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Page A33 JULY 2021 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS Se c t i on A Cremation Urns, Jewelry & Keepsakes 941-751-3382 www. BOGATI URNS.com www.clearviewcaskets.com 305-721-5554 • 305-699-7410 Silver Religious Platinum Collection New! Crystal Collection ® Oversized Gold Collection U.S. Patent No. 10,596,055,B1 U.S. Patent No. 10,596,055,B1 U.S. Patent No. 10,596,055,B1 Proudly Made in America News Association ContinueD ICCFA Names 2020 “Keeping it Personal” Award Winners Continued on Page A36 STERLING,VA— The International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral As- sociation (ICCFA) has named its 2020 Keeping It Personal (KIP) Award win- ners, recognizing the best in personal- ization in the cemetery and funeral ser- vice profession. Created by the ICCFA Personalization Committee, the KIP program honors re- cipients in three categories: Most Per- sonalized Service/Memorial for Funeral Home; Most Personalized Service/Me- morial for Cemetery; and Innovative Per- sonalized Product, which is only avail- able to supplier members. This year’s contest attracted entries from Australia, Brazil, and the United States. Professionals from outside the cemetery and funeral service profession performed the judging. The 2020 KIP winners and honorable mentions were featured in the Meeting of the Members at the 2021 ICCFA Virtual Conven- tion & Exposition, on May 17, 2021. Descriptions of each winning entry and honorable mention are available at www.iccfa.com/membership/awards/kip/ . The winners are as follows: MOST PERSONALIZED SERVICE OR MEMORIAL (Cemetery) First Place & grand prize winner The Healing Path G randview C emetery Maryville, Tennessee Honorable Mention Day of Remembrance Friends of M aple G rove C emetery Kew Gardens, New York MOST PERSONALIZED SERVICE OR MEMORIAL (Funeral Home) First Place Valda Cumming’s Memorial Service S tephanie L ongmuir and A ssociates Victoria, Australia Honorable Mention Sunset Celebration on a Life of Service R obert T oale & S ons F uneral H ome Sarasota, Florida INNOVATIVE/PERSONALIZED PRODUCT (Supplier) First Place The Memory Maker C apstone T echnologies Haines City, Florida Honorable Mention TribuCast® T ribu C ast Wilton, Connecticut International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association Elects New Officers, Directors Gary M. Freytag Robbie L. Pape STERLING,VA— The International Cemetery, Cremation and Funer- al Association (ICCFA) elected new leadership during its 2021 Virtual Convention & Exposition, May 17-21. ICCFA officers for 2021- 2023 are: President— Gary M. Freytag, CCFE, Spring Grove Ceme- tery & Arboretum, Cin- cinnati, OH; President- elect— Robbie L. Pape, Service Corporation In- ternational, Houston, TX; Vice President, Educa- tion— John Bolton, CCE, CCrE, CSE, CXE, Black- stone Cemetery Develop- ment, Santa Ana, CA; Vice President, Membership and Marketing— Shaw- na de la Cruz, Forest Lawn Memorial- Parks & Mortuaries, Glendale, CA; Vice President, Internal Affairs— Mitch Rose, CCFE, CCrE, Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY; Vice President, External Af- fairs— Lee Longino, SCI, Palm Harbor, FL; Treasurer— Christopher Keller, Sun- set Memorial Park & French Funerals and Cremations, Albuquerque, NM; and Secretary— Stacy Adams, NorthStar Me- morial Group, St. Petersburg, FL.