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OCTOBER 2014
FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS
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Funeral
MONTHLY FEATURES
Classified Ads ............................................................................................
Shipping Directory .....................................................................................
Calendar of Events .....................................................................................
Association News ......................................................................................
Deaths ........................................................................................................
Educational News .....................................................................................
Suppliers News...........................................................................................
COLUMNS:
A Proactive Approach to Advance Funeral Planning by Chris Kuhnen........
Changing Lives Through Laughter by Nancy Weil ...................................
Memoires des choix des Jacque by Kate Frediani-Gorman .......................
Greening the Funeral Industry by Jonas A. Zahn ......................................
John A. Chew.............................................................................................
Legal Speak by Atty Harvey I Lapin..........................................................
Let’s Chat by Kristan Dean ........................................................................
Observations by Steven Palmer ................................................................
OSHA Compliance by Gary Finch ..............................................................
Protecting Your Families and Your Business by Jim Starks......................
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FUNERAL HOME &
CEMETERY NEWS
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HAVE YOU SEEN THESE CHILDREN?
The photographs below have been provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.
Please help locate these children by posting in your lobby, office, on your bulletin board, etc.
Anyone with information should immediately contact the National Center for
Missing and Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678 or (703)235-3900
BRIANNA VASQUEZ
Circumstances:
Both photos shown are of
Brianna. She was last seen on September 28,
2013. Briannamay be with amale compan-
ion. Her ears and lip are pierced. Brianna
may be in need of medical attention.
Missing Since:
9/28/2013
Missing From:
Arlington, MA
Date of Birth:
10/9/1997
Age Now:
17 Yrs
Sex:
Female
Race:
White/Hispanic
Hair:
Black
Eyes:
Brown
Height:
4’11”
Weight:
170 lbs
VICTORIA WILLIAMS
Circumstances:
Both photos
shown are of Victoria. She may still
be in the local area. When Victoria
was last seen she had blonde exten-
sions in her hair.
Missing Since:
10/19/2013
Missing From:
Newark, NJ
Date of Birth:
11/15/1999
Age Now:
14 Yrs
Sex:
Female
Race:
Black
Hair:
Black
Eyes:
Brown
Height:
5’6”
Weight:
133 lbs
RODNEY SCOTT
Circumstances:
Both photos shown
are of Rodney. He may be in the
company of a juvenile male. Rodney
is believed to be in the local area.
He may go by the nickname Mikey.
Missing Since:
1/15/2014
Missing From:
Bowling Green, KY
Date of Birth:
3/5/2000
Age Now:
14 Yrs
Sex:
Male
Race:
White
Hair:
Brown
Eyes:
Brown
Height:
5’4”
Weight:
120 lbs
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FEATURED
“My family is always looking for more ways to share our story. Be-
ing featured on the directory cover was a great opportunity to share our
roots and our core values with funeral professionals across the country.”
– Linda Darby, CEO
Sunset Funeral Home and Trigard, Danville, IL
2009 Cover
“It was indeed an honor for our
funeral home to be featured on
your cover with the story on the in-
side of our history which reinforced
that “We did build our business”
and did it well.”
“I am truly honored and humbled that
Russo’s Hillside Chapels was chosen
to be the featured funeral home of
the year and shared with the funeral
industry across the nation. I hope my
story inspires all other funeral homes
to always pursue their goals because,
“Dreams do come true!””
– Joseph A. Russo, President
Russo’s Hillside Chapels, Hillside, IL
2013 Cover
– John Vincent Scalia
Scalia Home for Funerals, Inc., Staten Island, NY
2011 Cover
Corcoran Funeral Home Takes Delivery
of Cadillac Eagle
Shipping Makes Advancements to
In-house Technology
National
Mortuary
CLEVELAND,OH—
Na-
tional Mortuary Shipping
(NMS) recently made im-
provements to their technol-
ogy to better serve funeral
directors around the world.
National Mortuary Shipping
created a one of a kind cus-
tomer service management
system that handles the lo-
gistical aspects of a death call.
This proprietary system ex-
pedites all aspects of the first
call and shipping process by
generating all necessary doc-
uments and delivering these
to their customers and repre-
sentatives.
Diane Smith,
CEO of
NMS states, “I am very ex-
cited to employ this new cus-
tomer service management
system. I believe staying on
top of technology is impera-
tive to maintaining our com-
petitive advantage so we can
spend more of our time on
servicing funeral directors.
One of our core beliefs is
while technology is impor-
tant; this industry is built on
relationships. This system al-
lows our staff to spend more
time providing the high-
est level of customer service.
This consistency and com-
mitment to quality is what
NMS has been known for,
for almost 35 years.” For
or call 1-800-321-0185.
PLAINS,PA—
Pictured (L to R) are
John
Corcoran Sr.,
owner; his son-in-law,
Andy Herman,
funeral director; and his
son,
John Corcoran Jr.,
funeral director
of
The Corcoran Funeral Home
taking
delivery of their new 2009 Cadillac Ea-
gle Hearse. Delivery was made by
John
O’Donnell
of
Parks Superior Sales.
The Corcoran Funeral Home is a family
owned business that has been serving Wil-
kes Barre and surrounding areas since its
founding in 1935.