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JANUARY 2015
FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS
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or unsafe workplace.
Quite often, when an employee stops doing his job
properly other employees eventually follow. This
happens because the other employees don’t want to
do someone else’s work. For example, if an employ-
Optimal accountability also takes a willingness
of all employees to hold their peers accountable:
If one employee does not follow the firm’s poli-
cies and procedures, his actions – or lack thereof
– must be brought to his attention. Otherwise,
Front Row (L to R) Steve Shaffer, Gerard “Jerry” Schoen, Michael Quinn, Randy Schoedinger, Mike
DiBease and Diana Kurz. Middle Row (L to R) Executive Director Kathy Wisnefski, Victor March, Sr.,
Sheri Richardson Stahl, Linda Darby, Anthony Guerra andWilliam “Bill”Wappner. Back Row (L to R)
Bob Arrington, Ralph Buckner, Dave McComb, Steven Gackenbach and Jay Dodds.
Funeral Service Foundation Elects Three New Board
Members
BROOKFIELD,WI—
At its
annual fall meeting the
Fu-
neral Service Foundation’s
(FSI) Board ofTrustees elect-
ed three new trustees to a
three-year term. The newest
members are
: Steven Gack-
enbach,
group president,
Matthews International
Corporation,
Pittsburgh,
PA;
Anthony Guerra,
vice
president,
Guerra & Guti-
errez Mortuaries,
Los An-
geles, CA; and
William
“Bill” Wappner,
CFSP,
owner,
Wappner Funeral
Directors and Crematory,
Mansfield, OH.
“Our newest trustees join
a committed group of fu-
neral service leaders who
share a desire to enrich our
profession and to make a
difference in our commu-
nities,” said 2015 Founda-
tion Chair Steve Shaffer.
“Gackenbach, Guerra and Wappner
are solid additions to the board, and
their dedication is already evident as
we work together to steer the strate-
gies and priorities of our profession’s
leading philanthropic voice.”
The Board of Trustees, 60 percent
of whom are
NFDA
funeral direc-
tors, includes representatives from
across the funeral service profession.
Foundation trustees volunteer their
time and talent to advance the Foun-
dation’s mission to fund the projects
and programs that support all of fu-
neral service in building meaningful
relationships in the community.
2015 Funeral Service Foundation
Board of Trustees Executive Com-
mittee are: chair:
Steve Shaffer,
Homesteaders Life Company,
West
Des Moines, IA; chair-elect
: Gerard
“Jerry” Schoen, III, Lake Lawn
Metairie Funeral Home,
New Or-
leans, LA; and secretary/treasurer:
Victor March, Sr.,
CFSP,
March
Funeral Home,
Baltimore, MD.
The 2015 Trustees, along with new
appointees, Gackenbach, Guerra and
Wappner are:
Bob Arrington, Ar-
rington Funeral Group,
Jackson,
TN;
Ralph Buckner,
CFSP, CPC,
Ralph Buckner Funeral Home &
Crematory,
Cleveland, TN;
Linda
Darby, Trigard,
Danville, IL;
Mike
DiBease, Batesville Casket Com-
pany,
Batesville, IN;
Jay Dodds,
CFSP,
The Signature Group,
Hous-
ton, TX;
Diana Duksa Kurz,
CFSP,
Newington Memorial Funeral
Home,
Newington, CT;
David Mc-
Comb, D.O. McComb & Sons,
Fort Wayne, IN;
Michael Quinn,
Aurora Casket Company,
Auro-
ra, IN;
Randy Schoedinger,
CFSP,
Schoedinger Funeral & Crema-
tion Service,
Columbus, OH;
Sheri
Richardson Stahl,
CFSP,
The Island
Funeral Home and Crematory,
Hil-
ton Head Island, SC.
The Funeral Service Foundation is
the leading public foundation dedi-
cated in perpetuity to serve the fu-
neral service profession. Central to
its mission, the Foundation sup-
ports all of funeral service in build-
ing meaningful relationships in the
community by commissioning in-
novative research, funding programs