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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 />

Follow us on Facebook & Instagram<br />

The Tribute Companies<br />

Pinelawn Memorial Park<br />

Restlawn Memorial Park<br />

Fort Howard Memorial Park<br />

Gardens of Stone Bank<br />

@thetributecompanies

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