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POST CONVENTION HIGHLIGHTS
St. Michael Catholic Cemetery wins Cremation
Garden from Salem Stones
COLUMBUS,OH— Dan Johnson, director of St. Mi-
chael Catholic Cemetery in Sioux Falls, SD has plans
for his cremation garden courtesy of a free 48 niche co-
lumbarium from Salem Stones.
The columbarium is part of Salem Stones Columbari-
um Giveaway to help one cemetery adapt to the growing
cremation garden trend.
“The cremation rate was almost 49 percent nationwide
just a couple years ago. This is no secret to the industry,”
said Lenin Kailasammani, owner of Salem Stones. “We
know cemeteries and the families they serve are looking
for options. This columbarium program is a way for us
to open the door to conversations to discuss ways we can
provide direction and guidance on the expansion or de-
velopment of a cremation garden.”
Each person who entered Salem Stones Columbarium
Giveaway during the ICCFA Convention received a free
cremation garden consultation and a customized concep-
tual garden sketch from its partnering team of landscape
architects and designers.
Johnson has plans for St. Michael Catholic Cemetery.
The columbarium will be used to expand upon its current
above ground cremation garden.
“I was ecstatic when I was re very blessed to win
this,” said Johnson. “This fits
into our long-term vision of
having a garden with Our
Lady of Fatima as the focal
point, surrounded by four
columbarium/stations of the
cross.”
Johnson explained that
since cremation is growing,
the cemetery must be ready
and prepared to handle the
families choosing this op-
tion, and make it a place of
prayer, meditation, and gath-
ering.
“People want to be bur-
ied in a beautiful cemetery.
I want people to come here
and memorialize and re-
member the good times,
have that family spend time
with their loved ones.
Salem Stones is a trusted
partner of granite memori-
als to the cemetery industry.
Its focus is on helping cem-
etery owners and operators
deliver reliable, customized
memorials of exceptional
quality so they can exceed
the expectations of the fami-
lies they serve. Salem Stones
has a wide variety of inven-
tory including monuments,
mausoleums and columbar-
ia in its two warehouses lo-
cated in Columbus, OH
and Elberton, GA. Visit
to
learn more.
ICCFA Convention in the
Music City
• “Attending this conference (gave) me a broader per-
spective on the industry as a whole.” Tim Deutsch,
Orange County Cemetery District, Lake Forest, CA
• “ICCFA seems to find the best of the industry -- thank you.”
Carolyn Katz, Cooperative Funeral Fund, Madison, CT
More than 75 percent of exhibitors rated their over-
all exposition experience as favorable. Asked about their
plans for the 2018 Convention & Exposition at Manda-
lay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, NV, 65 percent in-
dicated they planned to exhibit.
Founded in 1887, the International Cemetery, Cre-
mation and Funeral Association is the only interna-
tional trade association representing all segments of
the cemetery, cremation, funeral and memorialization
profession. Its membership is composed of more than
9,100 rooftop locations and 20,000 professionals in
the cemetery, funeral home and crematory industries,
as well as supplier and related businesses worldwide.