RC Willey Home Furnishings
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RC Willey Home Furnishings is a home furnishings company with 14 locations serving western states including; Utah, Idaho, Nevada and California. It was started in Syracuse, Utah by Rufus Call Willey as an appliance repair shop, and grew to become a home furnishing empire selling merchandise such as furniture, electronics, appliances, mattresses, and flooring. It is currently owned by Berkshire Hathaway.
[edit] History
Rufus Call Willey began selling appliances in 1932 as a door-to-door salesman of electric ranges and refrigerators. As business and clientele grew, he erected a 600-square-foot store next to his home in Syracuse, Utah during the summer of 1950.
William H. Child would wed Willey's daughter, Pat, in 1952 and take over the business in 1954 as Willey stepped down due to a fight with terminal cancer. Sheldon Child joined his brother in 1956 to operate R. C. Willey Inc. where Bill expanded from appliances to furniture, eventually into home exercise equipment, electronics, computers, cabinets and carpet.
