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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Thomas A. Pietz | ||
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| Thomas A. Pietz, 64, of Boone passed away at the Boone County Hospital on Tuesday morning, July 7, 2009 of heart failure.
He was born on October 3, 1944 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, the son of Alfred and Esther (Bodemer) Pietz. Tom graduated from high school in Oshkosh and attended Valparaiso University. Later, he served in the U.S. Army and was stationed in Korea during the Viet Nam War. In December of 1968, he married Sally A. Hasse. They were married for 23 years and had two daughters. On May 5, 1995, he married Victoria J. Andrews. Tom and his family moved to Boone in 1971, where he was co-owner of Oshkosh Tanning Company until 1995. He was a member of The Augustana Lutheran Church and a lifetime member of the VFW, Post #817 of Boone. Tom served on the Boone Parks Foundation, Augustana Lutheran Church Foundation and held various positions with the VFW. He had a passion for model railroading and crafting wooden toys and dollhouses, which he donated to many charitable organizations. His wooden trains are treasured by his family. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends, boating, golfing, fishing trips, and the family pets His parents and sister, Judy, preceded him in death. Survivors include his wife of 14 years, Vicki of Boone; his daughters Angie Tucker and husband Scott of Sebastian, Florida and Heidi Heintz and husband James of Ames, Iowa; his grandchildren Ari and McKenna Tucker; and Noah, Holly, Paige and Landrey Heintz; and Vicki’s son Barry Niese and wife Darla and their children Madeline, Simon, Avanelle and Ezra all of Portland, Oregon. Services will be held on Saturday morning, July 11th at 10:00 a.m. at the Augustana Lutheran Church in Boone with Pastor Dick Dahle officiating. Interment will be in the Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone with full military honors conducted by the Boone Veterans Council. 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 until 7:30 p.m. to greet friends. Visitations will continue at the Church on Saturday morning from 8:30 a.m. until the time of service. Those wishing to express their sympathies through a memorial may direct their gift to the Foundation for the Boone Area Humane Society, Augustana Lutheran Church or the Festival of Hope Foundation. | ||
