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JANUARY 2015
FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS
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MARENGO,IL—
Sculptor
and furniture designer
Da-
vid Orth
is still surprised that
clients began asking him for
cremation urns – happily sur-
prised that his art could be so
personal and helpful. That’s
how it all started 12 years ago.
Eventually Orth collected
these bronze urn designs un-
der the business name
A Dif-
ferent Kind of Urn,
which
now ships eight distinctive
fine art designs to funeral
homes across the country.
This past summer Orth
added two new designs to his
catalog. The Luna Urn is an
Doric Products, Inc. Announces
2014-2015 Board of Directors
The 2014-2015 Board of Directors: Back Row (L to R) Joe Brewster, Hubert McQuestion, Jerry
Cooper, Jim Wiens, Michael Crummitt, Charles “Chuck” Foskey, and Gerald Hardy. Seated are
Steven Vincent and Adair Payment
MARSHALL,IL—
Doric Products, Inc.,
held its annual shareholders’ meeting on
Mackinaw Island. The shareholders ex-
pressed their continued support of each
of the existing directors and elected a
new member as well.
The Board of Directors for the com-
ing year consists of
Joe Brewster, Brew-
ster Vaults,
Millville, NJ;
Jerry Cooper,
Central Burial Vaults,
Oklahoma City,
OK;
Michael Crummitt, Crummitt &
Son Vault,
Martins Ferry, OH;
Charles
“Chuck” Foskey, Wicomico Vault,
Salisbury, MD;
Gerald Hardy,
Hardy
Doric,
Inc.,
Chelmsford, MA;
Hubert
McQuestion, Lake Shore Burial Vault,
Brookfield, WI;
Adair Payment, Atlas
Concrete Products,
Orlando, FL;
Ste-
ven Vincent, J.P. Vincent and Sons,
Ga-
lena, IL; and
Jim Wiens, CVI Funeral
Supply,
Newton, KS.
Vincent will continue to serve as presi-
dent, Wiens as vice president of finance
and treasurer, Crummitt as vice presi-
dent of manufacturing and Hardy as sec-
retary. The Executive Committee con-
sists of Crummitt, McQuestion, Vincent
and Wiens. Vincent is looking forward
to building on their past innovations
including DoricLink, the first iPad app
available in the burial vault industry. The
board will also build on last year’s success
of sourcing as many products as possible
within the United States.
Cooper is the newest director on the
board of Doric Products Inc. Jerry, hav-
ing been in the vault industry since the
early 60s, brings a wealth of experience
and knowledge with him. In 1975 Cen-
tral Burial Vaults was housed at one loca-
tion. Now, they operate three manufac-
turing facilities and received numerous
honors for their community and indus-
try activities.
Doric Products, Inc., a leader in the
burial vault industry since 1955, boasts
over 130 dealer locations in the United
States and Canada and continues to grow.
Doric, committed to quality products
and services, offers double-wall, triple-
wall, and quad-wall burial vaults choices.
an angel or Native American
thunderbird. Orth welcomes
other suggestions for sym-
bols and can usually draw up
a new design overnight.
A third new urn design is
on the drawing board and
should be available soon.
Orth’s bronze urns are suit-
able for indoor or outdoor
use. Many families like the
option of placing the urn in
their gardens.
David Orth works in
wood, steel and bronze from
his rural studio just north-
west of Chicago. Orth’s
sculptures and furniture
have been featured in mu-
seums and galleries since
the early 1980’s. Orth has
taught sculpture, interior ar-
chitecture, and designed ob-
jects atThe School of the Art
Institute of Chicago. Author
James A. Mangum
has called
Orth’s work “amazing, over-
whelming, musical, rock
and roll, the blues, arias.”
Designer Sandy Hill says
the work has a “wonderful,
mess-with-your-mind ap-
peal.”
Gleaned fromthe abundant
testimonials that were found
on-line are comments such
as “stunning work,” “com-
passionate,” “seamless expe-
rience,” “timeless,” “pleasure
to work with,” “delicate and
precise,” “thrilled,” and so
much more.
Contact David to get im-
mediate on-line access to the
full-color catalog, detailed
descriptions, and whole-
sale pricing available to fu-
neral directors at 708-288-
New Fine Art Urns from David Orth
upswept curve that is similar
to the moon, a boat, or a leaf
spinning in an eddy of water.
Most of his urns have this
flexibility in interpretation.
A choice of symbols is
available to mount on the
new Far Hills Urn: as the title
suggests, an urn resembling a
landscape of rolling hills or
foothills. Each of the bronze
symbols are designed with an
artist’s flair and hand-formed
in solid bronze. The symbols
are variously a sacred tree,
several crosses, a Star of Da-
vid, a Yin-Yang symbol, and
a winged form that suggests
The Luna Urn
The Far Hills Urn