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720.583.1886 Visit our idea gallery
By Mike Jamar
HearseHub better for you, the shopper. We wrack our
brains thinking of ways to make it better, we ask our deal-
ers for ideas, and we look at other websites.
The limitation to this method is that for us personally
we have never shopped for a funeral vehicle, so we really
do not know what you actually need when shopping for a
funeral vehicle. Dealers have given us many great ideas for
HearseHub, as have the websites. But we wonder are we
hitting the mark with you, the funeral vehicle shopper?
Below are the new, current and proposed features for
HearseHub. These will let you know what we can do now
or in the very near future. What we want to know from
you is what can we add or do that will make HearseHub a
better shopping experience for you?
New Features:
• Zip Code Distance - In the new system you will be able
to enter your zip code and to see the distance a vehicle
is from your zip code.
• “Newly Added” Vehicles - This feature will let you
quickly locate all vehicles that have been added within
the last month.
HearseHub is Looking
for New Ideas
As you probably know Nomis Publications is getting
ready to launch a new corporate website and among
other things will include a new version of HearseHub.
This new version of HearseHub will include an exciting
new look and some new features.
We are always looking for new features that will make
Long Standing Features:
• Category Search - Offers a search of the inventory by
hearse, limousine, or specialty vehicle.
• Car Make Search - Offers a search of the car make,
typical makes are Cadillac, Lincoln...
• Body Builder Search - Offers a search of the body
builder for the vehicle. Typical options are Superior,
S&S, Federal, Eagle...
• Color Search: Offers a search of the vehicle’s colors,
e.g. Black, White, Gray, Blue...
• Year and Price range searches: Offers a search that
will narrow down the vehicles by price or year range.
• Direct Link to the Dealer: Offers the shopper to di-
rectly connect to the dealer’s website where addition-
al information can be gathered.
Proposed Feature:
• Matching Fleet Vehicles - We are considering the
possibility of being able to note on a vehicle’s ad the
fact that the vehicle has matching fleet vehicles and
being able to directly show the vehicle(s).
Again we ask if you have an idea that will make
HearseHub better, please share it with us. Also the pro-
posed idea for noting matching fleet vehicles is just that
a proposed idea, if you think it might offer value to
your shopping experience and want it implemented,
please let us know. You are why HearseHub was created
and why we endeavor to make it better.
Mike Jamar is founder and co-owner of Advanced Integration
Technology. Mike has been working with computers since the early
80s and started Advanced Integration in 1994. Advanced Integration
specializes in Internet inventories designed for specialty vehicles and
equipment. HearseHub was created through a collaboration between
Advanced Integration and Nomis Publications, and is now in its fifth
year of service. HearseHub brings together funeral vehicles from a
number of dealerships that specialize in high quality funeral vehicles.
HearseHub offers funeral directors a large, and easy to shop inventory,
of funeral vehicles. You can reach him at .
Greg Vaitl, owner of Christman’s Funeral Home
in Lebanon, PA takes delivery of a 2011 Federal
Cadillac Heritage Hearse from Parks Superior
Sales, Somers, CT.
Katie and Matt Roan of Petit-Roan Funer-
al Home in Pembroke, NH, just added this
2010 Black Cadillac Federal Heritage Hearse.
Sich Casket appoints Jeff Tyler as National Account
Director
SADDLE BROOK,NJ— Going Home Ministries, Inc
(GHM) of Saddle Brook, NJ, the parent company of
Celebration Covers, has announced the opening of their
newest manufacturing facility in Bossier City, LA. “ We
are pleased to announce the opening of our second man-
ufacturing facility that will service our exclusive funeral
home partners in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama
and Arkansas,” said John Sparacino, CEO of GHM.
“Also planned for July 2017 will be the third manufac-
turing facility in Greenville, SC, which will service Geor-
gia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and West
Virginia,” Sparacino continued.
“We are so excited that the Celebration Covers are be-
ing so widely accepted, but not surprised by the fact that
so many blanket program funeral homes have decided to
take their business to the next level and stop giving the
same old same old to their families.”
The Celebration Cover is a patent pending Italian knit-
ted product made at their mill located in Saddle Brook,
NJ. It features a 40” by 60” size with built in casing for
ease of display and hanging by the families. Weighing in
at 2.5 pounds, it is a true blanket with incredible im-
age quality, the softness of polyester and acrylic and fin-
ished off with an Aromatherapy infusion of Lavender and
Rosemary essential oils.
The Bossier City, LA manufacturing location is the sec-
ond of six offices planned for the United States in 2017.
Interested funeral homes can learn more about this ex-
citing product by visitin
com or by calling John Sparacino at 800-645-7129.
Celebration Covers opens
Second Facility
Jeff Tyler
LOS ANGELES,CA— Sich
Casket Company is pleased
to announce the hiring of
Jeff Tyler as national ac-
count director. As part of
his new role, Tyler will be
working with current Sich
Casket distributors in pro-
viding both sales and mar-
keting assistance as well as
customer support to current
clients. Tyler will also be the
main contact for new inqui-
ries from prospective funer-
al homes in the Los Ange-
les area.
Tyler comes from a background of extensive sales and
distributor experience, having previously worked with
Moen, Black and Decker, Nestle and other well-known
international corporations.
“Given the high level of interest that we’ve been receiving
from funeral homes across the country, we felt the time was
right to enhance the infrastructure of our United States based
operations,” said Sirius Chan, founder and CEO of Sich
Caskets. “Jeff has already shown himself as providing phe-
nomenal customer care and knowledgeable support while
adhering to the values that Sich wants to be known for.”
Established in Ningbo, China in 2004 by Sirius Chan,
Sich has grown from a small furniture factory into North
America’s leading import brand of quality wood and met-
al caskets. Sich enjoys a reputation for superior quality
and exceptional value.
Sich sources its materials globally to provide the finest
quality and best value at every price point. With more
than 250 models and styles of solid hardwood, wood ve-
neer and metal caskets, Sich caskets are sold through a
distributor network serving funeral homes throughout
the United States and Canada. For more information or
to reach Tyler, email call 888-317-
1929, ext. 106 or visit .