Seasoned residents will recall Carlos Lucero and his mortuary located on South Lassen Street, which is now Walton’s Mortuary. In November, 1935 Lucero purchased the George McDow residence and proceeded to renovate it into a mortuary to compete with the town’s other mortuary—Edenholm & Morrill. Lucero hired A.K. Philbrook to operate it, who had been in the local undertaking business since the early 1900s.
Fast forward to the spring of 1938 when Edenholm & Morrill took over the premises. They, too, made extensive improvements including the use of knotty pine in the interior, that was quite popular then. Within ten years, Lucero would again own it and this time operate mortuary for several decades.
