September 2021

Page A17 SEPTEMBER 2021 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS Se c t i on A H e y Y ' a l l Promo Code: 9172 www.messengerstationery.com | 800.827.5151 Come on in and connect with us! Kraft Sussman Funeral & Cremation Services Joins Foundation Partners Group ORLANDO,FL —Foun- dation Partners Group has announced the acqui- sition of Kraft Sussman Funeral & Cremation Services in Las Vegas, NV. The acquisition is the first for Foundation Part- ners in Nevada, where the cremation rate is among the highest in the country. “Kraft Sussman is ahead of the curve in a num- ber of areas,” said Tom Kominsky, Foundation Partners Group chief financial officer. “They recognized early on that consumer preferences have been shifting toward cremation and, like Foundation Partners, they have em- braced this change.” Former owners, Wendy Kraft and Laura Sussman, teamed up in 2009 to open Kraft Sussman Funeral & Crema- tion Services with the belief that exist- ing firms were not meeting the needs of their community. “We saw how oth- er funeral homes operated and knew we could do better, so we built a better model,” Kraft said. When it came time to plan for the fu- ture of their business, Kraft and Suss- man looked for a partner that under- stands the cremation market as well as they do. “Southern Nevada is one of the largest cremation markets in the coun- try, and Foundation Partners really un- derstands cremation,” said Sussman. “They came to the partnership know- tinue to manage the business, and are excited to free up some of their time by handing off back-office administra- tive duties to the Foundation Partners team. “We look forward to taking a step back in some areas and carving out more time to spend with families and our community,” Kraft said. Foundation Partners Group is one of the industry’s most innovative providers of funeral services. The company owns and operates a network of nearly 170 fu- neral homes, cremation centers and cem- eteries across 21 states. Their organiza- tional structure allows them to embrace and grow the legacies of the local funeral homes they acquire while leveraging the economies of scale, deep understand- ing of technology, and their ShareLife® customer experience-centered approach to deliver truly innovative and compas- sionate care to the families they serve. Visit www.foundationpartners.com to learn more. ing what makes us suc- cessful and they are excit- ed to continue our work; that made us comfortable from the very beginning.” Going forward, Kraft and Sussman will con- Cu s tom i z a t i o n Ava i l a b l e ! Ca l l f o r De t a i l s 1 - 8 0 0 - 3 2 1 - 7 4 7 9 O rd e r On l i n e a t w w w. N o m i s Pu b l i c a t i o n s . c o m “ I Love My Funera l Di rector ” “ I Love My Cemeter i an” ONLY $ 11 95 Now is the PERFECT time to order the PERFECT gifts! T h e y M a k e P ER F E C T H o l i d a y G i f t s T o o !