INTRODUCTION OF NEW VIDEO TRIBUTE PROGRAM
Stark-Welin Funeral Directors is pleased to announce the addition of our new Video Tribute program. Since its' founding in 1888, Stark-Welin Funeral Directors has continued to provide the most personal and meaningful funeral services available. The addition of our new Video Tribute program is yet another result of that mission and is an exclusive offering to the families we serve.
The Video Tribute program allows us to create a memorable video collage of pictures that will celebrate the living of a life. To the collection of photos provided by the family, we will add music and use transitional interludes to fade from one picture into another. The Video Tribute re-lives cherished memories and celebrates a life that was lived. It creates a keepsake video for family and loved ones to enjoy for years to come. The Video Tribute is one of the most engaging and compelling memorial services we offer.
Your Video Tribute will open with a tasteful moving introduction celebrating the life of your loved one. Watch with fondness as early childhood, the discovery of youth, the excitement of adulthood, the responsibility of working years, family, vacations, retrospection of retirement and cherished life photos slowly appear through the customized scenes. Photos of your loved one appear creatively before your eyes as you relive those beautiful memories, all set to a wonderfully moving musical arrangement.
Your Video Tribute will help you remember; a key element in the healing process of grief. It will assist you and your family in moving from a “relationship of presence” to a “relationship of memory” in the comfort of your own home. What better way to pay tribute to your loved one than sharing on video the wonderful moments, which made their life so special. What a beautiful and lasting remembrance to pass on to other generations, especially the younger ones, when the memories are starting to fade.
The Video Tribute is a memorial that you can take home and play anytime you like, share with family who were unable to attend the service or watch on the Internet at our website www.starkwelin.com .
Stark-Welin Funeral Directors provide the Video Tribute at "no additional cost" for all families who wish to accept the service at their time of need. Families who have accepted this offer have expressed to us how meaningful it was.
We invite you to visit the obituary link on our web site and view a Video Tribute by clicking on the obituary you wish to view and then clicking on the "view video tribute" link. Celebrate in the memory of your loved one.
CAN MUSIC FROM A CD BE USED IN A VIDEO TRIBUTE
The disappointing answer to this request is “NO”. Our funeral home’s BMI, ASCAP, SESAC and SOCAN licenses allow us to play music in our funeral home over our sound system, but “do not” include the right to “synchronize” music to produce a video or publish it on the Internet. Unfortunately, “popular” music found on a CD and often times requested by the family cannot be used to produce a Video Tribute unless the appropriate music licenses have been negotiated with both the recording company and the composer.
All of the music used by Stark-Welin Funeral Directors, in the production of our Video Tribute, is fully licensed allowing us to play the Video Tribute in our funeral home, on the Internet or make copies of the Video Tribute to be given to the family and their friends.
_________________________________________________
Charles "Chuck" Cross | ||
Visitation: Visitation: Service: |   VIEW/SEND CONDOLENCES VIEW VIDEO TRIBUTE | |
| Charles R. Cross, 62, of 1133 Country Club Drive in Boone, passed away at his home on Monday morning, March 30, 2009 from complications of multiple myeloma.
Chuck was born in Jefferson, Iowa on April 25, 1946, the third son of Dr. Donald and Mildred A. (Patterson) Cross. He lived his life in Boone, Des Moines, Iowa City and Mason City. Chuck graduated from Boone High School in 1964, where he participated in the band and on the swim team, attended Cornell College and graduated from the University of Iowa in 1968. He married Susan Van Duyn in 1968. In 1998, he married Constance Mondt. Chuck worked as a CPA and bank executive. He enjoyed golf and riding his bike. Chuck rode RAGBRAI eight years and participated in rides in New York City and Rosarito to Ensenada, Mexico. He was an eager traveler and saw much of the U.S., Canada and Europe in his lifetime. Chuck was a loyal Hawkeye fan. For a number of years, he was an avid coach and coordinator for the youth soccer program in the Des Moines area. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the Iowa Society of Certified Public Accountants. His parents, Dr. Donald L. and Mildred Cross, and step-mother, Louise Cross preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife Connie of Boone; a daughter Heather and Jay Agnew and grandchildren Trevor and Meghan all of Marion, Iowa; a son Matthew and Mandy Cross and grandchildren Gavin, Zachary and Noah all of Omaha, Nebraska; 2 step-daughters Gretchen and David Jameson and grandson William all of Overland Park, Kansas and Sara Zoey Mondt of Los Angeles, California; 2 brothers Donald and Jan Cross of Phoenix, Arizona and James and Susan Cross of Portland, Oregon; nieces and nephews. Services will be held on Saturday morning, April 4th at 10:00 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Boone with Rev. Philip Webb officiating. Interment will be in the Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone. Friends may call at the Stark-Welin Chapel in Boone on Friday evening from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. with the family present during that time to greet friends and Saturday morning at the Church from 8:30 a.m. until the time of service. The Cross family would like to thank the generous donors of the Blood Center of Central Iowa, and the medical staff and physicians at the John Stoddard Cancer Center and Boone County Hospital. Those wishing to express their sympathies through a memorial may direct their gift to the family. | ||
