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home makes the sale and sets the price. We ship only to
funeral homes,” says Jim.
At funeral homes can
show families the many different urn shapes, sizes and
artwork to aid them in designing the urn that best repre-
sents their loved one.
Funeral homes can see the products available as well as
wholesale pricing at
“We offer excellent quality work at very competitive pric-
es. All of our urns are crafted right here in Toledo, Ohio
and of fine solid wood from right here in the United States.
We build from the plain board, to the custom designed
and finished urn. Families feel honored to help create this
final tribute to their loved one,” concluded Jim.
Toledo Woodcrafters
offers Personal Service
for Custom Urns
UPD Urns Adds Third Fulfillment Location
in Austin, Texas
Funeral Director Todd
Schrag Wins May Sich
Casket Giveaway
Todd Schrag
McKenzie Sangria Casket
pressed with Sirius Chan, CEO of Sich Casket. Mr.
Schrag was intrigued by Mr. Chan’s idea to transition
his family’s furniture company into a casket manufac-
turer. “It’s clear to me that they understand wood and
wood manufacturing,” he said.
He noted that he especially liked the video of the
“transforming shipping container” booth at this year’s
ICCFA Convention in Nashville. He then went on
to visit the main Sich website (
where he learned about the “Year of the Funeral Direc-
tor” casket giveaway, which he entered.
To learn more about the monthly drawing and to enter, vis-
it or
YearFD. Participants need only enter one time to be regis-
tered for all the drawings throughout the balance of the year.
NORTHRIDGE,CA— Sich Caskets has announced the win-
ner of their second monthly “Year of the Funeral Director”
casket giveaway, Todd Schrag. Mr. Schrag is a funeral di-
rector at Roper and Sons Funeral Home in Lincoln, NE.
Mr. Schrag will be receiving the Sich “ McKenzie Sangria
solid Paulowina hardwood casket with a Rosetan Crepe in-
terior, delivery provided by Lake Forest Casket, Lombard,
IL, a Sich Casket distributor.
“I was really surprised,”
said Mr. Schrag after learn-
ing he had won. “When I
told my co-workers at the
funeral home about it, no-
body believed me at first.
It was funny to learn that
I’m the second ‘Todd’ in
a row to win!” He follows
last month’s winner Todd
Howell of Woodfin Fu-
neral Chapels in Murfrees-
boro and Smyrna, TN.
Mr. Schrag came across
Sich Casket’s YouTube
channel and was im-
MANASSAS,VA— Ty-
ler Fraser, CEO of UPD
Urns, has announced a new
fulfillment location in Aus-
tin, Texas. This location is
the third location for UPD
Urns and will be covering
the central U.S. for most of
UPD Urns’ line.
Tyler said, “This new loca-
tion is pivotal to our com-
mitment to super-fast and
free shipping to funeral
homes. Multiple warehous-
es add a level of complex-
ity that we are committed
to manage. There’s nothing
more important to us than
getting the urn to the fam-
ily on time.”
forecasting and inventory
tracking.
Casey Duran, Account
Manager at UPD Urns
Manassas said, “We are
very excited about the ad-
ditional fulfillment location
allowing us to provide fast-
er shipping to our funeral
homes. This will also en-
hance customer service and
efficiency.”
Tyler Fraser concluded,
“This is just the start, we’re
going to continue to bring
down the time for shipping
to our customers.”
UPD Urns offers crema-
tion urns, jewelry and me-
morials to funeral homes and
Currently over 200 urns
are warehoused and ready
to ship, with over 2000 slat-
ed to arrive in the next 30
days. Same day shipment is
guaranteed on items avail-
able in Austin that are or-
dered before 11am CST.
The new warehouse is the
second unveiled so far this
year; the first being Manas-
sas, Virginia. UPD Urns
now offers fulfillment in
three locations: Visalia, CA,
Austin, TX and Manassas,
VA.
UPD Urns is also mi-
grating to a new inventory
management system, which
will allow for advanced
cemeteries worldwide. UPD
Urns was founded 16 years
ago, and greatly values integ-
rity and service to their cus-
tomers. Alongside offering
bestselling urns, UPD Urns
focuses on having a unique
collection to cater to the ev-
er-changing needs of crema-
tion. UPDUrns is headquar-
tered in greater Arlington
and Washington, DC area,
where CEO Tyler Fraser
plays an active role in com-
munity and business events.
For more informa-
tion on UPD Urns, visit:
email,
or call Tyler Fraser at (703)
348-7184.
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