Page B2 October 2022 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS Se c t i on B Texas Cemeteries Association Maintenance Conference - Oct 02-04, 2022, Four Points Sheraton Dallas-Fort Worth Airport North, Coppell, TX. Exhibits. 817-339-8210. www.txcca.us lberger@txcca.us National Funeral Directors Association 2022 International Convention & Expo - Oct 09-12, 2022, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD. Exhibits. 800-228-6332. www.nfda.org nfda@nfda.org Digital Marketing Services LLC Bootcamp -Oct13,2022,Cincinnati,OH.513331-8101. www.funeralimpressions.com todd@funeralimpressions.com Professional Grounds Management Society 2022 School of Grounds Management and GIE+Expo - Oct 18-21, 2022 443-966-3852. www.pgms.org info@pgms.org Cremation Association Of North America Peer Support Virtual Meeting - Oct 18, 2022 312-245-1077. www.cremationassociation.org/event/ peersupport info@cremationassociation.org Alberta Funeral Service Association Continuing Education Seminars - Oct 18, 2022 Arranger Training with Lacy Robinson, Deerfoot Inn & Casino, Calgary, AB. 780-412-1310. www.afsa.ca/continuing-education-seminars inquiry@afsa.ca Western Canada Cemetery Association Webinar - Oct 20, 2022 Why Do You Need A Design? 403507-9359. www.westerncemetery.com administration@westerncemetery.com Alberta Funeral Service Association Continuing Education Seminars - Oct 20, 2022 Arranger Training with Lacy Robinson, River Cree Resort & Casino, Edmonton, AB. 780-412-1310. www.afsa.ca/continuing-education-seminars inquiry@afsa.ca Batesville Education Series - Nov 02, 2022 Webinar: Paradoxes of Mourning Implications for Funeral Service 800-622-8373. www.batesville.com post.master@batesville.com National Museum Of Funeral History 28th Annual Charity Golf Classic - Nov 06-07, 2022, Kingwood Golf Club, Kingwood, TX. 281-876-3063. www.nmfh.org info@nmfh.org M K J Marketing Seminar - Nov 0709, 2022, Montage Palmetto Bluff Resort, Bluffton, SC. 888-655-1566. www.mk jma rke t i ng . com/ s emi na r s mkj@mkjmarketing.com The Dodge Company Inc 2022 Technical Seminar - Nov 10-11, 2022, The Flamingo Hotel & Resort, Las Vegas, NV. 978-600-2099. www.dodgeco.com sbelanger@dodgeco.com Cremation Association Of North America Peer Support Virtual Meeting - Nov 15, 2022 312-245-1077. www.cremationassociation.org/event/ peersupport info@cremationassociation.org Connecticut Funeral Directors Assn 2022 Annual Convention - Dec 01, 2022, Sheraton Hartford Hotel South, Rocky Hill, CT. 860-721-0234. www.ctfda.org john@connfda.com The Dodge Company Inc 2022 Dodge Wreaths across America Project - Dec 14-17, 2022, Embassy Suites, Arlington, VA. 207-841-6330. www.dodgeco.com sbelanger@dodgeco.com Cremation Association Of North America Peer Support Virtual Meeting - Dec 20, 2022 312-245-1077. www.cremationassociation.org/event/ peersupport info@cremationassociation.org Int’l Cemetery, Cremation & Funeral Assn 2023 Dead Talks - Jan 11-13, 2023, Bally’s Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV. Exhibits. 800-645-7700. www.iccfa.com/sales kspann@iccfa.com South Carolina Funeral Directors Assn 36th Mid-Winter Conference & Expo - Jan 30 - Feb 01, 2023, Hilton Colombia Center, Columbia, SC. Exhibits. 843-881-3634. www.scfda.org/36th-mid-winter-conference- rion@scfda.org Cremation Association Of North America 2023 Cremation Symposium - Feb 08-10, 2023, The Linq Hotel, Las Vegas, NV. Exhibits. 312-245-1077. www.cremationassociation.org info@ cremationassociation.org CALENDAR of Events Additional Events Online at www.NomisPublications.com or send to Funeral Home & Cemetery News email info@nomispublications.com mail PO Box 5159 Youngstown, OH 44514 fax 1-800-321-9040 submit your Convention, Meeting or Seminar online at www.NomisPublications.com Trigard announces Purchase of Eagle Funeral Products Inc DANVILLE,IL— Trigard, a division of Greenwood Inc and the Darby family are pleased to announce the purchase of Eagle Funeral Products Inc as of August 26, 2022. All of Eagle’s operations will be moved to Trigard’s headquarters in Danville, IL. “We have had a relationship with Eagle for decades,” says CEO and owner Linda DarbyDowers. “We are excited for the opportunity to expand our presence across the country. Eagle has created a strong brand and a loyal customer base. It is our privilege to partner with the Eagle network, and we look forward to creating new relationships and new opportunities.” “Eagle has been around since 1932. It has been my honor to own and operate the company for the last several years, and now it is my turn to pass the torch on to the Darby family and the rest of the team at Trigard. I am confident they will carry on the brand and continue to provide excellent support to the network of dealers,” comments previous Eagle owner David Long. The team at Trigard has been working diligently to ensure a smooth transition. They are confident that Eagle customers will continue to receive high quality products and service. “Our long-term goal is to create unity between the Eagle and Trigard brands,” says owner and CMO Ethan Darby. “We believe that our shared resources can provide a cohesiveness that will benefit both brands equally.” Headquartered in Danville, IL, Trigard, a division of Greenwood Inc is one of the nation’s leading familyowned manufacturers and consultants to the funeral industry. Specializing in burial products such as burial vaults, infant caskets, urn vaults, and bronze grave memorials, Trigard is known as being one of the nation’s leading innovators and has been manufacturing products since the late 1960’s. The Messenger Company Acquires Thumbies® AUBURN,IL— The Messenger Company has announced the acquisition of Thumbies® Fingerprint Keepsakes located in Woodstock, IL. This new addition to the Messenger family of companies will allow the Messenger team of sales reps to offer the complete line of Thumbies jewelry in their portfolio of products, supporting the needs of funeral home partners across the country. “At Messenger, we are always looking for creative and meaningful ways to expand our product portfolio for our funeral partners” commented Kevin Tkacz, president of Messenger. “This acquisition allows Messenger to leverage our core competencies and invest in remembrance offerings we feel passionate about. Adding Thumbies to our mix provides funeral partners an even greater selection of memorial products that offer comfort and connection for the families they serve.” ed to offering the finest keepsakes available to our partners and their families,” said Matt Stallings, director of Thumbies. “Through this acquisition, we will now be able to grow our line of product offerings and serve those partners even more quickly and efficiently. We look forward to this opportunity to become part of the Messenger family.” This new alliance is being fulfilled at the NFDA Convention in Baltimore, October 10-12. Show attendees are encouraged to stop by on the exhibit floor and meet the team from Messenger and Thumbies in Booths 822 and 1222. Customer service calls continue to be managed by the respective teams. Messenger can be reached at 800-827-5151; Thumbies can be reached at 877-848-6243. “The Thumbies team has always been dedicatC&J Financial Launches Quick Claim™ Mobile App RAINBOW CITY,AL— C&J Financial, America’s #1 provider of insurance assignment funding, is excited to announce the launch of its revolutionary Quick Claim™ mobile app. The industry’s first, all-encompassing mobile app is designed to save funeral professionals time and provide immediate, up-todate information on insurance assignment claims anytime, anywhere. C&J’s Quick Claim™ mobile app provides much of the same functionality as its online Assignment Funding Management System with several unique mobile-only features. The app allows users to submit, track, and manage their insurance claims from any smartphone or tablet. Users can upload documents to an assignment by taking a photo, check claim status in real-time, communicate directly with the claim’s processor, update or modify assignment information, review specific requirement on each assignment and determine the assignment fee before submitting with the simple fee calculator. The app also provides users with information about insurance company requirements, alerting them if a company will allow DocuSign, require a notary, or if a claim form is needed, plus so much more. Nothing is faster or easier than C&J’s Quick Claim™! “C&J’s mission has always been to help the funeral profession eliminate the challenges and cash flow delays in processing insurance death claims,” said Jamie Meredith, C&J’s executive vice president. “We’ve always viewed technology as a mechanism to help achieve this goal and it’s why we were the first to develop online claims submission and automation. It’s also what led to the creation and release of the latest tool in our toolbox, C&J’s revolutionary Quick Claim™ mobile app. We are excited about the convenience and time savings the new app will provide funeral professionals! We also remain focused on striving every day to continue modernizing the process for life insurance assignments and improving our clients’ experience by helping them spend more time serving families rather than dealing with difficult insurance companies.” Founded in 1996, C&J Financial and its family of companies are the largest provider of insurance assignment funding in North America. C&J’s mission is to relieve the funeral industry of the hassle, headache, and cash flow delay in processing insurance death claims. In the past 26 years, they have helped more than 816,000 families celebrate the life of their loved ones and provided nearly $5 billion in funding to thousands of funeral homes and cemeteries across North America. For more information on C&J visit www.CJF.com or call 800-785-0003.
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