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The <strong>Pacesetter</strong><br />
SPRING <strong>2018</strong><br />
Some of the Tribute<br />
Hartland team posing<br />
with cut out Christie<br />
Zach, Kendall, Janelle, Cut out<br />
Christie, Danny, Clyde, and<br />
Adriane.<br />
See more of Cut Out Christie’s<br />
adventures on Instagram,<br />
@iccfa_president_christie<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 />
Jackie Woelfel<br />
Family Service Counselors<br />
Pinelawn Memorial Park<br />
My life/professional journey includes private business<br />
ownership, government youth social service and cemetery<br />
family service. Quite the odd combination. I believe all<br />
things happens for a reason. The difficulty is discovering<br />
the reason. I am a proud mom of a fine young man who<br />
is working towards a degree in business management.<br />
He is following in his mom’s footsteps!! We have lived in<br />
Menomonee Falls all of my son’s life. We love our home,<br />
neighbors and community. My life philosophy is to be kind<br />
today. “Make” somebodies day!<br />
Sarah Soetenga<br />
Family Service Counselor<br />
Pinelawn Memorial Park<br />
My integrity is very important to me and is used in all<br />
my interactions. I believe in helping families find the<br />
right solutions for their needs and hopefully making<br />
friends along the way. I am an animal lover who volunteered<br />
at the WIHS for 3.5 years, assisting with<br />
adoptions. I have 2 dogs that I am thankful for every<br />
day. I love history and my favorite way of learning it is<br />
through personal stories.
NEW FACES<br />
Gina Literski<br />
Family Service Counselor<br />
Restlawn Memorial Park<br />
Born and raised in St. Louis, MO, Gina is thrilled to have<br />
the opportunity to help the community and families in need<br />
during one of their most difficult times. Having just laid her<br />
own Mother to rest in Restlawn in December 2017, Gina can<br />
relate to the varying stages of grief that families may be experiencing.<br />
She is kind-hearted, patient and informed. An avid<br />
movie fan, gourmet cook, fantastic baker and genuinely nice<br />
person. Gina is also the mother of 4 adult children, grandmother<br />
of 7, and sponsors 2 overseas children in need. Twin<br />
cats round out the household.<br />
Deanna Doxtator<br />
Family Service Counselor<br />
Fort Howard Memorial Park<br />
Deanna was born in Green Bay, WI. She attended Bayport,<br />
and Southwest High Schools. Growing up, she spent a lot of<br />
time with her grandparents. The majority of summer breaks<br />
included going up north, biking, visiting family, and a lot of<br />
shopping with her Grandma. Deanna has a three year old<br />
son. They enjoy walking on the Bay Mountain Trail, swimming,<br />
watching movies, and playing at the park. She looks<br />
forward to being supportive, helpful, and giving a great experience<br />
to all families at, or looking to be with, Fort Howard<br />
Memorial Park.
NEW FACES<br />
Amber Pender<br />
Office Manager<br />
Restlawn Memorial Park<br />
Amber was born and raised in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula<br />
and attended Northern Michigan University where she<br />
studied Management of Health and Fitness. After having<br />
their twins, James and Lillian in 2016, Amber and her<br />
husband Matt decided to relocate to Wisconsin in <strong>2018</strong> to<br />
be closer to their families. In her spare time, she likes to be<br />
with her family and friends, paint canvases and bake. With<br />
her previous customer service experience, she strives to<br />
give families the best experience at Restlawn Memorial Park<br />
possible.<br />
Bryce Swiechowski<br />
Grounds<br />
Restlawn Memorial Park
NEW FACES<br />
Mark Kuelling<br />
Freeport IL Plant<br />
My name is Mark Kuelling, I am 49 years old. I have lived in<br />
Forreston, IL for 47 of my 49 years, 24 years of those<br />
years I have been married to my lovely wife, Sandy. I have 4<br />
children, Mathew 30, Morgan 18, Sydney 18, and Cade 18.<br />
Yes the last 3 are triplets. One Granddaughter, Hadley who<br />
is almost 2 (much more fun being a Grandpa!!!). I have<br />
coahed Pop Warner and JR. High Football for 12 years in<br />
Forreston.<br />
Hans Hauser<br />
Freeport IL Plant<br />
Hans was born and raised in Switzerland, he then moved<br />
to the United States on Sept 1979.<br />
He helped a farmer and then farmed himself for 23 years.<br />
Then he was a involved with the farming on Foley Farms,<br />
Pearl City, IL for 10 years. He also was employed by Tri-<br />
State Tours and drove a tour bus all over the United States<br />
for 11 years. He is now our main driver for Tribute Pre<br />
cast-Freeport.<br />
He is married to Karen and between the 2 of them they<br />
have 5 grown children.
Congratulations to Christie!<br />
She accepted her position as<br />
President for the ICCFA<br />
in April at the<br />
ICCFA Conference in Vegas.<br />
Starting from the left:<br />
Clyde and his wife Lu-<br />
Ann, Bill, Tim, Barb,<br />
Zach, Jake, Christie,<br />
Sam, Zach, Kim, Adriane.
Christie at the<br />
Kettle Moraine<br />
Trail Blazer Event<br />
I was inducted as a Trailblazer in 2014<br />
and each year, they invite us back to<br />
be at the ceremony.<br />
This year, they invited us to also speak<br />
to classrooms about our career<br />
journey and I was able to talk to two<br />
of the charter schools: KM Global and<br />
KM School of Health Sciences. The<br />
Health Science kids were especially<br />
intrigued because Kettle Moraine is<br />
the only high school in the country<br />
who allows their students to dissect<br />
human remains as part of their<br />
cirricullum. The kids were very<br />
engaged and had wonderful<br />
questions for me in the presentations.<br />
Pinelawn Memorial Parks<br />
new sign was installed this<br />
year.
Kim Krieg’s son Victor graduated<br />
on June 10th from Mukwonago<br />
High School. He will be attending<br />
UW-Platteville in the fall majoring<br />
in software engineering.<br />
CONGRATS <strong>2018</strong> GRADS<br />
Erica Wilkie (Pinelawn<br />
Manager) and her son<br />
Addison at his graduation.<br />
Addison is also working<br />
on the grounds crew at<br />
Pinelawn for the summer.<br />
Jacob graduated from UW-Madison on May 12th<br />
with a degree in Economics and Finance. Christie<br />
and Tim’s family attended the ceremony with their<br />
parents (Bill and Barb Toson), Jacob’s girlfriend,<br />
Michaela, Christie’s sister, Angie and nephew,<br />
Hudson. Jake hopes to get into investments and is<br />
working on his licensing to become certified as a<br />
financial consultant. The first test is in June.<br />
CONGRATS<br />
JACOB!!
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at Restlawn Memorial Park for<br />
Peaceful Crossings Cremation Garden.
Restlawn<br />
Memorial<br />
Park<br />
On May 19th Restlawn<br />
Memorial Park recognized<br />
the significant life of Medal of<br />
Honor recipient, Jerome Sudut.<br />
A new memorial was placed in<br />
his honor.
Memorial Day Program<br />
@<br />
Pinelawn Memorial Park<br />
Milwaukee, WI<br />
Jeff Kovnesky<br />
Christie Hentges<br />
Avenue of Flags<br />
induction<br />
Paul Costanzo<br />
Rufus<br />
Approximately 150 people attended Pinelawn’s annual Memorial Day Program,<br />
which included wonderful music by The Jackie Brown Band, inductions of 4 families<br />
into the Avenue of Flags program, guest speaker John Margowski, the local girl<br />
scouts troop raising of the flag, and powerful benediction / invocation from Paul<br />
Costanzo, who helps Pinelawn with many different types of programs.
Each of our parks are offering Cinema in the Cemetery<br />
events free to their communities again this summer.<br />
Pinelawn, Friday, June 8th - To Kill a Mockingbird<br />
Restlawn, Friday, June 15th - Wizard of Oz<br />
Fort Howard, Friday, June 22nd - Willy Wonka and the<br />
Chocolate Factory<br />
Pinelawn, Friday, July 13th - Poltergiest<br />
Pinelawn, Friday, August 10th - movie unannounced<br />
Fort Howard, Friday, August 17th - Hocus Pocus<br />
Restlawn, Friday, August 24th - Sandlot<br />
Restlawn, Friday, September 21st - The Goonies
Congratulations Danny<br />
(Associate Architect at<br />
Hartland Office) on your<br />
first home purchase!<br />
Zach (Architect at the<br />
Hartland Office) and his<br />
family are constructing a<br />
1,000 sqft, 3 car attached<br />
garage this summer. Zach<br />
designed and assembled the<br />
construction documents,<br />
worked through local<br />
permitting, self-performed<br />
the earthwork, oversaw the<br />
concrete contractor’s work<br />
and now is framing and<br />
finishing the garage himself!<br />
He hopes to have paint on by<br />
the time the snow flies, while<br />
still having fun this summer!
East Tenneesee<br />
State Veterans<br />
Cemetery<br />
TPS just completed the supply and installation of 900 columbarium niches.<br />
Product was manufactured out of our Freeport manufacturing facility.
Nathan Topp<br />
Ashley, IN<br />
Completed his NPCA Certification,<br />
National Precast Concrete Association<br />
Congrats to James Lameyer (Freeport location) & family!<br />
The story begins on August<br />
25, 2016 when James first<br />
became “Poppy” to a sweet<br />
baby granddaughter. She was<br />
named Madeline Joy Sensintaffar.<br />
On June 2nd Maddie<br />
became a big sister and<br />
James is now a grandpa to his<br />
first grandson. Levi Gabriel<br />
Sensintaffar was born at a big<br />
8 pounds 15 ounces and was<br />
21 inches long, almost twice<br />
the size of Maddie. Mom and<br />
son are both doing well.<br />
Poppy couldn’t be prouder!
Fort Howard Memorial Park Updates!<br />
• New Backhoe<br />
• Glass Front Niche Wall Units<br />
• New wood floors to replace old carpeting<br />
• Removed wallpaper and painted office walls<br />
and bathroom walls.<br />
• New Bar for celebration services
Total sales for all locations - $414,451<br />
Total property sales for all locations - $160,566<br />
Total preneed sales for all locations - $265,072<br />
50% of all transactions were preneed, and these<br />
preneed transactions generated 64% of our<br />
total sales volume.<br />
PRENEED IS WHERE IT HAPPENS!!!<br />
Top producing sales by location – Pinelawn<br />
Top producing property sales by counselor – Kelly Pretty at<br />
Pinelawn<br />
Top producing preneed sales by counselor – Kelly Pretty at<br />
Pinelawn<br />
Great job Kelly Pretty!
Moscato Punch, yum!<br />
Refreshing and delicious if you are<br />
interested in an easy summer drink!<br />
White Moscato<br />
Pink Lemonade<br />
7 up<br />
Fresh Strawberries/Limes/Lemon to top<br />
HAVE A GREAT<br />
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