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PRESIDENT'S LETTER
Planning for the ICCFA's future
By ICCFA President Paul Elvig and ICCFA President-Elect Mark Krause
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WASHINGTON REPORT
The view on capitol hill for 2008
By ICCFA General counsel Robert M. Fells, Esq.
14 ICCFA rebuts AARP's article on preneed
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UPDATE
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SUPPLY LINE
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CALENDAR
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NEW MEMBERS
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CLASSIFIEDS
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AD INDEX
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SERVICE TO FAMILIES
Preplanning to protect families from protesters
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FUNERALS
Why it's important for funeral professionals to have funerals
by Todd W. Van Beck
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MEMORIALIZATION
The motivation to memorialize Feng Shui, as well. It's all that, and a 'green' building to boot
by Todd W. Van Beck
26 Todd W. Van Beck: A service for someone who really believes in funerals
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PRENEED PLANNING
Preneed plans of the people who sell them Do you practice
what you preach?
Interview by Susan Loving
26 Edith Churchman: A party followed by a traditional funeral
28 Arlie Davenport: Preplanned and prepaid long ago
30 Clift Dempsey: Visitation will be at home, where family will be comfortable
30 Linda Darby-Sempsrott: A fun visitation for a ‘crazy aunt’
30 Bill Tate: Funeral director friend knows what to do
32 Jeff Kidwiler: Wine before—and after—departure
32 Jill Cody: Services planned with community in mind
32 Bill Wright: First the entombment, then a public service
34 Dave Daly: Daly preplanned all except his disposition
34 Eileen Fitzpatrick: A humanistic service with a sprinkle of
holy water
36 Paul Elvig: Former librarian knows where he’ll be ‘filed’
38 Ernie Heffner: Cremation and a service with maybe some
Sinatra
38 Steve Johnson: Feeling the pull of tradition
40 Kelly Dwyer: Traditional services plus some pizzazz
40 Rob Heppell: Funeral futurist to blend old, new
42 Coleen Ellis: Of course pets will be welcome at her service
44 Christine Toson Hentges: You can design a family
mausoleum, but can you get the family to go there?
46 Dan Isard: His wife knows what to do with him after he’s gone
46 Tim Rivera: A wake, a Mass and eternity with family
48 Gwen Mooney: A funeral where she lives, then another where
she came from
50 Bob Harvego: Go back home or stay close to the children?
50 Katherine Scimmi: Final resting place is up to her daughter
52 Blair Nelsen: From funeral home to church, from the
cemetery to the club
54 Nancy Lohman: Her crypt plate is all ready except for that
final date
56 Mark Krause: Modern services, traditional burial
56 David Shipper: Memorialization is what lasts
58 Jeff Sterba: A wake, Mass and committal service
58 Francisco Valencia: Family, music, roses and photos
60 Dave Quiring: Full services, but many details will be up to
those who are left behind
62 Nancy Weil: Celebrant plans goodie bags, movie passes, last
call
64 Bill Peoples: Church, funeral home, historic cemetery—and
flowers are fine
66 Judy Faaberg: They’ll celebrate her life at a cocktail party
66 Erich March: ‘The usual’ services
66 James Talbot: ‘Last one standing’ picks the disposition
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PRENEED SALES SUCCESS
Preneed marketing made easy
by Dan Isard
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PRENEED SALES SUCCESS
Does your advertising work?
by Tim Thompson
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MARKETING
Learning the group seminar waltz
by Mike Hays
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MEET YOUR PRESIDENT
Elvig hasn't retired, he's simply changed his focus a bit again
interview of Paul Elvig by Susan Loving
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PERSONAL ESTATES
Reconfiguring an existing feature to serve a changing marketplace
by Ed Horn
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GOING GREEN
How to make your organization's officerun leaner and greener
by Christopher Kuhnen, LFD, CPC, CMS
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LANDSACPE MAINTENANCE
Tree abuse: The worst crimes
Interview of Fred Hower by W.A. Russell
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OPINION
Finally, a light at the end of the tunnel
by David Shipper
107 The plan: Reestablisha preneed program
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NEW REVENUE SOURCES
How to add profit by spending 20 extra minutes with each family
by Craig Vogel
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CREMATION
Avoiding liability with cremated remains the family does pick up
by Poul Lemasters
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CREMACIÓN
Para evitar obligación con los restos incinerados que la familia busca
por Poul Lemasters
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ICCFA NEWS
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ICCFA An Investment in your future
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Sales Conference Cookin' up good times in New Orleans
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Staff Training OSHA Training tools now available as CDs, DVDs
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2008 Convention & Expo Registration, Booth sales going strong for March 26-29 convention in San Diego
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ICCFAU Wolfelt to explore meaningful services
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Product directory Supply Link now available on ICCFA web site
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ICCFA Music License $243 for 2008
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Thanks! Sponsors help make ICCFA Convention & Expo a good deal
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Educational Foundation Donate or Apply for a Scholarship
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