When he decided to go open his own funeral home—the city’s one remaining ... Fitch and his wife, Sharon-Rose, leased a building on Rainier Avenue near Genesee, and opened Dayspring & Fitch.

Mount Rainier officials are hoping to brighten up a funeral home in the city — literally. The vacant Dudley Funeral Home, at 3200 Rhode Island Ave., is part of a 33,000-square-foot property the ...