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Funeral Home to Sell Building in Edwardsville, Ill.

By Will Buss, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Feb. 11--EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- Since buying out a competitor more than two years ago, Weber Funeral Home will consolidate operations.

Its decision to buy Pletcher Funeral Home in 2001 originally was made to provide Weber Funeral Home with an additional building to accommodate more visitations. But funeral home President Mike Weber said that after about two years, he found he could better serve his clients under one roof.

"We found that we can do it out of one faci

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