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FEBRUARY 2013

FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS

S ec t i on B

Lundgren Monuments

presents Final Turn Urn

SEATTLE,WA—

2012

was a very exciting year at

Lundgren Monuments

.

They are pleased to have

concluded the season with

the release of a brilliant

new urn from renowned

architect

Tom Kundig

.

The Final Turn urn has

two halves, each an eight

inch diameter and you can

choose from a blackened

steel or bronze sphere. The

halves are threaded with a

noticeable offset from one

another when they meet.

A threaded cap at the top

of the stem on the lower

half of the urn provides

access to the receptacle for

the remains. The upper

half includes a compart-

ment designed to house

mementos. The flat halves

on the exterior allow for

inscriptions if desired. The

Final Turn is handcrafted

by

Paolo Croatto Metal-

work

.

“While the sphere im-

plies perfection and eter-

nity, the offset nature of

the urn is inspired by the

people left behind—the

people whose lives are

thrown off- kilter by the

passing of their loved one.

The perfect world is no

longer perfect for those

who remain; something is

amiss.” - Tom Kundig

Tom Kundig is one of

the most recognized ar-

chitects in the states. As

owner at

Olson Kundig

Architects

, Seattle, WA,

he has received some of

the nation’s highest de-

sign awards, including a

National Design Award in

Architecture Design from

the Smithsonian Cooper-

Hewitt National Design

Museum; four National

AIA Honor Awards; sev-

en National AIA Housing

Awards; and an Acade-

my Award in Architecture

from the American Acad-

emy of Arts and Letters.

Recently, he was includ-

ed in The Wallpaper 150,

Wallpaper’s list includes

people who have most in-

fluenced, inspired and im-

proved the way we live,

work and travel over the

last 15 years.

His work encompass-

es residential, commercial

and institutional, and is

located around the world.

His signature detailing

and kinetic construction

explore new forms of en-

gagement with site and

landscape. The recently

developed Tom Kundig

Collection, a steel accesso-

ries line is focused on in-

timately scaled hardware

components. More infor-

mation can be found at

www.olsonkundigarchi-

tects.com.

For pricing, more in-

formation, or to pur-

chase this limited edi-

tion urn please visit www.

lundgrenmonuments.com.

Funeral Industry Veteran

Chris Kuhnen Launches

Funeral Profit Protectors

ASD’s Virtual Tour Allows

Funeral Directors to

“Visit” from Anywhere

The Outlook Group

announces Jon O’Hara as

Regional Director

Jon O’Hara

FRANKLIN,OH—

TheOutlookGroup

proudlywelcomes

Jon O’Hara

as the new Regional Development Director

for the state of Michigan. Vice President of Sales,

John

Feher

, stated “We had an incredible number of quality

individuals apply for this position. It was clear Jon was a

perfect fit for Michigan and the Outlook family.”

Jon is a native Michigander and has been in the funeral

industry for more than 13 years. Starting in the profession

at the age of 16, Jon has made the funeral business his only

career and professional passion. A licensed funeral director

and embalmer in Michigan, Jon was most recently a Re-

gional Director for the booming startup,

Tributes.com

.

Jon also represented

Au-

rora Casket Company

as

a Sales Consultant in West

Michigan from 2006 un-

til 2008, along with work-

ing in corporate and family

owned funeral homes from

1999 until 2010.

Jon is married to Michelle

O’Hara and they reside in

East China, MI with their

newborn son, Henry, and

their Labradoodle, Sydney.

Jon started work in Janu-

ary visiting funeral homes

and introducing himself.

Chris Kuhnen

EDGEWOOD,KY—

Acclaimed and progressive funer-

al director, preplanning and marketing authority,

Chris

Kuhnen

has launched

Funeral Profit Protectors, LLC

,

a funeral business profit counseling company serving in-

dependently owned and operated funeral homes.

Funeral Profit Protectors, LLC specialize in teaching,

engaging and delivering to their client’s successful strate-

gies, products and services to secure and/or increase their

business profits. They integrate their learning, knowl-

edge, innovation, training and teamwork to create fruit-

ful business profit solutions.

Chris has extensive experience in corporate leadership,

management, funeral directing, preneed planning, staff

training and course development, public relations and

marketing. Chris is a trusted advisor to those in the death

care industry. He is a licensed funeral director, life in-

surance agent, associate member of the

Funeral Directors

Association of Kentucky

, Certified Preplanning Consul-

tant (CPC) as bestowed by the

National Funeral Direc-

tors Association

, certified funeral celebrant as bestowed by

the

In-Sight Institute

and certified marketing specialist as

bestowed by the

National Marketing Academy

. Chris has

numerous years’ experience working for independently

owned and operated funeral homes and has played an in-

strumental part in building, guiding and inspiring one of

the largest, most successful funeral pre-need marketing

companies in the country.

As an insider into excellence Chris has discerned what truly

works in the achievement of superior results and sustainable

business profits. Chris and his team offer more than servic-

es. They provide solutions to the clients shrinking business

profit challenges by providing comprehensive, hands-on

consultation; counseling, education and affirmative sup-

port to help funeral home owners profitably promote their

unique brand. Chris, and his team, can be contacted at 859-

307-7223 or funeralprofitprotectors@gmail.com.

MEDIA,PA—

ASD – An-

swering Service for Di-

rectors

, the leading funeral

home answering service in

North America, is pleased

to offer the funeral service

community an opportuni-

ty to visit their facility from

the comfort of home. The

company teamed up with

Google Trusted Photogra-

phers-MD

to create a high-

definition, panoramic pho-

to tour of ASD’s building in

Media, PA. Funeral profes-

sionals can now see ASD’s

operations center, confer-

ence room, data center and