March 2018

Page B4 MARCH 2018 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on B 4hearse.com Chicago 800-4-HEARSE Twin Cities 844-219-9643 MUST SELL 2007 Federal Cadillac Renaissance Hearse 2018 Platinum Cadillac Phoenix Hearse 2017 Platinum Cadillac Phoenix Hearse 2011 Federal Cadillac 64” 6-Door Limo 2008 Eureka Cadillac Brougham Hearse 2007 Eagle Cadillac Ultimate Hearse 2006 Federal Cadillac 46” 6-Door Limo 2006 Eureka Cadillac Brougham Hearse family owned and operated for over 20 years ! New - Used - Leasing - Financing Garage Sale! Great Deals on Cheap Hearses Four Organization Receive a Donation from Private Label Caskets Roxboro, NC; Daryl R. Berry of Lyon-DeWitt-Berry Fu- neral Home in Campbellsville, KY; Todd Schrag of Roper and Sons Funeral Home in Lincoln, NE; Todd Howell of Woodfin Funeral Chapels in Murfreesboro and Smyr- na, TN; Howie VanRensselaer of VanRensselaer & Son Funeral Home in Randolph, NY; Brent Shehorn of Lake Shore Funeral Home in Waco, TX, Frank Nosek of Ku- ratko-Nosek Funeral Home in North Riverside, IL and Larry Gould of Whitaker Funeral Home in Metter, CA. Sich Casket Company is a pioneer of the Chinese casket industry. In just ten years the company has grown from a small family-run furniture factory to a significant interna- tional manufacturer of wood and metal caskets and a lead- ing Chinese supplier of caskets in North America. Found- ed by company president Sirius Chan, Sich sources its materials globally to provide the finest quality and best val- ue at every price point. With more than 250 models and styles of solid hardwood, wood veneer and metal caskets, Sich caskets are sold through a distributor network serving funeral homes throughout the United States and Canada. To learn more about the monthly drawing and to enter, visit Sich.com or www.RethinkYourCaskets.com/YearFD. Participants need only enter one time to be registered for all the drawings throughout the balance of the year. December Sich Casket Giveaway Winner Announced Monarch Blue (Oversized) 18-gauge Steel/Gasket Paul Thomas Ayers Hawkins NORTHRIDGE,CA— Sich Caskets has announced the winner of their monthly “Year of the Funeral Director” casket giveaway for December. The winner, Paul Thom- as Ayers Hawkins, is co-owner of Hope Valley Hawkins Funeral Service & Cremation in Clinton, NC. Hawkins received the Sich Monarch Blue casket (over- size), featuring 18-gauge Steel/Gasket, with Monarch Blue finish and Sky Blue Crepe interior from Vickie Zimmer- man of Addvantage Casket Company, the Sich Casket distributor in Raleigh, NC. Hawkins began in funer- al service at the age of 15, helping out at a local fu- neral home. His passion for caring for others led him to work with the Clinton Res- cue and Fire Department for over 20 years before re- turning to funeral service. He opened Hope Valley Funeral Service & Crema- tion Center in 2009. I’d seen the Sich ads pro- moting the giveaway in the trade journals and online for a while,” Hawkins recalled. “For me it was pretty simple: never having won anything in past, coupled with having seen pic- tures of others that have won, I decided why not give it a shot?” Hawkins said, upon learning that he had won a Sich casket, he quickly told his wife and then his staff. Already a Sich Casket customer, it was nonetheless a wel- come addition to his inventory. “We received receipt of the casket and none too soon,” Hawkins said. “We had a fam- ily come in that was struggling financially and was think- ing about cremation. We were able to provide a blessing to them by making this casket available for their loved one.” Hawkins is the ninth person to win a Sich casket as part of the monthly giveaway. Previous winners include: Jack “Bill” White Jr of Brooks & White Funeral Home in (L to R) Mike Grout, Distribution Manager for Private Label; Carlos Figueroa, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer for Private Label; Kenny Howe, President, Chief Executive Officer & Owner at Holman-Howe Funeral Home and Key Administrator of the local WAA program; Matt Shannon, Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President, Holman-Howe Funeral Home; Kathy Hutton, Mount Rose Memorial Park Cemetery Administrator; and Donna Pontone with Private Label. (L to R) Sharon Engleman, Regional Sales Consultant for Private Label; Kelly Smith, the fourth generation member of the Smith family at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home; Sister Stephanie Baliga; and Father Bob Lombardo. Bruce Buchanan (L), Owner of the Buchanan Group, Inc., is shown presenting the check to Rich Darby (R), Founder of Operation Honor Guard on January 18th. Pictured (L to R) are Lori Asmus, Development Director for Hospice of Cincinnati & Fernside; Bruce Buchanan, Owner of the Buchanan Group, Inc.; and Larry Schildmeyer, Jr., Vice President for Tufts Schildmeyer Family Funeral Homes & Cremation Center, who submitted the nomination.  INDIANAPOLIS,IN— Private Label Caskets, a division of Buchanan Group Inc presented Hospice of Cincinnati, Operation Honor Guard , Mission of Our Lady of the An- gels, and Wreaths Across America with a check for $500.00 each. The donation was the result of Private Label Cas- kets giving its distributors the opportunity to nominate a project or non-profit organization it supports. A check was presented to Hospice of Cincinnati on Jan- uary 17th for its compassionate and personalized end-of- life care. The organization was nominated by Tufts Schil- dmeyer Family Funeral Homes & Cremation Center. Operation Honor Guard, nominated by Sunset Funeral Home was presented a check on January 18th for its out- standing service to provide financial assistance to Veteran service organizations that provide military rites at fallen veterans’ funerals. Nominated by Smith-Corcoran Fu- neral Home, Mission of Our Lady of the Angels received a check on January 24th for dedicated service to the West Humboldt Park area on Chicago’s west side, which pro- vides many services to the community including a food pantry, emergency assistance, afterschool programming, senior citizens programming, community dinners and distribution of clothing and household goods. On Janu- ary 30th, Wreaths Across America received a check for its efforts to honor United States veterans. The organiza- tion, associated with the national program that began at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, DC, was nominated by Holman-Howe Funeral Home .