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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Doug Bullard | ||
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| Douglas Ross Bullard, 89, of 1116 19th Street in Boone, Iowa passed away at the Israel Family Hospice House in Ames, Iowa on Wednesday morning, October 21, 2009.
He was born October 8, 1920 in Pine Island Minnesota, the son of Luther “Pug” and Doris (Schmoll) Bullard. Doug graduated from High School at Arlington, Minnesota in 1938. He was always interested in trains. He started working as a station helper for the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway at Arlington after graduation, and at various other stations in Minnesota and Iowa. In April 1941, he was hired as a telegrapher on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, and worked at various stations between Clinton and Council Bluffs, Iowa. Doug retired from the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad in September of 1980, after becoming a car distributor at Boone. He served with the 1st Marine Division during World War II in the Pacific Theatre including Okinawa and China. Doug was honorably discharged on May 6, 1946 and returned to work with the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad at Boone. On August 17, 1948, he married Darlene Blue in Hospers, Iowa. Doug was a member of the Central Christian Church, Masons Mt. Olive Lodge #79 AF&AM and the Marine Corps League. He worked for the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway and retired from the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad after 39 years. His parents and a sister preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife, Darlene, and three children, Nancy Martinez and husband Thomas of Colorado, Carol Cowan and husband Duane of Ames and Luther Bullard and wife Paula of Des Moines; twelve grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; a sister Mary Putzier; and nieces and nephews. His body has been cremated. A memorial service will be held on Saturday morning, October 24th at 10:00 a.m. at the Stark-Welin Chapel in Boone with Rev. Paul Fraser officiating. Interment with presentation of the flag by the Marine Corps League will be at Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone. Friends may call at the Stark-Welin Chapel in Boone on Friday evening, October 23rd from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. with the family present during that time to greet friends. Visitations will continue on Saturday morning from 8:00 a.m. until the time of service. In lieu of flowers, those wishing to express their sympathies through a memorial may direct their gift to to the Central Christian Church and Israel Family Hospice House. | ||
