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Who's Who on the Cover
Top row, left to right:
• ICFA Vice President for Industry Relations Paul Elvig waves a copy of one of the books written by his Great Debate opponent, author and funeral director Thomas Lynch.
• Thomas Lynch.
• ICFA President Greg Easley, CCE, and his wife, Liz, at the Closing Reception. The leis were gifts from Scott Sells, CCFE, who works in Hawaii.
Second row, left to right:
• First-timer Wendy Mann, Mount Elliott Cemetery Association, Clinton Township, Michigan.
• First-timer Christine Mumford, Baue Funeral Homes, St. Charles, Missouri.
• First-timer Janette Hunter, Perpetua, Tucson, Arizona.
• First-timer Doralyn Trulson, Palm Royale Cemetery and Mausoleum, Naples, Florida.
• First-timers Randy & Carolyn Horton, RN Horton Co. Morticians, Washington, D.C.
• First-timer Bob Pointer, Roselawn Memorial Park, Little Rock, Arkansas.
• First-timer Eileen Santangelo, Evergreen Memorial Gardens, Great Mills, Maryland.
• First-timer Keith Belgrove, Belgroves Funeral Home & Crematorium, San Fernando, Trinidad.
• First-timers Glenda & Leroy Wilson, Wilson Funeral Home, Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
Middle row, left to right:
• When you work in tropical climes, business casual means flowered shirts! Spotted casually making the rounds in the Exhibit Hall: Gregg Williamson, CCE, Rose Hills Co., Whittier, California; Scott Sells, CCFE, Service Corporation International—Hawaii, Honolulu; and Pat Downey, CCE, Palm Cemeteries, Mortuaries & Crematories, Las Vegas, Nevada.
• New ICFA President Bill Wright, CCE, gets a kiss from his wife, Cindy, as Past President Greg Easley, CCE, applauds. Standing in front are members of Bill and Cindy’s family, on hand to see Bill take office.
• Derek the grief therapy dog, who attended the convention with his facilitator, Tom Flynn of Celebrate a Life and John Flynn Funeral Home, Hermitage, Pennsylvania.
• First-timer Gary Kill, Chiles and Sons—Laman Funeral Home, Lima, Ohio. He had just heard he won the raffle drawing for a $1,000 prize.
Fourth row, left to right:
• Convention attendees and exhibitors eat among the displays in the Exhibit Hall.
• A representative of exhibitor Heritage Flower Co., Crown Point, Indiana, talks to an attendee.
• FTC attorney Myra Howard explains why a funeral home sweep is not a “sting” during the Legal & Legislative program, “The Regulatory Dragon.” Listening are Diana Evans, bureau chief for the Florida Bureau of Funeral and Cemetery Services, and Bob Fells, Esq., ICFA external COO and general counsel.
• During the Hot Products session, Ann Turner of Urns of Distinction and The Titanium Store displays a titanium urn, which she described as resilient, non-corrosive, lightweight and perpetual.
Bottom row, left to right:
• (first two photos) Attendees listen and take notes during educational sessions.
• Attendees take advantage of the opportunity to network and swap ideas.
• Nicole Krause, daughter of Mark and Joan Krause of Krause Funeral Homes & Cremation Service, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, proved to be the hula hoop master during the Beach Blanket Bingo closing dinner dance.
Copyright ICFA 2002
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