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By the summer of next year, Lakeway will have its first funeral home. Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Homes & Cremation Services, a family-owned and locally operated business that has served the Austin area for four generations will break ground on their new location Dec. 5.

The new 10,000-square-foot funeral home will sit on nearly 2.5 acres at 411 RR 620 South, about half a mile north of Lakeway Boulevard. It will employ as many as eight full-time and part-time workers, according to Laurens Fish III, the company’s managing general partner.
Longtime funeral director Mike Foskey, who currently works at the North Lamar location, has been promoted to manager of the new location.
Fish said the company decided to build Lakeway’s first funeral home because the area is underserved. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city’s population grew from 8,454 in 2002 to 10,627 in 2007, a 26 percent increase.
“The Weed-Corley-Fish family is pleased to be expanding into Lakeway. Residents of the Lakeway area soon will be treated to the same kind of service that people in Austin have appreciated and trusted for many, many years,” Fish said.
San Gabriel Builders Ltd. of Lakeway is the general contractor for the project, and Gary Devin of Solutions Studio in Austin is the architect. The new building will feature an open floor plan, wireless Internet connections, the latest in audio-visual equipment and a reception area with a catering kitchen, Fish said.
The company bought the property last year.
Meanwhile, the company is rebranding its two existing locations in Austin under the banner of Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Homes & Cremation Services. The name of the location at 2620 S. Congress Ave. will switch from Wilke-Clay-Fish to Weed-Corley-Fish; the location at 3125 N. Lamar Blvd. will retain the Weed-Corley-Fish identity.
This initiative includes a new logo and an updated Web site.
For more information, visit www.wcfish.com.