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.
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| Lois E. Phipps, 84, of Dyersville, Iowa died Wednesday, April 8 2009, at University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City, Iowa after a brief illness.
Lois was born on July 30, 1924, in Chillicothe, Missouri, the daughter of Clyde and Lena (Burner) Siders. On February 14, 1945, she married Warren A. Phipps at the South Beaver Baptist Parsonage in Boone County, Iowa. She greatly enjoyed her family and was as involved as she could be with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Her favorite pastimes included cooking family dinners, knitting, crocheting and reading. Lois is a member of the Evangelical Free Church of Dyersville and past member of the Ridgeport, South Beaver, Burnside, and Ames Baptist Churches. Lois also held many positions in the Sunday school, Bible study groups and women’s church groups. She was preceded in death by her husband, Warren; parents; 2 sisters, Verna Siders in infancy and Isabelle (Eldon) Norman; 3 brothers Cleveland R. “Bud”, Hobert and Jesse Siders; a brother-in-law, Donald Crapser and a sister-in-law, Elizabeth Siders. Survivors include her daughters Ellen L. Boker of Otho, Iowa. and Claudia S. Heiderscheit and husband Bill of Dyersville, Iowa, one son Craig A. Phipps, DVM and wife Debra of Waukon Iowa; 5 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren Mark and Kerri Boker and their children, Kalib, Kyra and Keely of Rolfe, Iowa, Jason and Nicole Boker and their son, Joel, of Ankeny, Iowa, Chad and Erica Boker and their children, Molly and Lily, of Ankeny, Iowa, Josh Phipps of Waukon, Iowa and Kaitlin Phipps and fiancée, Brian Melcher of Monona, Iowa; one brother C.L. “Larry” Siders; two sisters Nell Borrusch and husband Cal Borrusch and Merna Crapser; several nieces and nephews and many friends. Services will be held on Wednesday morning, April 15th at 11:00 a.m. at the Stark-Welin Chapel in Boone with Rev. Keith Amunson officiating. Interment will be in the Mineral Ridge Cemetery in Ridgeport northwest of Boone. Friends may call on Monday evening, April 13th, from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Kramer Funeral Home in Dyersville, Iowa. Visitations will continue Wednesday morning, April 15th, at the Stark-Welin Chapel in Boone from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service. Information is available and condolences may be expressed at www.starkwelin.com or www.kramerfuneral.com | ||
