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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John Echternach | ||
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| John Echternach, 84, formerly of Boone, passed away at his home in Lakeland, Florida on Monday, July 27, 2009 due to cancer.
He was born on June 12, 1925 in Boone, Iowa the son of Chester and Norma (Mauch) Echternach. John lived his early years in Boone graduating from Boone High School in 1943. Following graduation, he joined the Navy and served on an LST in the Pacific Theatre during WWII. He entered college, was recalled to service during the Korean War, and was a commissioned officer as an Army pilot. In 1961, he moved to Sidney, Nebraska. He was always involved in finance and business and eventually became Vice President of First State Bank of Lodgepole, Nebraska. His parents and a brother, Chet preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife of 42 years Mary Jane Echternach; a daughter Pattilee Brown; 2 sons Ron Echternach and Tim Echternach and wife Sara all of Columbia, Missouri; a stepson Brett Downey and wife Judy of Chicago, Illinois; a brother Harry Echternach of Whittier, California; a sister Joyce Dunn and husband Chuck of Burns Flat, Oklahoma; 8 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. His body has been cremated. Graveside services and interment, with full military honors with presentation of the flag will be conducted by the Boone Veterans Council, will be held on Saturday morning, October 3rd at 10:30 a.m. at the Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone with Dr. Marcia Rich officiating. | ||
