n s . c o m P r e v i o u s l y P u b l i s h e d a s t h e Y B N e w s • S t i l l t h e P l a c e f o r Yo u r N e w s ! Register now at iccfaconvention.com 2020 ICCFA AnnuAl ConventIon & exposItIon March 30–april 2 henry B. González convention center San antonio, texaS Creating Legacies Walton’s Funerals and Cremations has New Owners Kim Kandaras Rick Noel Ed McCaffery and Tammy Dermody Walton’s Sierra Chapel Walton’s Chapel of the Valley Walton’s Colonial Mortuary Walton’s Sparks Funeral Home Ross, Burke & Knobel – Reno O’Brien – Rogers & Crosby Walton’s Gardenville RENO,NV— Walton’s Funerals and Cremations and the Cremation So- ciety of Nevada have announced the sale of the firm to long time employ- ees, Rick Noel and Kim Kandaras. Walton’s Funerals & Cremations has been family owned and operated since 1959. In March of that year, a young graduate of Marquette Univer- sity and former member of the Spe- cial Forces Airborne Division made his way to the small western town of Reno, Nevada. Upon his arrival, Ed McCaffery purchased the original Walton’s Funeral Home located at the corner of Second and Vine Streets and accord- ing to their website, a Nevada legend was born. Over six decades Walton’s Funerals and Cremations has grown into one of the largest family-owned funeral homes in the nation. Walton’s has ten locations in the Re- no-Tahoe, Sparks area, as well as one in Susanville, CA, a cemetery in Carson City and four crematories. The re- Continued on Page A23 E mory U niversity to become New Home of ICCFA U niversity in 2020 See Page A33 G lobal M ortuary A ffairs I nc celebrates their 19 t h Y e ar Serving Funeral Directors Worldwide See Page A15 Comi ng i n March Pre - Convent i on H i ghl i ght s www.nomispublications.com Classified Ads Shipping Directory Index of Advertisers