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Page A28 JUNE 2017 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on A
NEWS Association CONTINUED
International Order of the Golden Rule Installs New
Board and Officers at Annual Conference
Newly Elected Board of Directors
George Darte accepts the Golden Light Award
Toland-Herzig Funeral Homes & Crematory accepts the Golden
Rule Community Service Award
Faulmann and Walsh Golden Rule Funeral Home receives the
Exemplary Service Award
AUSTIN,TX— The Interna-
tional Order of the Gold-
en Rule (OGR) installed its
2017-2018 Board of Direc-
tors during the OGR 2017
Annual Conference and
Supplier Showcase in New
Orleans, LA on April 21.
Charles A. Castiglia,
Lakeside Memorial Funer-
al Home in Hamburg, NY
was installed as President.
Peter “Skip” Urban, Ur-
ban Funeral Home, Am-
bler, PA was installed as Im-
mediate Past President. The
2017-2018 Board also in-
cludes Adam Miles Martin,
Martin Funeral, Crema-
tion, & Tribute Services in
Mt. Morris, MI as President-
Elect and Tom Hemmerle
of Barnett-Strother Funeral
Home, Madisonville, KY as
Secretary-Treasurer. Return-
ing to the Board are Evan
Strong of Evan J. Strong
Funeral Services in Cal-
gary, AB, Richard O’Hara,
McAvoy O’Hara Com-
pany-Evergreen Mortu-
ary, San Francisco, CA, and
JohnVincent Scalia of John
Vincent Scalia Home for
Funerals in Staten Island,
NY. Mary Steele, Arnett &
Funeral Service Profession-
al and Certified Pre-plan-
ning Consultant designa-
tions. Charles is committed
to enhancing his knowledge
of the funeral profession to
provide exceptional care to
families that Lakeside Me-
morial Funeral Home serves.
Most recently he received the
Funeral Celebrant Certifica-
tion. Charles is involved in
many area organizations and
has been employed at the
Lakeside Memorial Funeral
Home since 1981.
OGR is proud to announce
George Darte, co-owner of
the George Darte Funer-
al Chapel in St. Catharines,
ON, as the winner of the
2017 Golden Light Award.
The Golden Light Award is
the association’s highest hon-
or, and it recognizes an indi-
vidual who has made specif-
ic, meritorious contributions
to society through his or her
profession, community or
field of voluntary service as
career achievements.
President Castiglia said,
“George puts his heart and
soul into his community.
He has the curiosity to pick
up new ideas everywhere he
goes and the intellect to ap-
ply those ideas to funeral ser-
vice in ways that benefit the
families he serves, his staff
and his family.”
Steele Funeral Home in Pineville, KY was
sworn in as a first-time board member to a
two-year term.
When asked for his vision for OGR, Presi-
dent Charles Castiglia said, “We’re going to
make bold decisions that will provide Golden
Rule Funeral Homes with innovative and ef-
fective ways to help families and friends who
lose loved ones to begin a journey of healing
through meaningful tributes to their lives.”
Castiglia is a Licensed Funeral Director in
New York State with an AOS in Funeral Ser-
vice from Simmons Institute of Funeral Ser-
vice, a BS in Business Management from
Houghton College, and an MS in Strategic
Leadership from Robert’s Wesleyan College.
He is proud to enhance his
credentials with the Certified