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FEBRUARY 2013
FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS
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Chicago Cremation Supplies Announces the First 24”
Solid Wood Adjustable Bed Rental Casket
Matthews International
Cremation Division
Unveils First Ever 2013
Xtreme Memorial
Calendar
Tributes.com Announces the Appointment of Jim
Barron to Vice President, West Coast Sales
APOPKA,FL—
Matthews Cremation
, a Division of
Matthews International Corporation
has produced
the first ever 2013 Xtreme memorial calendar. Inspired
by Xtreme sports, this full-color memorial calendar cele-
brates some of the unique and meaningful ways in which
Matthews honors the legacy of a loved one.
As cremation services grow in popularity and funeral me-
morialization continues to evolve to meet the needs of the
world’s cremation consumer, this series of illustrations help
capture the possibilities. To order your calendar(s), email
Matthews Cremation at ordermemorialart@matw.com.
Matthews provides the industry with distinct groups of
combustion and environmental products and services and
currently operates on five continents. The company has
well-known brands such as Matthews, IEE, ALL, GEM,
FCC andTodaysure. Its engineering and production teams
develop leading designs of combustion and environmental
systems, with one purpose, a passion for the success of its
clients and the development of environmentally responsi-
ble combustion and environmental solutions worldwide.
EVERGREEN PARK,IL—
Chicago Cremation Sup-
plies
(CCS),
a trusted
family name supplying the
funeral home industry, has
announced a new addi-
tion to their already exten-
sive product line. The first
ever solid oak or poplar 24
inch adjustable bed rental
casket compliments the 27
inch oversized adjustable
bed rental casket, offering
funeral home directors a
welcome choice.
Besides rental caskets
which are available in oak,
poplar and cherry, CCS
has full couch rental cas-
kets and full couch inserts.
CCS manufactures 18 dif-
ferent rental inserts to fit
all major casket brands as
well as inserts for all ad-
justable bed rental caskets
in crepe and velvet. CCS
also offers the Garvin Easy
Jack adjustable bed system.
Also available are crema-
tion boxes with 4 different
weights to choose from, air
trays for shipping casketed
and non-casketed remains
and a large assortment of
conventional and cremate
ready caskets in metal,
wood and fiberboard.
The Garvin family has
been serving the funeral
home industry for over 50
years. They have worked
closely with funeral homes,
casket manufacturers and
casket distributors to be-
come a leader in this market
by offering quality prod-
ucts at unbeatable prices.
The Garvins some years
back recognized that the
cremation supplies market
offered few options for fu-
neral directors, and in 2008
the family formed Chicago
Cremation Supplies.
Since that time they have
worked with over 100 fu-
neral homes to design su-
perior products for the
fast growing cremation in-
dustry, making presenta-
tions simpler and quick-
er. CCS manufactures all
of their products in-house
and maintain strict quality
controls delivering a prod-
uct that everyone will feel
comfortable using time
and time again. For more
information, visit www.
BOSTON,MA—
Tributes, Inc.,
the online source for
local and national obituary news, announced that
Jim
Barron
has joined the company, effective January 1,
2013, to lead its efforts to expand the company’s pres-
ence within the funeral home channel in the Western
half of the country.
A Michigan resident, Jim joins the Tributes.com team
most recently from
Batesville Casket Company
as Di-
rector of Sales for their Northeast region. In addition to
his many years in the funeral profession, Jim also brings
several years of software sales experience to the position,
providing an important balance of funeral service and
technology sales expertise. Jim’s role, along with that of
the rest of the Tributes.com sales force, is squarely fo-
cused on helping funeral homes understand how to en-
hance and leverage the internet and their online obitu-
ary programs to meet the increasing consumer demand
for enhanced digital services while driving new revenue
streams, leads, and brand awareness within their local
communities and beyond.
“The Tributes.com business continues to rapidly
evolve and 2013 will be an important inflection year
for us in terms of continued channel development and
revenue growth,” said
Elaine Haney
, CEO and Pres-
ident of Tributes, Inc. “As we evaluated the chang-
ing needs of the business as we enter our next growth
phase, it became clear that it was very important for
us to add another senior sales executive to our team to
complement the efforts of
John Heald
who has done a
remarkable job in establishing the Tributes.com brand
within the funeral profession over the course of the last
four years. With Jim’s arrival John will now have the
opportunity to have a more concentrated focus on the
Eastern half of the country and I will look to Jim to
help us continue to incorporate improved systems and
processes to help better manage the day-to-day activi-
ties of a growing team.”
“Ours is a profession of constant change. To not adapt
to these dynamics is in and of itself an invitation to
fail. Funeral service leaders must be mindful of con-
sumer’s evolving needs while providing a deliverable
that reflects the sensibilities of the lives we help cel-
ebrate and the stories we help tell,” said
James Bar-
ron
, Vice President of West Coast Sales of Tributes,
Inc. “Tributes.com embraces that focus and I am very
pleased to be a part of the corporate team.”
Tributes.com is the online source for current local
and national obituary news and a supportive com-
munity where friends and family can come togeth-
er during times of loss and grieving to honor the
memories of their loved ones with lasting personal
tributes. Through one centralized national web des-
tination, with over 90 million current and historical
death records dating back to the 1930s, Tributes has
made obituary and online memorial service informa-
tion easily accessible. The site has experienced rapid
growth since its launch in the fall of 2008, and is now
relied on by thousands of funeral homes and close to 3
million unique consumers each month to publish and
locate obituary news.
At
every life has a story that de-
serves to be told and preserved. For more information
about Tributes.com, visi
r email
media@tributes.com.