January 2020

Page A25 JANUARY 2020 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on A Your membership in the world’s largest funeral service association empowers you to achieve more in your business, community and life! You, your staff and your firm work smarter when your NFDA membership works for you. Your Business Your Staff Your Community Your membership works for you! Your Friends at NFDA An Extension of Your Staff! We’re always working hard to improve your benefits and best serve: 2019_Membership_NOMIS 10.25x8 Ad.indd 1 10/2/19 9:58 AM News Association ContinueD Peter A. Urban, Jr Installed as OGR Board Member Peter A. Urban, Jr AUSTIN,TX— The In- ternational Order of the Golden Rule (OGR) recently appointed Pe- ter A. Urban, Jr. of the Anton B. Urban Funer- al Home, Ambler, PA as chair of OGR’s Young Professionals (YP) Coun- cil. As the Council Chair, Urban was also appoint- ed to a two-year term on OGR’s board of directors and sworn into office on October 27 at the board meeting in Chicago, IL. “We firmly believe that for OGR to thrive in the future, young profession- als need to be involved in leadership and gov- ernance of the associa- tion. I’m pleased to have Peter join OGR’s board and provide strategic in- sight as we look forward to the future of OGR,” stated OGR president Tom Hemmerle. Pe- ter has been actively in- volved in an OGR round table/invitational since 2002 and OGR’s Young Professionals group since its inception in 2016. He has also been instrumen- tal in planning the annu- al YP event and serving on other committees and task forces. Peter A. Urban Jr. is a lifetime resident of Am- bler and a third gen- eration licensed funer- al director in the Urban family. He has worked at Anton B. Urban Funer- al Home since 2001 and is a graduate of Lansdale Catholic High School Class of 2004. During his high school years, Peter began helping his father with odd jobs around the funeral home, ultimately assisting with visitations He believes that the tradi- tion of funerals is an im- portant ritual in managing one’s grief after the loss of a loved one. Peter and his wife Kelly have one daughter Meredith. They reside in Ambler, PA. Founded in 1928, OGR is affiliated with inde- pendent funeral homes throughout North Amer- ica and overseas that share common goals of exemplary service, un- compromising care and compassion to families in their time of need. For more information, visit www.ogr.org. and funeral services. Af- ter high school gradua- tion, he pursued his pas- sion for funeral service by attending a cooperative program between Gan- non University in Erie, PA and Northampton Coun- ty Community College in Bethlehem, PA. He achieved his education goal in 2009 receiving both a bachelor’s degree and an associate’s degree in mortuary service. Peter’s goals are to bring new ideas and technology to the funeral profession that will better serve fami- lies at their time of need. 9:41AM 100% http://www.nomispublications.com Search 1-800-321-7479 • POBox 5159,Youngstown,Ohio 44514 • Fax:1-800-321-9040 info@nomispublications.com www. nomi s pub l i c a t i on s . c om website options designed to assist with Your Trade Work Your Real Source. Anywhere. Anytime.