February 2019

Page A2 FEBRUARY 2019 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on A Published Monthly by: Nomis Publications, Inc. PO Box 5159, Youngstown, OH 44514 1-800-321-7479 FAX 1-800-321-9040 www.nomispublications.com info@nomispublications.com Subscription: United States $25.00 - Canada/Mexico $50.00 Circulation 21,000 per issue. Overseas rates available. Deadline for Press Releases: 5th of the Previous month. Advertising: Display Ad rates sent upon request. Classified and Shipping Directory rates published in each issue. All advertising must be received by the 5th of the previous month. Due to the vast amount of sources, the publisher is not responsible for the content of any news articles or advertisements. Nor is the publisher responsible for any loss of revenue by failure to insert an advertisement. 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ISSN 1944-1126 Funeral Home & Cemetery News Online at www.nomispublications.com MONTHLY FEATURES Classified Ads............................................................................................... .B13 Shipping Directory......................................................................................... B11 Calendar of Events......................................................................................... .B2 Association News......................................................................................... .A32 Deaths.......................................................................................................... .A38 Educational News........................................................................................ .A35 Suppliers News.............................................................................................. .B1 COLUMNS: A Proactive Approach to Advance Funeral Planning by Chris Kuhnen.......... .A6 Aftercare 101 by Linda Findlay.................................................................... .A20 Embalming Tips & Tools by Matt Black........................................................ .A16 HearseHub by Mike Jamar............................................................................. .B6 Memoires des choix des Jacque by Kate Frediani-Gorman........................ .A32 Millennial Directors by Matthew Morian and Zach Carnley.......................... .A10 Museum Corner........................................................................................... .A34 Observations by Steven Palmer................................................................... .A12 The Lincoln Funeral Diary by Todd Van Beck.............................................. .A22 The Three Pillars of Success by Mark Bowser. ........................................... .A18 Random Musings by Nancy Weil................................................................... .A4 NOTICE The FUNERAL HOME AND CEMETERY NEWS is now sent in two parts. Section A, which includes pages A1-A40 and Section B, which contains the Classified Advertising and consists of pages B1-B20. If you do not receive both sections please call 1-800-321-7479 or email info@nomispublications.com. FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS Online Directories US & International Funeral Homes • Supply Companies Cemeteries • Pet Memorialization Companies Trade Associations • Plus Much More... www.nomispublications.com Like Us On Submit your photograph or line drawing and Include: • your firm’s name, address, phone number(s) • name of contact person • a short description of your facility Send to FRONT COVER c/o Nomis Publications, Inc PO Box 5159 • Youngstown, Ohio 44514 For more information, call Kim 800-321-7479 kim@nomispublications.com www.nomispublications.com FEATURING HERE 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 www.missingkids.com TYKEVIA HARVIN Circumstances: Both photos shown are of Tykevia. She may still be in the local area or she may travel to Sumter County, South Carolina. Missing Since: 12/3/2017 Missing From: Florence, SC Date of Birth: 3/24/2001 Age Now: 17 Yrs Sex: Female Race: Black Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Height: 5’5” Weight: 175 lbs SARA GRAHAM Circumstances: Sara’s photo is shown age progressed to 22 years. She was last seen on February 4, 2015. She may have traveled out of state. Sara’s ears are pierced and she has braces on her teeth. Missing Since: 2/4/2015 Missing From: Fairmont, NC Date of Birth: 4/1/1996 Age Now: 22 Yrs Sex: Female Race: American Indian Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Height: 5’4” Weight: 160 lbs ADDISYN WHITING Circumstances: Addisyn was last seen on April 11, 2018. She may be in the company of her mother. Missing Since: 4/11/2018 Missing From: Pensacola, Florida Date of Birth: 6/6/2016 Age Now: 2 Yrs Sex: Female Race: Black Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Height: 2’5” Weight: 25 lbs Age Progression Stealth, Built to bring Pet Cremation into the 21st Century Angelpaw launches company out of SAN DIEGO,CA— An- gelpaw, the only provid- er of next generation pet cremation and pet aqua- mation technology, has announced its official launch. Angelpaw is built to bring the pet cremation industry into the 21st cen- tury. Pet owners have more visibility into a book they buy on Amazon then they do in the final journey of their beloved pets, Angel- paw is built to solve this! Angelpaw is the pet cre- mation industry’s first and only cloud-built, real-time crematorium-veterinari- an tracking and pet owner messaging platform. Built from the ground up to handle everything includ- ing, crematorium real- time pet tracking system, veterinarian pet tracking and robust billing portal, deliver driver route and scheduling mobile app, pet owner text and email notification platform and pet owner automated so- cial media celebration vid- eo creator - all within a cloud infrastructure. Pet crematoriums now have a complete service for them- selves, their vet clients and their pet owners through a single, secure and trusted partner. Angelpaw has been un- der the radar building their platform for the last year while steadily build- ing buzz and signing cli- ents. Founded by serial entrepreneur James By- ler and a dedicated team of technologists, veteri- narians and crematorium experts, Angelpaw looks to shake up the stodgy slow-moving pet crema- tion and aquamation in- dustry’s by providing in- novative, next generation pet cremation solutions from the cloud. “We’ve been absolute- ly over-whelmed with the positive response. There is huge pent-up demand from both crematoriums and vets for a cloud-built, real-time crematorium- veterinarian-driver-pet owner tracking and mes- saging platform,” says By- ler. “We see no other solu- tions in this market. Ev- ery year, hundreds of thousands of pets are cre- mated using archaic and non-existent systems. The vast majority of pets cre- mated are tracked using paper ledgers and paper receipts with massive op- portunities for mistakes and mishandling. Addi- tionally, pet owners have zero visibility into the status of their pet’s cre- mation. Pet owners wait days and weeks with no updates and are only no- tified when their vet calls to schedule a remains pick-up. The current pro- cess is not deserving of our beloved pet’s final journey.” “At Angelpaw, we be- lieve the best way to hon- or pet’s and uphold the trust given by the pet owners is to guarantee no errors and provide full transparency. We achieve this through cutting edge technology, industrial strength tracking systems and text and email mes- saging systems. Every pet is fully tracked and visi- ble through every step of the cremation processes, text’s and emails are sent to the pet owner as each step is completed, giving real-time updates and 100 percent visibility. Crema- toriums, vets, drivers and pet owners all have real- time access to all data and status – Angelpaw pro- vides full transparency and 100 percent accuracy via all channels in a sim- ple and cost-effective so- lution.” For more information, visit www.angelpaw.com.