Meet Our Staff

Providing Memorable Funeral
and Memorial Services

Our staff provides excellent funeral planning services

We have years of experience caring for families from all walks of life, cultures and faiths. Our unsurpassed staff and our family provide kind, caring, professional service. Each family comes to us because they know we are leaders in our profession who are dedicated to excellence in service, adhere to the highest funeral industry standards, and have exceptional integrity. We consistently earn phenomenally high customer satisfaction survey results.

Our licensed, professional staff is here for you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please call 408-356-4151 anytime. We will even come to you to make arrangements in the comfort of your home.

Prompt, compassionate service is always just a phone call away, where and when you need it.

Nicholas Jon Welzenbach

Managing Partner

Nicholas Welzenbach is a second-generation funeral professional. He has been serving families for nearly 20 years. He began his career in San Diego. He and his wife Kendall relocated to the Bay Area 10 years ago. Nicholas is the Managing Partner of Darling Fischer in Campbell & Los Gatos as well as Los Gatos Memorial Park. Nicholas is an active member of the community. He serves on the Board for both the Campbell Chamber and the Los Gatos Chamber of Commerce, the Campbell Veteran Memorial Foundation Board, and is an active Los Gatos Rotarian.

He and his staff are working daily to care for families, while also working to reinvent funeral service around Celebrations of Life and by helping families find new and unique ways to tell their loved ones stories. While funeral and cemetery service are his life’s work and passion. What he truly loves is being with his family. Kendall and Nicholas have a daughter Audrey, and a son Lachlan. His daily work has shown him the true value of every moment.

Jeff Fischer

Funeral Director, Consultant-Marketing & Outreach

Jeff is a former owner of Darling & Fischer and is still active in our business as a funeral director and consultant. His extensive experience and resources help us provide the best possible care and service for every family, every time.

Orlando Avila

Grounds Superintendent

Cindi Galvin

Family Service Counselor & Preplanning Specialist

Cindi was born and raised in Stockton and has enjoyed living in the Los Gatos area since 1981. She has been with the Los Gatos Memorial Park family service team for 19 years. Helping families through such a difficult time has been a very rewarding career. With her three boys now grown, and two married, she is enjoying being a grandmother. She and her husband Kevin love music, travel and the SF Giants.

Mike Pavlic

Family Service Counselor and Preplanning Specialist

David George

Family Service Counselor & Preplanning Specialist

Anna Cheadle

Family Service Counselor

Susan McGowan

Administration & Support

Susan has been on the Los Gatos Memorial Staff team since 1992. She manages all cemetery records and provides administrative support to our operations and consulting staff.