August 2018

Page A36 AUGUST 2018 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on A (Memories of Jack’s Recipes) Original Recipes from Dottie and Jack Frediani Shared by Kate Frediani-Gorman Cremation Products Inc. 800-837-0701 www.cremationproductsinc.com CREAM OF PEANUT SOUP (KING’S ARMS TAVERN) ¼ cup butter 1 cup chopped celery ¼ cup flour 1 cup chunky peanut butter 1/3 cup chopped onion 3 cans chicken broth 2 cups cream or whole milk Pepper, season to taste In 4-quart saucepan, sauté celery and onion until tender, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat. Add flour and peanut butter, stirring until peanut butter is melted. Gradually stir in broth. Bring to boiling; reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Just before serving, add the milk or cream and simmer until heated thoroughly. Garnish with a sprinkling of chopped peanuts. Serve with French bread heated until crisp. Why not try a really different salad? This colorful salad combines shrimp, black beans and vegetables with a spicy-sweet dressing to blend and balance flavors. SHRIMP AND BLACK BEAN SALAD 1 pound cooked, shelled shrimp 1 15-ounce can black beans, drained ½ cup celery, thinly sliced 1 small green pepper, cut in strips 2/3 cup mild picante sauce 1/3 cup red onion, thinly sliced 2 Tbsp cilantro, chopped 2 Tbsp oil 2 Tbsp honey 1 tsp lime peel, 2 tsp juice Lettuce leaves Cherry tomato halves Combine shrimp, beans, green pepper, celery and onion in large bowl. Combine remaining ingredients except tomatoes and lettuce; mix well. Pour over shrimp mixture; toss lightly to coat. Cover and chill 2-24 hours, tossing now and then. Spoon onto lettuce-lined plates, garnish with tomatoes. Serve with additional picante sauce. Memoires des choix des Jacque Good Eating! ASSIGNMENTS PAID WITHIN 24 HOURS Yes , it’s that easy! 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Hal- ling, Anthropologist with the Louisiana Department of Justice, Ryan M. Seidemann, Assistant Attorney Gener- al, Louisiana Department of Justice, Ginesse Listi, PhD of LSU Faces Laboratory and Dana Goodell, LFD/E, sales di- rector for The Embalmers Supply Company. Topics of discussion will include How the LSU Faces Lab identifies unidentifiable remains; Disaster Response in Cemeteries; and A Brief History of Embalming. Reg- istration begins at 8:00am and the program begins at 9:00am. For information contact Junear Leshay-Canna at 318-872-1652, Samuel Booker at 225-436-7125 or Lataya Johnson at 225-683-5222. BROOKFIELD,WI— The National Funeral Direc- tors Association (NFDA) policy board met on July 7 in Asheville, NC, and elect- ed Christopher P. Robin- son, CFSP, CCO, of Rob- inson Funeral Home in Easley, SC, and John W. Wenig of Wenig Funeral Homes in Sheboygan Falls, WI to serve as at-large rep- resentatives on the associ- ation’s board of directors. They will begin two-year terms of service immediately following the 2018 NFDA International Convention and Expo, October 14–17 in Salt Lake City, UT. Robinson’s roots in funer- al service date to a summer job in high school digging graves by hand. After earn- ing a bachelor’s degree in German and European his- tory and a master’s degree in international business, he worked in the banking industry. Back in South Carolina, Robinson’s father continued to expand his funeral home through the purchase of a new location and by establishing a per- petual care cemetery. With no other relatives working in alongside his father, after five years Robinson decided to leave banking and return to his grave-digging roots to become a funeral director. In his candidate state- ment, Robinson said, “My fellow funeral directors in South Carolina have al- lowed me the opportunity to serve our state association in many roles. Through my work with many fine funer- al directors and fellow state officers, I have learned the challenges associations have faced. While the solutions to state association issues are not always obvious and easy, together we can and have come to the proper outcome through thought- ful study and analysis. The same thought processes and analysis would apply to the issues the NFDA board of directors encounters.” Wenig is a first-genera- tion funeral director who, after working for several funeral homes, purchased his own funeral establish- ments in Sheboygan Falls and Oostburg, WI. Wenig has served in various lead- ership capacities on the lo- cal, state and national lev- el, including as the state of Wisconsin’s representative to the NFDA policy board. In a special election held in October 2017, Wenig was elected to serve a one-year term as an at-large repre- sentative on the NFDA board of directors. “As a working funeral di- rector, I understand the challenges and opportu- nities that exist in today’s current market and in- dustry,” Wenig said in his candidate statement. “This background has enabled me to provide an experi- enced perspective to other funeral professionals with- in our association. I would be proud and honored to give back to my profes- sion by being re-elected and serving on the NFDA board of directors.” NFDA is the world’s leading and largest funeral service association, serving more than 20,000 individ- ual members who repre- sent nearly 11,000 funeral homes in the United States and 49 countries around the world. NFDA is the trusted leader, beacon for ethics and the strongest advocate for the profes- sion. NFDA is headquar- tered in Brookfield, WI and has an office in Wash- ington, DC. More infor- mation about Robinson and Wenig can be found on the NFDA website, www.nfda.org/vote. Send Us Your News! PO Box 5159, Youngstown, OH 44514 Fax 1-800-321-9040 • Email info@nomispublications.com FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS We welcome news of the industry. Send us information on your firm today!