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The <strong>Pacesetter</strong><br />
<strong>Winter</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />
The Tribute Companies ~ Tribute Precast Systems ~ Tribute Design Systems ~ Pinelawn Memorial Park ~ Restlawn Memorial Park ~ Fort Howard Memorial Park ~ The Gardens of StoneBank
NEW FACES<br />
Maggie Attoe<br />
Home Office - Hartland<br />
Regional Sales Manager<br />
Maggie has a degree in Environmental Studies and<br />
Geology from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh.<br />
As the Western Regional Sales Manager, Maggie travels<br />
and networks across the area which includes Wisconsin,<br />
Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa.<br />
Janelle Korinek<br />
Home Office - Hartland<br />
Payroll<br />
Zachary Rasmussen<br />
Home Office - Hartland<br />
Project Architect AIA
In the Meantime...<br />
Christie, Danny, and Ruxy at their<br />
Conceal and Carry class. Christie got her<br />
license!<br />
Ellen participated in Milwaukee’s Fashion Week and<br />
performed at 94.5 KTI Country’s Jake and Tanner<br />
Live in downtown Milwaukee between August and<br />
September 2016.<br />
Kim’s son Victor was published<br />
online in “Lake Country Now”!<br />
Eagle resident Victor Krieg, 16, earned his Eagle Scout rank in the Boy Scouts of America on Nov. 27. Krieg is a member<br />
of Mukwonago Troop 363, which is chartered by Mukwonago American Legion Post 375. Eagle Scout is the highest<br />
rank attainable in the Boy Scouts of America. The designation “Eagle Scout” was founded in 1912. Only 4 percent of Boy<br />
Scouts earn this rank after a lengthy review process. The requirements necessary to achieve the rank take years to fulfill.<br />
Although 21 merit badges are required to earn Eagle rank, Krieg earned 34 merit badges in areas ranging from wilderness<br />
survival skills, cooking, shooting sports, and nuclear science. One of the main requirements for the Eagle Scout rank is<br />
to plan, develop, and give leadership to others in a service project helpful to any religious institution, any school, or the<br />
community. To meet this requirement, Krieg led a team of fellow scouts, youth, and adults on a service project at All<br />
Saints Lutheran Church in Wales. The project consisted of painting four Sunday School rooms and the hall connecting<br />
them, as well as refurbishing some storage cabinets in the rooms. Krieg plans to remain active in Boy Scouts, and is also<br />
a member of its national honor society, the Order of the Arrow, where he holds a youth position on the local chapter’s<br />
executive committee.
Maggie Attoe provided us with a great story<br />
from Springfield, Illinois! The first picture is Abraham<br />
Lincoln’s monument in Springfield Illinois. It was<br />
amazing! The second picture is the outside of his<br />
Mausoleum. Him, his wife and two children are buried<br />
there. His eldest was buried in Arlington.<br />
The next picture is a mausoleums outside at a cemetery<br />
in Illinois. I thought it was kind of funny and reminded<br />
me of Fred Flinstone. But it’s actually an old Senator of<br />
SpringField Illinois who’s buried there.<br />
Next is my very favorite it’s called Eternal Silence. It’s<br />
located in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago Illinois. This<br />
was one of the most unbelievable monuments and<br />
statues I’ve seen. It’s made of all bronze and is extremely<br />
eerie but wonderful. It stands around seven feet tall!<br />
Then there is a beautiful stained glass window located<br />
at Resurrection Mausoleum and Cemetery in Chicago<br />
Illinois. This one is unbelievably large and so ornate.<br />
There’s also a fun ghost story about Resurrection Mary,<br />
look it up!
Clyde has a new addition to announce to the<br />
Rupnow family!<br />
This little guy has brought a lot of enjoyment to<br />
the lives of his grandparents Clyde and Lu Ann<br />
Rupnow. Croix is looking forward to the birth of<br />
his new sister or brother in June. Clyde and LuAnn<br />
are also anticipating the wedding of their son<br />
Andrew to his fiancée Andrea later this summer.<br />
Little Angels<br />
Adriane welcomed<br />
a new member to<br />
the family! Nephew<br />
Henry, son of<br />
her sister Katie.<br />
Congratulations!<br />
A photo from Zach’s son’s<br />
2nd ‘Paw-Patrol’ birthday<br />
party. This is their family<br />
posing with the homemade<br />
birthday cake.<br />
Created in the shape of a<br />
bone! They enjoyed having<br />
friends and family over to<br />
celebrate Blake. Featured:<br />
Zach, his wife Erica, his<br />
daughter Hailey (5 yrs.)<br />
and son Blake (2 yrs.)
“So I am the crazy winner of the Tribute Torch<br />
Bearer Award for both January and February. My<br />
sales volume for the first two months of the year is<br />
$122,876. What I attribute to my success is coming to<br />
work with a positive attitude, persistence, and always<br />
striving to better myself through training and selfeducation.<br />
In January, I was awarded a scholarship<br />
from the ICCFA to attend the Wide World of Sales<br />
Conference in Phoenix, AZ. I spend a lot of my free<br />
time reading industry periodicals, books, and my<br />
favorite passion: volunteering. There is a strong Greek<br />
presence at Pinelawn Memorial Park and I regularly<br />
volunteer at the local Greek churches, networking<br />
and becoming familiar with their culture and<br />
heritage. This allows me to better understand how to<br />
prearrange their cemetery arrangements. I am proud<br />
of my accomplishments at St. Constantine & Helen<br />
Greek Orthodox Church because the repertoire I have<br />
built with the clergy and members is enabling me to<br />
send out a cemetery prearrangement letter to over<br />
400 families offering special incentives for making<br />
arrangements with me. My annual goal for <strong>2017</strong> is<br />
$1,000,000 dollars in commissionable sales volume.<br />
I’m going to continue to hit the ground running!<br />
Meanwhile, My scholarship is through the International<br />
Cemetery, Cremation, and Funeral Association. I just<br />
found out that my scholarship is funded by Regions Bank.<br />
The ICCFA University consists of a five-day intensive<br />
instruction in one of the following colleges at the University<br />
of Memphis in Memphis, TN. The dates are July 21-26,<br />
<strong>2017</strong>. It covers everything from 21st Century Services,<br />
Cremation Services, International Studies, Funeral Home<br />
Management, Land Management & Grounds Operations,<br />
Leadership, Administration & Management, to Sales &<br />
Marketing. I selected to attend the College of International<br />
Studies because I want to learn more about the customs,<br />
religions, and traditions that impact funeral and cemetery<br />
practices. I wish to take what I learned and apply these<br />
ideas to growing our business within these cultures. I will<br />
be learning from top leaders in the Funeral, Cemetery, and<br />
Cremation industry and have the ability to take my interest<br />
in the profession to the next level.”<br />
A picture of Joe Scanlan from Pinelawn<br />
Memorial Park, with his new baby, Larry.<br />
- Kelly Pretty<br />
Sales Manager
David Line’s volume last month (February) was<br />
about 47,000. The average number of hours<br />
that he spends on the phone every day is about<br />
3. He gets in at 8am, sets up for appointments,<br />
reviews his schedule, and makes calls in<br />
between meetings with families.<br />
When addressing at-need families, he<br />
immediately asks about the deceased person’s<br />
life. People love to share their loved one’s<br />
personality and adventures. While meeting<br />
with a family for the first time, the question<br />
that always breaks the ice is, “How long have<br />
you lived in the area?” Most people have lived<br />
here their whole lives and reflect on their work<br />
or family and friends. He attributes his success<br />
to keeping an upbeat attitude regardless of<br />
what last month’s profits were and always<br />
looking ahead. Continuing to keep activity<br />
and approach each appointment with a fersh<br />
outlook.<br />
Congratulations to Sue at Restlawn<br />
Sue Syring sold the private estate that has been on display at Restlawn<br />
for many years. We were happy to see this sell and Sue did a great job<br />
uncovering this sales opportunity.
These photgraphs are from Resurrection<br />
Cemetery in the Chicago, Illinois area.<br />
The manager claimed that they are the<br />
largest stained glass windows in the USA.<br />
Please visit www.tributeinc.com<br />
to read articles published this summer written<br />
by Christie Hentges & Ellen Bley.<br />
(The articles are under Resource/Industry News)