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FEBRUARY 2013
FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS
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MONTHLY FEATURES
Classified Ads .............................................................................................
Shipping Directory ......................................................................................
Calendar of Events .......................................................................................
Association News ......................................................................................
Deaths ........................................................................................................
Educational News .......................................................................................
Suppliers News..............................................................................................
COLUMNS:
Changing Lives Through Laughter by Nancy Weil .......................................
Memoires des choix des Jacque by Kate Frediani-Gorman .......................
Greening the Funeral Industry by Jonas A. Zahn ......................................
John A. Chew..............................................................................................
Legal Speak by Atty Harvey I Lapin..........................................................
Let’s Chat by Kristan Dean .........................................................................
Observations by Steven Palmer .................................................................
OSHA Compliance by Gary Finch ...............................................................
Protecting Your Families and Your Business by Jim Starks........................
The Gift of Aftercare by Sherry Williams.....................................................
There’s More To It... Advance Funeral Planning by Chris Kuhnen ...............
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FEATURED
“My family is always looking for more ways to share our
story. Being featured on the directory cover was a great oppor-
tunity to share our roots and our core values with funeral profes-
sionals across the country.”
– Linda Darby, CEO
Sunset Funeral Home and Trigard, Danville, IL, 2009 Cover
“It was indeed an honor
for our funeral home to be
featured on your cover with
the story on the inside of
our history which reinforced
that “We did build our busi-
ness” and did it well.”
“I am truly honored and hum-
bled that Russo’s Hillside Cha-
pels was chosen to be the fea-
tured funeral home of the year
and shared with the funeral
industry across the nation.
I hope my story inspires all
other funeral homes to always
pursue their goals because,
‘Dreams do come true!’”
– Joseph A. Russo, President
Russo’s Hillside Chapels,
Hillside, IL, 2013 Cover
– John Vincent Scalia
Scalia Home for Funerals, Inc., Staten Island, NY, 2011 Cover
HAVE YOU SEEN THESE CHILDREN?
The photographs below have been provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Please help locate these children by posting in your lobby, office, on your bulletin board, etc.
Anyone with information should immediately contact the National Center for
Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678 or (703)235-3900
Endangered Runaway
Circumstances:
Alyssa was
last seen on November 5,
2011. She may dye her hair.
ALYSSA ARIANNA
MOTES
Date of Birth:
11/10/1994
Date Missing:
11/5/2011
Age Missing:
17 Yrs
Age Now:
18 Yrs
Sex:
Female
Race:
White
Height:
5’4”
Weight:
115 lbs
Hair:
Black
Eyes:
Brown
Missing From:
Vance, SC
Endangered Runaway
Circumstances:
Rene was
last seen on April 11, 2012.
He may still be in the local
area.
RENE BENITO ORTIZ
Date of Birth:
1/24/1997
Date Missing:
4/11/2012
Age Missing:
15 Yrs
Age Now:
16 Yrs
Sex:
Male
Race:
White/Hisp
Height:
5’2”
Weight:
110 lbs
Hair:
Black
Eyes:
Brown
Missing From:
Visalia, CA
Non Family Abduction
Circumstances:
Both photos shown are
of Isabel. She was last seen at home at ap-
proximately 11:30 p.m. on April 20, 2012.
Isabel is missing one top and one bottom
tooth. She was last seen wearing a blue tank
top and navy blue basketball shorts.
ISABEL M. CELIS
Date of Birth:
8/27/2005
Date Missing:
4/20/2012
Age Missing:
6 Yrs
Age Now:
7 Yrs
Sex:
Female
Race:
White/Hisp
Height:
3’8”
Weight:
44 lbs
Hair:
Lt. Brown
Eyes:
Hazel
Missing From:
Tucson, AZ
Correction: Carriage Services
Dividend
National
Funeral
Directors
and
Morticians
Association
issues
response to TLC’s Television Show
“Best Funeral Ever”
ATLANTA,GA—
Gregory
T. Burrell
, president of the
National Funeral Direc-
tors and Morticians As-
sociation, Inc
., along with
many other funeral profes-
sionals across the country,
is outraged at the airing of
the show
Best Funeral Ever
.
“We want to express our
sincere apology to those
persons who are experi-
encing the loss of a loved
one and were subject to the
airing of the show,” stated
Burrell.
“It is the position of the
National Funeral Directors
and Morticians Associa-
tion, Inc. that we are not in
favor of any person or me-
dia which degrades the fu-
neral industry. The funeral
profession is above many
others because it is one
that must console those
who deal with personal cri-
sis while battling through
grief and dealing with the
loss of a loved one. The
show, Best Funeral Ever is
not an appropriate subject
matter in light of the trage-
dies we have just witnessed
in Connecticut.
“We would like to ex-
press to the general public
and media that this show
does not in any way re-
flect how most funeral ser-
vice professionals conduct
funeral services. Our in-
dustry colleagues conduct
dignified, sacred and pro-
fessional services to hon-
or the life of the deceased
person. We are very disap-
pointed that the TLC net-
work would use the media
to produce and air a show
which would not do the
same.”
NFDMA is a member-
ship association of profes-
sional funeral directors and
morticians and embalm-
ers, whose members and
members-at-large are also
members of state associa-
tions of funeral directors,
morticians and embalm-
ers dedicated to promoting
the common professional
and business interests of its
members. Learn more at
The article “Carriage Services Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend” on Page A21
of the December 2012 issue contained a numerical error. The correct statement is
that “Carriage Services, Inc. has announced that its Board of Directors recently de-
clared the quarterly dividend of $.025 per share payable on December 3, 2012 to
common share record holders as of November 13, 2012.” For complete results visit