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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| June L. Thomason, 91, formerly of 1123 West 1st Street and the Eastern Star Masonic Home in Boone passed away at the Evangelical Free Church Home in Boone on Monday morning, October 19, 2009 where she had been a resident for the past week.
She was born on June 1, 1918 in Boone, Iowa the daughter o f Charles F. and Blenda (Anderson) Lundstrom. On August 30, 1942, she married George Munson. The couple divorced in July of 1958. On November 21, 1962, she married Leonard Thomason at Princeton, Missouri. In 1936, June graduated from Boone High School, where she completed a commercial course and was a member of the Honor Society. During her early career, she was a secretary in law offices in Boone and Ames. She was employed by Iowa State University from which she retired in May of 1980. She was a member of the Augustana Lutheran Church where she was a Sunday School teacher and also served as secretary. June was a faithful volunteer with RSVP, serving the Historical Society, Mamie Eisenhower’s Birthplace, the Tourist Information Center, Boone and Scenic Valley Railway, and was for many years the chairperson of the kitchen committee for the Boone County Chapter of AARP. Her parents; husband Leonard in February of 1980; 3 brothers Clarence, Charles H. and William Lundstrom; and a sister Thelma Bohlender preceded her in death. Survivors include her sister Ruth Carlson of Boone; stepson Daryl Thomason and stepdaughter Mary Linn Thomason of Ames, many nieces and nephews. Her body was cremated. There will be no visitations. Graveside services and interment will be on Tuesday morning, October 27th at 11:00 a.m. at the Linwood Park Cemetery in Boone with Pastor Dick Dahle officiating. | ||
