September 2018

Page A27 SEPTEMBER 2018 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on A Don’t miss your time to thrive. Learn more at funeralocity.com/FH Why Wait? Unlock Your Cash Now! Kevin Smith Vice President, Business Development 256-504-2649 www.ncmutualfinancial.com Danny Smith Director of Business Development 757-714-7156 At North Carolina Mutual Financial, LLC, our funeral funding services unlock your access to fast cash for your insurance assignments. Contact us today for more information. NCMF Funeral Funding Ad_Aug 2017_4C_10.25x8_MA.indd 1 8/11/17 9:42 AM News Association ContinueD fore going to work at Rob- ert L. Mannal Funeral Home , in the Mayfair sec- tion of Philadelphia. In 2012 Mannal acquired Craft Funeral Home of Erdenheim, and David is the current Supervisor for that funeral home. He has served the Philadelphia Lo- cal Funeral Directors Associ- ation as a Board Member, Vice President, and Presi- dent. Over the last three Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association installs new Officers at Annual Convention years David represented the Philadelphia Funeral Directors Association as their District Governor for District 8. Frank Kapr, CFSP, is a lifelong na- tive of Scottdale. He is a graduate of PIMS and received his Associates De- gree from Point Park University. He is the president/owner of Frank Kapr Fu- neral Home, Inc ., Scottdale, which is a five-time recipient of the NFDA Eagle Award and recently the Golden Eagle Award for outstanding services by the funeral home and its staff. He is a mem- ber, past president and present board member of the Westmoreland, Indiana and Armstrong Counties Funeral Direc- tors Association . Frank assisted in the recovery and iden- tification process of the devastating crash of US Air Flight 427, in Hopewell Town- ship, September 8, 1994 and the terrorist crash of United Airlines Flight 93 in Som- erset County, September 11, 2001. Frank has been a member of the Glenn Gelder Foundation for Mass Fatality Prepared- ness since June 2003. Aaron W. Pietryka is a 1998 graduate of Northampton Community College , School of Funeral Service, Bethlehem, and re- ceived his professional licensure in 2000. He also furthered his education at the John Jay School of Criminal Justice, New York City, and Luzerne County Commu- nity College, Nanticoke. In 2004, after working in Lancaster County, he purchased the Joseph L. Wro- blewski Funeral Home , Forty Fort and serves as the president and supervisor of Wroblewski Funeral Home, Inc . Aaron is a member and treasurer of the Luzerne County Funeral Directors Association and a licensed insurance agent. Continued from Page A26