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JULY 2014
FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS
S ec t i on A
SUNDAY AFTERNOON BUS TOUR
Featuring Some of the Finest
Funeral Establishments in the Dallas Area
Visit the Historic Dallas Institute of Funeral Service
Founded in 1900 by Dr. Carl Barnes as the Barnes School of Anatomy, Sanitary
Science and Embalming, today DIFS has the distinction of being the school with the
longest continuous operation under the same general management of any funeral service
educational institution in the United States.
Meet members of the school’s distinguished staff and graduate honorees
THE TOUR CONTINUES WITH STOPS AT SOME OF THE DALLAS AREA’S
FINEST FUNERAL HOMES
We’ll see you at the 77TH Annual NFDMA Convention Hilton Anatole Hotel – August 2 – 7, 2014
Featuring the 2014 African American Funeral Service Traveling Museum • Historic Funeral Homes • Cemetery History Books
Celebrity/TV Funeral Directors • NFDMA Past Presidents & More! August 5 & 6 – 1 CEU Certificate
For Convention information and registration vi
Bus loads after Church Service
Sunday, August 3 at 3:00 PM
Returning to hotel around 5:45 PM
$20.00 per person – Seating is Limited
Reserve Early! CALL 407-595-9277
Proceeds benefit the 100BWFS Community Service
Endeavors and Scholarship Assistance Programs
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU’RE GOING
TO ENCOUNTER AT EACH STOP!
DON’T MISS THIS GREAT DALLAS HISTORY
NETWORKING EVENT FILLED
WITH HIGH ENERGY AND FUN FOR ALL
100 Year Old Black & Clark
Funeral Home
Sandra Clark MulƟ-
Cultural Funeral Home
Paradise Funeral Home
Sacred Funeral Home
Lincoln Funeral Home
and Cemetery
Reality TV’s Golden
Gate Funeral Home
Evergreen Memorial
Funeral Home
ICCFA Certifies 130+ in Cremation at
Gupton-Jones College in Atlanta
NEWS
Association
CONTINUED
DECATUR,GA—
More than 130 students and
funeral directors attended the
International
Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Associ-
ation’s
two cremation certification programs
held April 29 and 30 at
Gupton-Jones College
of Funeral Service
in Decatur. ICCFA’s exclu-
sive Cremation Arranger Certification pro-
gram was held on day one; its Crematory Op-
erator Certification training was held on day
two. This is the most well-attended event that
ICCFA has held at a Pierce College location.
The Crematory Operator Certification of-
fers an in-depth look at what cremation is, the
science behind it, the components and how to
properly operate and maintain a retort machine,
proper and constant tracking of remains, and an
update on applicable laws and how to limit your
liability. Attendeesmust pass a strict test to receive
their official certificate, receive further instruction
on questions they get incorrect, and receive a cre-
matory operator manual courtesy of
Cremato-
ry Manufacturing & Service, Inc
. It should be
noted that only the ICCFA and the
Cremation
Association of North America
(CANA) are explic-
itly included in the regulations of several U.S.
states as approved crematory
operator certification providers.
ICCFA is the only industry
organization providing a Cre-
mation Arranger Certification.
This training discusses the his-
tory, myths and facts about cre-
mation, the preferences and
desires of modern consum-
ers, pricing vs. value, market-
ing, limiting liability, ethics and
how to conduct an effective
cremation arrangement where
everyone walks away happy.
Both certification programs
are approved for continu-
ing education credit by the
Academy of Professional Fu-
neral Service Practice, are rea-
sonably priced and include
breakfast, lunch and an after-
noon refreshment break.
Patty Hutcheson
, presi-
dent of Gupton-Jones Col-
lege of Funeral Service, is very
pleased with the results of this
two-year partnership between
ICCFA and Pierce Colleges.
“Career development is a vital
piece of our program at Gup-
ton-Jones. Our educational op-
portunities were highlighted at
this ICCFA training event and
really resonated with our stu-
dents,” Hutcheson said. “The
two-day event brought the en-
tire campus together to explore
comprehensive aspects of cre-
mation to educate the soon-
to-be funeral directors. This is
training that they wouldn’t oth-
erwise have experienced had
they attended another mortu-
ary school.”
The two-year partnership en-
tails that ICCFA will only pro-
vide its two-day, two-certifica-
tioncourse formortuary college
students at Pierce Colleges-no
other mortuary schools, which
is a considerable advantage for
Pierce College students when
entering the job market.
“That’s our aim: trying to pro-
vide tomorrow’s leaders with a
well-rounded knowledge of
cremation” said Poul Lemas-
ters, ICCFA cremation pro-
grams coordinator. “For in-
stance, the ICCFA Arranger
program is the only program
designed for arrangers-directors, preneed and at-
need arrangers-that teaches everything they need
to know about cremation. Not only on the ar-
rangement side, but the operational, marketing,
pricing and liability sides of cremation as well. It
is a unique offering and provides real value.”
Other upcoming events include: September
10-11 at Dallas Institute of Funeral Service, Dal-
las, TX, as well as a joint two-day program with
CANA in November in Phoenix, AZ.
Registration for these programs, as well as ad-
vice and answers to cremation concerns, may be
found
Founded in 1887, the International Ceme-
tery, Cremation and Funeral Association (IC-
CFA) is the only international trade associa-
tion representing all segments of the cemetery,
cremation, funeral and memorialization in-
dustry. Its membership is composed of more
than 8,900 rooftop locations and 15,000 pro-
fessionals in the cemetery, funeral home and
crematory industries, as well as memorial de-
signers and related businesses worldwide. To
learn more, please
con-
nect with ICCFA on Facebook and Twitter.