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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Sezzea Sheets
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Sezzea Elota Sheets, 85, formerly of Franklin, Texas and currently of Boone, Iowa passed away at the Eastern Star Masonic Home - Hearth Stone Center in Boone on Friday morning, August 14, 2009. She had been a resident at the Home since April of 2008. She was born on February 2, 1924 in Franklin, Texas the daughter of Travis and Irene (Mauk) Wilkins. On May 4, 1946, she married Norman L. Sheets in Houston, Texas. Sezzea was an offset print operator in the printing department at Iowa State University in Ames for over 20 years before retiring. She enjoyed reading, doing word puzzles and playing board games. She was a member of the Augustana Lutheran Church and a retired member of the Hospital Auxiliary and RSVP. Her parents; husband Norman in 1971; and 3 brothers; Travis, Jack and Henry Wilkins preceded her in death. She is survived by her sister Biddie C. Hanson of Boone; 2 sisters-in-law Irene Wilkins of Ankeny, Iowa and Peggy Wilkins of Franklin, Texas; nieces, nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews. In accordance to Sezzea’s wishes, her body will be cremated, with no public service planned. Private disposition of her cremains will be held at a later date. Those wishing to express their sympathies through a memorial may direct their gift to the Eastern Star Masonic Home – Hearth Stone Center or the Augustana Lutheran Church both of Boone.