Member News Member News News from Golden Rule Funeral Homes OGR welcomes 2 members, Humphrey Funeral Home 2 students & educator Welcome to Beau "Lac" Funeral Home & Crematorium! Co-owners Marianne Turcotte and Mark Muir have three primary locations in the Saskatchewan, Canada area: Prince Albert, Shellbrook & Spiritwood. McGriff & Triplett Funeral Homes joined Nov. 8 with three locations in Illinois: Louisville, Kinmundy & Flora. Referrals from existing members are our best avenue to growing the association. Beau Lac was referred by Mark Matthews of Matthews Funeral Home in Saskatchewan, and McGriff & Triplett was referred by Elle Heiligenstein of Hoffen Funeral Home in Millstadt, Illinois (Elle attended Southern Illinois University - Carbondale's mortuary science program with Tyler McGriff, and they've been friends ever since). If you know any independently owned and operated funeral homes you would like to see join OGR, contact Nancy Weil at NWeil@OGR.org. We always like to celebrate the next generation of funeral directors, so be sure to welcome Ruth Pegeron of the Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service and Kaelee Howard of Ogeechee Technical College as OGR's newest student members. Jack Norvell, funeral service education instructor at Ogeechee, joined Nov. 12 as an Educator member. Watts publishes book Kevin Watts of Allen-Beyer Funeral Home in Key Largo, Florida, published "Dead Serious: My Life as a Funeral Director." The book of memoirs is "filled with stories to make the reader experience a vast array of emotions - some sad, some funny and some, quite frankly, people might not believe, but I am dead serious." It's available for purchase on Amazon, or for free via Kindle Unlimited. joins #FeatherProject The Toronto, Ontario-based funeral home operation marked the first National Day for Truth & Reconciliation by commissioning a metal sculpture to place in each of their funeral homes. The #FeatherProject raises awareness of and shows support for the lost children and survivors of Canada's residential schools, their families and communities. Humphrey Funeral Home in Toronto, Ontario commissioned metal sculptures like this to appear in each of their locations as part of Canada's #FeatherProject. (photo provided) www.ogr.org | The Independent® 35
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