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JANUARY 2015
FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS
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ICCFA Educational Foundation Awards Eight
Scholarships to Wide World of Sales Conference
STERLING,VA—
The International Cemetery, Cremation
and Funeral Association’s
(ICCFA)
Educational Founda-
tion
awarded eight scholarships for funeral professionals to at-
tend the ICCFAWideWorld of Sales Conference, January 14-
16, 2015, at Bally’s/Paris Hotels and Casinos in Las Vegas, NV.
The ICCFA Wide World of Sales Conference is the only
conference within the profession geared specifically for the
salespeople in the field. It doesn’t matter if you’re selling pr-
eneed or at-need, insurance or memorials, services or cre-
mation, you’ll learn the best techniques and ways to provide
“Service That Sells.”
Scholarship recipients are:
Eric Gipson, Forest Park Cem-
etery West,
Shreveport, LA;
Kim Horn, G.A.R. Cemetery,
Miami, OK;
Michael Ray Johnson, Garden View Funeral
Home LLC,
Muncie, IN;
Cindy B. Maril
(Ron Robertson
Scholarship recipient),
ArlingtonMemorial Gardens Associa-
tion, Inc.,
Cincinnati, OH;
Laura Osborne, Raleigh Memo-
rial Park
and
Mitchell Funeral Home,
Raleigh, NC;
Dela-
na Pratt, Forethought Life Insurance Company,
Batesville,
IN;
Margaret Puglisi
(Next Generation Scholarship),
Historic
Congressional Cemetery,
Washington, DC; and
JuanTavera,
Funeraria La Esperanza SA,
Medellin, Colombia.
Founded in 1887, the International Cemetery, Cremation
and funeral association is the only international trade asso-
ciation representing all segments of the cemetery, cremation,
funeral and memorialization profession. Its membership is
composed of more than 8,900 properties and 17,000 pro-
fessionals working at cemeteries, funeral homes, crematories,
memorial design and related businesses worldwide.
More!;
Santiago Jaramil-
lo,
Innovative Ways to Con-
nect Online with Cremation
Families;
Mel Payne,
Hir-
ing for Greatness;
Archer
Harmon
and
Erin Whitak-
er,
Know Your Community:
Build Your Business;
Scott
Gilligan
and
Lara Price,
Cremation Legal Q&A.
Suppliers will be on hand to
share products, services and
unique offerings for families
that choose cremation. There
will also be ample time for
networking with colleagues
during the roundtable dis-
cussion session and compli-
mentary cocktail reception.
Attendees may register via
the CANA or NFDA web-
sites or by calling their asso-
ciation.
Founded in 1913, the Cre-
mation Association of North
America is an internation-
al association of more than
1,500 members, comprised
of funeral directors, cemeter-
ies, crematories, consultants,
ing and largest funeral service
association, serving 19,700
individual members who
represent more than 10,000
funeral homes in the Unit-
ed States and 39 countries
around the world. NFDA
is headquartered in Brook-
CANA/NFDA
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to Present
Cremation
Symposium
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