August 2020

Page B8 AUGUST 2020 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on B 1215 E. Broadway • Morrilton, AR 72110 • 501.477.2229 • www.rosewoodclassiccoach.com Princess Grand O’Vale “Your Brand Icon Awaits” Grand Vista Financing Available Competitive Rates • Simple Terms • Low Monthly Payments • Fast Approval AUSTIN,TX— Grief wellness company, Eterneva, is announcing its newest funeral home partnership with Phaneuf Funeral Homes & Crematorium. Both Eterneva and Phaneuf are dedicated to bringing in- novation to the death care and grief space. This partnership aims to give the bereaved in New Hampshire and Vermont, where Phaneuf ’s community of families resides, a personalized grief journey and new me- morial option. This partnership also signifies a turning point in the grief wellness space as funeral Unity Financial Life Employees make Donations to the Cincinnati Zoo and Meals on Wheels CINCINNATI,OH— Zoos across the world rely on ticket sales, zoo visits, and dona- tions to operate. During the COVID-19 lockdown, The Cincinnati Zoo and Bo- tanical Garden, was closed to the public. As a result, even though their animal care team continued to provide excellent care for all the animals, there was a significant impact on their overall operat- ing budget. Unity Financial Life Insurance Company employees stepped up to do their part by making an impor- tant donation to the zoo’s emergency op- erating fund. The fund assists in the care and feeding of the zoo’s animals. Jay Hardy, company CEO and presi- dent said, “I am extremely proud of our all home office team members. They saw a community need and went right to work collecting donations to keep the animals well cared for.” The company has also initiated a fund- raising drive to benefit Meals on Wheels America . The donation translated into hundreds of meals for the care of Amer- ica’s senior population. Meals on Wheels America is the lead- ership organization supporting the more than 5,000 community-based programs across the country that are dedicated to addressing senior isolation and hun- ger. This network serves virtually every community in America and, along with more than two million staff and vol- unteers, delivers the nutritious meals, friendly visits and safety checks that en- able America’s seniors to live nourished lives with independence and dignity. The donation, from the Hardy Foun- dation, entitled the company to join the Meals on Wheels America - Leadership Circle. Gifts of this proportion play a special role in extending the impact that Meals on Wheels can have in supporting seniors and their independence across America. “One in five Americans is 60 or older, and every day, millions of seniors in need of extra support rely on Meals on Wheels for nutrition. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Unity Financial Life was hon- ored we could make this meaningful do- nation on behalf of all our agents, funeral home clients and employees,” said Hardy. Unity Financial Life continues to be one of the fastest growing national pre-need insurance and irrevocable funeral trust companies in America. Founded in 1964, Unity Financial Life is licensed in 49 ju- risdictions, including the District of Co- lumbia. The company can be reached on their website at www.uflife.com or by call- ing 877-523-3231. Eterneva Partners with Phaneuf Funeral Homes & Crematorium to Expand Memorialization Options for New Hampshire and Vermont Families Arthur O. “Buddy” Phaneuf homes and crematoriums begin a progressive ap- proach toward memorial- izing life, especially follow- ing the global pandemic. The goal is to bring more soulful memorial options to those looking for ways to honor their loved ones that both help in the griev- ing process and to remem- ber the way they lived, not the way they died. “I am very excited about our relationship with Eterneva,” says Arthur O. “Buddy” Phaneuf, a fourth-generation licensed funeral di- rector and president of Phaneuf Funer- al Homes & Crematorium. “They are on point with their customer engagement and with our commitment to fanatic lev- els of customer service; I know we will provide a new and exciting memorial op- tion to our client families.” As a successful startup company, backed by business mogul Mark Cuban , Eterne- va has served more than 500 customers with one-of-a-kind memorial diamonds and legacy projects unlike many others. Their celebration of life program and cu- rated grief journey is currently being stud- ied by Baylor University, and being ad- opted as the preferred memorial option by more and more Americans. “Phaneuf Funeral Homes is one of the most progressive and forward-thinking funeral homes in the industry so we’re honored to partner them and serve families in the most personalized, mean- ingful, and digital-first way possible,” says Adelle Ar- cher, co-founder and CEO of Eterneva. “Both of our companies aim to ensure that the lives of extraordi- nary loved ones are done justice, and families are uplifted on their grief-well- ness journey.” This isEterneva’s second fu- neral home partnership, fol- lowing the recent Schoed- inger Funeral Home and Cremation Services partnership in Colum- bus, OH. As advocates of putting transpar- ency and science at the forefront of every- thing they do, Eterneva uses an intricate and scientifically proven eight-month process to grow its memorial diamonds from the bio carbon extracted from ashes. Continued on Page B10