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OCTOBER 2014
FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS
S ec t i on A
Bill Booker,
CFSP
Roller-Chenal Funeral Home
Little Rock, AR
“For over 100 years, our focus has been
on serving our families. We simply cannot
maintain that focus without access to
NFDA
’s vast resources.”
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Fountain National Academy’s 2014 Conference
FNA Auction
Lunch held during FNA’s Conference
International Embalming and Reconstructive Surgery Conference for Professional Embalmers Honorees
FNA’s Classroom
FNA International Conference Group Photo
S P R I NG F I E L D, MO—
Fountain National Acad-
emy’s
2014
Interna-
tional Embalming and
Reconstructive
Surgery
Conference for Profession-
al Embalmers honored five
embalming professionals
for their efforts and dedica-
tion to the profession.
John
P. “Jack” Adams
and
Todd
W. Van Beck
were special
guests of honor and recipi-
ents of FNA’s Distinguished
Professional Service Award,
the highest honor present-
ed by Fountain National
Academy, which recogniz-
es many years of service to
the profession of embalm-
ing both inside and out-
side of the prep room. Em-
balmers
James Allemond,
Donald Ray Kellerhall,
and
Megan E. Mathew-
son
also received Distin-
guished Professional Ser-
vice Award Medallions to
recognize their unwavering
dedication to this honor-
able profession. The FNA
Distinguished Professional
Service Awards were devel-
oped in August of 2010 to
honor individuals for their
efforts toward preserving
and furthering the profes-
sion of embalming with the
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goal of open-casket viewing. These individuals have unself-
ishly shared their knowledge and technical skills with em-
balmers around the world. As a result of their unique skill
and effort, they have given grieving families the opportuni-
ty to have the most personalized portion of a funeral—the
chance to view a loved one prior to final disposition. Few