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Page A30 MARCH 2020 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on A I would like to plan a service to commemorate Bill Bates Contribution to Funeral Service. If interested e-mail your name and the year you attended the LAT Seminar to LARegistry@gmail.com Calling all Life Appreciation Training Graduates! Triple H Company ESTABLISHED 1950 www.triplehcompany.com triplehcompany@att.net 1-800-252-3444 Fax 805-650-6444 We are a cemetery, crematory and mausoleum product supplier. ® FAM I LY OWNED American Made u Tongue and groove lid-to-base connection for maximum strength. u Green Velour Lining in Gold and White PYRAMIDS ® Authentic feature the exclusive green and gold Triple H Company logo ® Cremation Urn Vaults. Proven in use. ® u Two sizes – Original 9”x9”x14 ½” Over 900 cubic inches Accommodates most urns, three per carton. Oversized – 9”x13”x14 ½” Double urn burials and larger urns, over 1300 cubic inches, one per carton u Oversized lid manufactured with top connected to 4” extension. 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The Funeral Service Foundation’s generous grant pro- vides exclusive, career-transforming access to three men- tors, and covers attendees’ registration fees, lodging and se- lect meals. The 50 individuals selected to attend only pay for their transportation to the program. Nearly 600 young professionals and emerging leaders have benefited from the Meet the Mentors program, which underscores the Foundation’s mission to support funeral service in building meaningful relationships with the fami- lies and communities it serves. The program is part of the Foundation ‘45 Awards, which are designed to transform the careers of funeral service professionals through scholar- ships, awards, resources and mission-focused outreach. The 2020 NFDA Meet the Mentors attendees are: Alli- son Christine Anderson, Reeves & Baskerville Funer- al Homes, Morris, IL; Jennifer Badgett, Defenbaugh- Wise-Schoedinger Funeral Home, Circleville, OH; Philip B. Box, Searcy Funeral Home & Crematory, Enterprise, AL; Reginald Travis Bush, Williams Funeral Home Inc, Opelousas, LA; Amanda Michelle Calzadias, Mehl’s Co- lonial Chapel, Watsonville, CA; Frank A. Cagnina Jr., Courtney Funeral Home, Walton, NY; William Brandon Chambers, Herlihy-Chambers Funeral Home, Mansfield, OH; Edwin Coots V, E.M. Coots’ & Sons Inc, Jefferson- ville, IN; JaysonDahlgard, CarpinoFuneralHome, South- bury, CT; Jeri Lynn Davenport, Smith North Little Rock Funeral Home, North Little Rock, AR; Joseph Demerly, Simplicity Lowcountry Cremation & Burial Services, Bluffton, SC; Joseph Fenner, Radney’s Funeral Home Inc, Alexander City, AL; E. Forrest Fuehrer, Ludvigsen Mor- tuary, Fremont, NE; Erika Terese Furey, Schoedinger Fu- neral & Cremation Service–Midtown, Columbus, OH; Brady Goska, Gunderson Funeral and Cremation Care, Madison, WI; Christopher Halsey, Hankins &Whitting- ton Funeral Service, Lake Wylie, SC; Evan Hansen, Min- nehaha Funeral Home, Baltic, SD; Alecia Gale Hellkamp, Neidhard-Minges Funeral Home, Harrison, OH; Ryan Hughes, Hughes Family Tribute Center, Dallas, TX; Amanda Leigh Kus, Leo P. Gallagher & Son Funeral Home, Stamford, CT; Joy Donna Lieb, Austin & Bell Fu- neral Home, Hendersonville, TN; CalebMassey, Lowe Fu- neral Home & Crematory, Inc, Burlington, NC; Keith P. Mattei, Newcomer Cremations, Funerals & Receptions, Orlando, FL; Keith W. May, Gilberg-Hartwig Funer- al Home, New Bremen, OH; T amika McDade, Corner- stone Funeral Services & Cremations LLC, Birmingham, AL; Melissa Mellen, Townley &Wheeler Funeral Home, Ballston Lake, NY; Elyse Minges, Neidhard-Minges Fu- neral Home Inc., Cincinnati, OH; Kasie J. Morris, Pane- baker Funeral Home & Cremation Care Center Inc, Ha- nover, PA; Blake Phillips, Texarkana Funeral Home Inc, Texarkana, TX; James Richard Posey, Caldwell & Cowan Funeral Home Inc, Covington, GA; Sarah B. Rehberg, Heritage Funeral Home, Milwaukee, WI; Mandy Rodri- guez, Brown Funeral Home andCremation Service, Niles, MI; Josh Rudd, Rogers & Taylor Funeral Home, Trem- onton, UT; Matthew Scarpelli, Scarpelli Funeral Home, Cumberland, MD; Lee C. Schubert, Muehl-Boettcher Fu- neral Home, Seymour, WI; Allison M. Slipsky, Schoed- inger Northeast Chapel, Gahanna, OH; Ottilie Elizabeth Sommars, Twiford Funeral Homes LLC, Elizabeth City, NC; Rosemary Starcovic, Schoedinger Northeast Chapel, Gahanna, OH; James Weston Stephens, Wenig Funeral Homes, Sheboygan Falls, WI; Timothy A. Szczesny, De- Munn Funeral Home, Binghamton, NY; Lexi Taylor, Wil- son-St. Pierre Funeral Service & Crematory, Greenwood, IN; Stacy D. Thurman, F.L. Sims Funeral Home, East Point, GA; Jacey Layne Trammell, Seydler-Hill Funeral Home, Gonzales, TX; JassonThomas, Lemley Brown Ser- vice Funeral Home, Oneonta, AL; Christian Turley, An- derson & Sons Lone Peak Chapel, Lindon, UT; DeanVan Nort, Piper Funeral Home, St. Marys, KS; Jean Wallace, McNeill Mackie Funeral Home, Saint Pauls, NC; Noah Watry, Rozga-Walloch Funeral Home, Milwaukee, WI; Sierra M. White, Lee Funeral Home Inc, Clinton, MD; and Amanda Wilson, Harbor Lawn – Mt. Olive Memo- rial Park &Mortuary, Costa Mesa, CA. Complete details about the NFDA Meet the Mentors program, including the videos announcing the 2019 Meet the Mentors participants, can be found on the association website, www.nfda.org/mentors. NFDA Introduces the 2020 Meet the Mentors Program Participants BROOKFIELD,WI— The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) is proud to announce the names of the 50 funeral professionals who will attend the 2020 Meet the Mentors Program: presented by the Funeral Service Foundation, March 8-10 in Atlanta, GA. Meet the Mentors has been wholly-funded by the Funeral Ser- vice Foundation since the program’s 2011 inception. During Meet the Mentors, these 50 funeral profession- als who are either age 40 or under or new to the profession (first licensed within the last five years) will have an oppor- tunity to meet, learn from and talk with innovative and successful funeral profes- sionals. It’s also an oppor- tunity to network and form relationships with other new professionals. The names of the 50 par- ticipants were announced during the week of January 20 through a series of video drawings that were shared on the NFDA website and social media sites (e.g., Facebook, Twitter , etc.). Meet the Mentors attend- ees will spend time with three of the profession’s highly esteemed funeral di- rectors: Matt Bailey, CFSP, a fourth-generation funeral director and the owner/op- erator of B.C. Bailey Fu- neral Home inWallingford, CT; Amy Cunningham, a New York state-licensed fu- neral director and the own- www.nomi s publ i cat i ons . com