September 2020

Page A36 SEPTEMBER 2020 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on A 3” HEARSE NAMEPLATES 1-8 spaces $80.50 per nameplate 9-13 spaces $92.50 per nameplate 14-15 spaces $109.00 per nameplate 16-18 spaces $119.00 per nameplate Many Letter Styles and Sizes Available DEDUCT $10.00 each for Satin Aluminum Finish 800-331-9093 For over thirty years Rick and Elizabeth Roberts have been supplying the funeral industry with superior quality handcrafted hardwood chapel furniture, still handcrafted by Rick & his craftsmen on a custom built to order basis. Large Baby Bier/Cremation Altar as the base of the Urn Carrier, offers multi-purpose functionality. Guaranteed 1 Unit in Stock on the 1 st of Each month! Urn Carrier Provincial Large Baby Bier/Cremation Altar RD/129 Cherry Queen Anne Formal Altar pictured with optional lighted Urn Riser Queen Anne Collection Introducing the Formal Altar Web Special! 15% Discount on all Furniture Extended through 8/31/20 robertsanddowney.com Pictured with Urn Carrier and Flag/Bible Holder News Association ContinueD Kapr Elected President of the Pennsylvania FDA Frank Kapr A lifelong native of Scott- dale, Kapr graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science and re- ceived his Associates Degree from Point Park University in Pittsburgh. He is the pres- ident and owner of Frank Kapr Funeral Home, Inc in Scottdale, which is a five- time recipient of the Na- tional Funeral Directors As- sociations Eagle Award. He recently received the Golden Eagle Award for outstanding HARRISBURG,PA— Frank Kapr, CFSP was installed as the 2020-2021 president of the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association during a dinner in Harrisburg, PA. Organized in 1881, PFDA is one of the largest state funeral director associations in the nation. services by the funeral home and its staff. Funeral related memberships for Frank are as follows: member, past presi- dent and present board member of the Westmoreland, Indi- ana and Armstrong Counties Funeral Directors Association. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania State and the National Funeral Directors Associations. Kapr was the recipient of the Tribune Review “Quest For The Best” in funeral homes in the Scottdale/Mt. Pleasant areas and recently was awarded the “Silver and Bronze” awards for the best funeral home in Westmoreland County, PA through its subscribers. Frank assisted in the recovery and identification process of the devastating crash of US Air Flight # 427, in Hopewell Township, near the Pittsburgh International Airport, Sep- tember 8, 1994 and the terrorist crash of United Airlines Flight #93 in Shanksville, PA., Somerset County, Septem- ber 11, 2001. Frank has been a member of the Glenn Gelder Foundation for Mass Fatality Preparedness since June 2003. Frank is married to Rhenee Gadd Kapr and resides above the funeral home with their pet “Yorkie” Rylee. Capaul elected to Michigan FDA Board of Directors OKEMOS,MI— Benjamin Capaul of Capaul Funeral Home in Ida, was recently elected to the board of di- rectors of the Michigan Fu- neral Directors Association. In his new role as a member of the board from District 2, Capaul will represent as- sociation members primari- ly from Southeast Michigan. A fourth-generation funer- al director and an Ida native, Capaul earned an Associ- ate of Science Degree from Monroe County Commu- nity College before enroll- ing at Wayne State University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Mortuary Science. Capaul has served on nu- merous association boards over the years and is a founding member of the as- sociation’s RELAY (Recently Licensed and Young) Funer- al Professionals’ group. He and his wife, Denielle, have two children. Capaul is the son of Da- vid and Patty Capaul. Da- vid is manager and own- er of the funeral home and his wife is one of the office managers. David’s mother, Joann Smallidge, is part owner and an office man- ager. David’s father, Wil- liam Capaul, also served on the board before his death in 1990. Founded in 1880, MFDA is the nation’s oldest organi- zation of funeral profession- als. The board guides the work of the association in its mission to enhance the val- ue of funeral service and the profession through govern- ment advocacy, public in- formation and professional education. www. vischerfuneralsupplies.com