Foundation Partners Group Welcomes 108 Year Old Firm McDermott-Crockett Mortuary into The Family
Orlando, FL- Foundation Partners Group, LLC is proud to announce that McDermottCrockett Mortuary of Santa Barbara, California, has chosen to join the Foundation Partners family.
“McDermott-Crockett proudly serves over 700 families each year from their Santa Barbara location. The business was established in 1906 and has continued its long standing reputation of exemplary service to the Santa Barbara community” says Steve Shaffer, President and CEO. “We are pleased to add another well-known, quality operation to our west coast operations.”
“In Foundation Partners, we saw partners with extensive experience in funeral service, a significant amount of opportunity for growth and a culture that we felt our dedicated employees would be comfortable with,” said Richard Crockett.
Richard and Diana Crockett will continue to be very active in the business as consultants for McDermott-Crockett and Foundation Partners.
Jim Price, Executive Vice President stated, “As always, we will strive to uphold and build upon the excellent reputation of service that the Santa Barbara community has come to expect from the McDermott-Crockett’s family.” Price added, “I personally have known Richard Crockett for more than 30 years. He has truly been a pioneer funeral director/owner in embracing and marketing cremation. When traditional funeral homes across America viewed cremation as a threat … Richard saw it as an opportunity to serve the families in his community at a fair reasonable price”.
Foundation Partners Group, LLC, with its home office in Orlando, was established in June of 2010. It currently owns and operates 25 funeral homes and 5 cemeteries in 13 states.
If you would like to learn more about Foundation Partners Group and how we can help with your succession planning needs, please contact us.
Foundation Partners Group, LLC, with its home office in Orlando, was established in June of 2010. It currently owns and operates 29 funeral homes and five cemeteries in 12 states, and is actively seeking to acquire premier funeral homes throughout the US. If you would like to learn more about Foundation Partners Group and how we can help with your succession planning needs, please contact us.