Our Generous Donors

2023 Honor Roll of Donors

The Selected Educational Trust is pleased to recognize those individuals and organizations whose support during 2022 has helped make our educational and workforce development programs successful. Thank you!

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2023 Donors
Updated October 31, 2023

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General Support Donors

Alhiser-Comer Mortuary, Megan Comer, Escondido, CA (In memory of Stuart Comer)
Jack W. Allen, Ingram Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., Cumming, GA (In honor of 2023 Ambassador of the Year Award Recipients)
Anthony Funeral & Cremation Chapels, Mark K. Anthony, Rochester, NY
ASD, Kevin Czachor, Media, PA
Hatch Bailey, Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, Waco, TX (In honor of 2023 Ambassador of the Year Award Recipients)
Baker-Hazel & Snider Funeral Home & Crematory, Richard Snider, Dayton, OH (In memory of Jeanne Hazel)
Baue Family Charitable Fund, Lisa Baue, Saint Charles, MO (In memory of Richard Bibber)
Jennifer Bauer Eroh, Bauer Funeral Homes and Cremation Services, Inc, Kittanning, PA (In memory of W. Allen Bailey)
Beecher & Bennett, Inc., Arthur I. Erickson, Hamden, CT
The Billow Funeral Homes and Crematory, Charles M. Billow, Akron, OH (In honor of 2023 Ambassador of the Year Award Recipients)
Busch Funeral and Crematory Services, James H. Busch, Cleveland, OH (In memory of Charles Greco)
Busch Funeral and Crematory Services, James H. Busch, Cleveland, OH (In memory of Jeanne K. Hazel)
Busch Funeral and Crematory Services, James H. Busch, Cleveland, OH (In memory of Patricia Heald)
Busch Funeral and Crematory Services, James H. Busch, Cleveland, OH (In memory of Pat Iles)
Busch Funeral and Crematory Services, James H. Busch, Cleveland, OH (In memory of John Root)
Busch Funeral and Crematory Services, James H. Busch, Cleveland, OH (In memory of John Wild, Sr.)
Carlisle-Branson Funeral Service and Crematory, Chris Branson, Mooresville, IN (In honor of J Mitchell)
Carmon Community Funeral Homes, John C. Carmon, Windsor, CT (In memory of Richard Bibber)
Ann Ciccarelli, Bisbee-Porcella Funeral Home, Saugus MA (In honor of 2023 Ambassador of the Year Award Recipients)
Downing & Lahey Mortuary, Thomas R. Morris, Wichita, KS (In memory of Charles Greco)
Downing & Lahey Mortuary, Thomas R. Morris, Wichita, KS (In memory of John Wild, Sr.)
Downing & Lahey Mortuary, Thomas R. Morris, Wichita, KS
Arthur I. Erickson, Beecher & Bennett, Inc., Hamden, CT (In honor of 2023 Ambassador of the Year Award Recipients)
M. Robert Etzweiler Funeral Home, Ashlee G. Etzweiler, York, PA
Laurens B. Fish, Weed-Corley-Fish Funeral Home, Austin, TX (In honor of 2023 Ambassador of the Year Award Recipients)
Flanner Buchanan, Bruce Buchanan, Indianapolis, IN
Flanner Buchanan, Tony Lloyd, Indianapolis, IN
The Foresight Companies, Chris Cruger, Phoenix, AZ
Geisen Funeral, Cremation & Reception Centre, Larry Geisen, Crown Point, IN
John W. Haben, Haben Funeral Home & Crematory, Skokie, IL (In honor of 2023 Ambassador of the Year Award Recipients)
Hackman Family Funeral Homes, Gregory B. Hackman, Sturgis, MI (In memory of Barbara Broussard)
Hackman Family Funeral Homes, Gregory B. Hackman, Sturgis, MI (In memory of Robert and Barbara Hackman)
Haisley Funeral and Cremation Service, Richard F. Haisley, Fort Pierce, FL
Hinsey-Brown Funeral Service, Inc., Kevin D. Brown, New Castle, IN (In honor of Amy Hunt)
Hinsey-Brown Funeral Service, Inc., Kevin D. Brown, New Castle, IN (In honor of Greco-Hertnick Funeral Home)
Hinsey-Brown Funeral Service, Inc., Kevin D. Brown, New Castle, IN (In honor of McComas Funeral Homes)
Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapels, David Moore, Mason City, IA (In honor of Funeral Director Daily)
Iles Funeral Homes, Inc.-Dunn’s Funeral Home and Crematory, John Wild, Des Moines, IA
Jake J. Johnson, Johnson Consulting Group, Scottsdale, AZ (In honor of 2023 Ambassador of the Year Award Recipients)
Kelco, Alicia Carr, Big Lake, MN (In honor of 2023 Ambassador of the Year Award Recipients)
Kelco, Alicia Carr, Big Lake, MN
Keohane Funeral Home, John E. Keohane, Quincy, MA (In honor of 2023 Ambassador of the Year Award Recipients)
Keohane Funeral Home, John E. Keohane, Quincy, MA (In memory of Richard Bibber)
Lensing Funeral & Cremation Service, Michael Lensing, Iowa City, IA
Luce, Luze & Reck Funeral Homes, Tiffany Hofer, Miller, SD (In honor of Stefanie Favia)
Porter Loring, Porter Loring Mortuary, San Antonio, TX (In honor of 2023 Ambassador of the Year Award Recipients)
J. Todd Lumbard, Speers Funeral Chapel, Inc., Regina, SK (In honor of 2023 Ambassador of the Year Award Recipients)
McClendon-Winters Funeral Home, Jason Winters, Okmulgee, OK
The Meeks Mortuary and Crematory, David Cox, Muncie, IN
Scott Meierhoffer, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory, St. Joseph, MO (In honor of 2023 Ambassador of the Year Award Recipients)
James Tolleison Morriss VI, J.T. Morriss & Son, Inc., Petersburg, VA (In honor of 2023 Ambassador of the Year Award Recipients)
O’Connor Mortuary, Joseph G. Fitzgerald, Laguna Hills, CA
Pierson’s Funeral Service, Ltd., Michael J. Pierson, Calgary, AB, Canada (In memory of W. Allen Bailey)
Pierson’s Funeral Service, Ltd., Michael J. Pierson, Calgary, AB, Canada (In honor of 2023 Ambassador of the Year Award Recipients)
Pines Funerals, Robert Nunnaley, Carthage, NC
Robert A. Pumphrey Funeral Home, William A. Pumphrey, Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Inc.
Randy Schoedinger, Schoedinger & Company, Columbus, OH (In honor of 2023 Ambassador of the Year Award Recipients)
Barbara Risher Welch, Risher Mortuary & Cremation Service, Montebello, CA
Selected Study Groups – Gamechangers (In memory of Charles Greco)
Selected Study Groups – Group Sea (In memory of Bonita Thomas)
Selected Group 1 Fund (In memory of Richard Bibber)
Selected Group 1 Fund (In memory of Michael Rhoney)
Selected Group 4 Fund (In memory of Bruce Olson)
Brad Speaks, Speaks Chapel, Independence, MO (In honor of 2023 Ambassador of the Year Award Recipients)
The Speaks Foundation, Brad and Mary Kay Speaks, Independence, MO
Bruce Tannahill, Tannahill Funeral Home, Owen Sound, ON, Canada (In honor of 2023 Ambassador of the Year Award Recipients)
Richard C. Tetrick (In honor of 2023 Ambassador of the Year Award Recipients)
Trimble Funeral Home & Crematory, Eric and Barb Trimble, Moline, IL
Waite & Son Funeral Homes Medina Chapel, Christopher Waite, Medina, OH (In honor of Waite & Son Funeral Home 10 year Selected Membership)
Waite & Son Funeral Homes Medina Chapel, Christopher Waite, Medina, OH (In honor of 2023 Ambassador of the Year Award Recipients)
Washburn-McReavy Funeral Chapels, Inc., William McReavy, Minneapolis, MN
Whitney & Murphy Funeral Home, Al Asta, Phoenix, AZ
Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home, Joshua N. Blake, Waco, TX (In memory of Peter Douch)
Wise Funeral Service, David E. Wise, Bucyrus, OH
Denise Zoephel, Lakemoor, IL (In honor of Stefanie Favia)

Program Sponsors

C&J Financial, Madison, WI (Fall 2023 Second-Career Scholarship Program sponsor)
Gunderson Funeral Home, Madison, WI (Spring 2023 Second-Career Scholarship Program sponsor)
Homesteaders Life Company, West Des Moines, IA (2023 Selected Leadership Academy Scholarship sponsor)
National Guardian Life Insurance Company, Madison, WI (2023 Matching Gift Challenge)
Physicians Mutual, Omaha, NE (2023 Ambassador of the Year Awards Program sponsor)

Institute for Exceptional Funeral Service Sponsors

Baue Family Charitable Fund, Lisa Baue, Saint Charles, MO
Kimberly Farris-Luke, Farris Funeral Service, Inc., Abingdon, VA

Pyramid Builders Society

Tom E. Antram, French Funerals & Cremations, Albuquerque, NM (2021 – 2024)
Arthur I. Erickson, Beecher & Bennett Inc., Hamden CT (2022 -2025)
Kimberly Farris-Luke, Farris Funeral Service, Inc., Abingdon, VA (2020 – 2023)
Flanner Buchanan, Indianapolis, IN (2022 – 2025)
William Hawkins, Founder Angeleno Mortuaries (In honor of Tom Johnson) (2022 – 2025)
Hinsey-Brown Funeral Service, Inc., Kevin D. Brown, New Castle, IN (2022 – 2025)
John and Claudia Kepner, Raymer-Kepner Funeral Home, Huntersville, NC (2022 – 2025)
David H. Moore, Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapels, Mason City, IA (2020 – 2023)
Robert Nunnaley, Pines Funerals, Carthage, NC (2020 – 2026)
Kevin Schoedinger, Schoedinger & Company, Columbus, OH (2022 – 2025)
Sean and Cynthia Thompson, Thompson Funeral Chapel, Goodyear, AZ (2021 – 2024)
Baue Family Charitable Fund, Lisa Baue and John Devaney, Saint Charles, MO (2018 – 2021)
Charles M. Billow, The Billow Funeral Homes and Crematory, Akron, OH (2018 – 2021)
Mark Higgins, Durham, NC (2019 – 2022)
James M. Shure, Robert E Shure & Son Funeral Home, New Haven, CT (2019 – 2022)
Paul C. St. Pierre, CFSP,Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Service & Crematory, Greenwood, IN (2019 – 2022)
Eric and Barbara Trimble, Trimble Funeral Home & Crematory, Moline, IL (2018 – 2021)

Memorial Scholarships

A.S. Turner & Sons, Inc., Robert “Cy” Hume, Decatur, GA (In support of the Ralph S. Turner Memorial Scholarship)
French Funerals & Cremations, Tom Antram, Albuquerque, NM (In support of the Chester T. French Memorial Scholarship)
Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, Robert Justen and Nancy Justen, McHenry, IL (In support of the Mark L. Justen Memorial Scholarship)
Betty and Paul C. St. Pierre, CFSP, Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Service & Crematory, Greenwood, IN (In support of the Michael R. St. Pierre Memorial Scholarship)

Silent Auction Donors & Winning Bidders

Ballard-Durand Funeral & Cremation Services, Matthew Fiorillo, White Plains, NY
The Billow Company, Nathanael Billow, Akron, OH
Cremation Recycling
Etzweiler Family Funeral Service, Ashlee Etzweiler, York, PA
Stefanie Favia, Milwaukee, WI
Federated Insurance
Flanner Buchanan, Indianapolis, IN
Fry & Prickett Funeral Home, Robert Nunnaley, Carthage, NC
Ashley Gottlieb, Reno, NV
Graystone Associates
Gunderson Funeral and Cremation Care, Matt and Rachel Gunderson, Madison, WI
Hackman Family Funeral Homes, Greg Hackman, Sturgis, MI
Marguerite Ham, Igniting Success
Hinsey-Brown Funeral Service, Inc., Kevin Brown, New Castle, IN
Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapels, Dave Moore, Mason City, IA
Hughes Family Tribute Center, Stephanie Hughes, Dallas, TX
Johnson Consulting Group
Kelco
Keohane Funeral Home, John Keohane, Quincy, MA
Dean Lambert, Adel, IA
Lowe Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., JimmiAnne Lowe, Burlington, NC
Luce, Luze, & Reck Funeral Homes, Tiffany Pape Hofer, Miller, SD
C.R. Lyons & Sons, Inc., CR Lyons, Danvers, MA
Mahn Family Funeral Home, Inc., Joe Mahn, Red Wing, MN
Mankato Mortuary, Gayla Satre, Mankato, MN
McClendon-Winters Funeral Home, Jason Winters, Okmulgee, OK
Wes and Deb McReynolds, McHenry, IL
Messenger
J.T. Morriss & Son, Inc., Tolleison Morriss, Petersburg, VA
Pierson’s Funeral Service, Ltd., Michael Pierson, Calgary, AB, Canada
Panebaker Funeral Home & Cremation Care Center, Mike Newman, Hanover, PA
Rob Paterkiewicz, Gurnee, IL
Sarah Pojanowski, Mishawaka, IN
Precoa
Lacy Robinson, Prospect, KY
True Fitted by M. Kenny’s
Whitney and Murphy Funeral Home, Al Asta, Phoenix, AZ
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Copper Sponsors
Aftercare.com
Cadence
Davis Whitehall
Eternity’s Touch
Facultatieve Technologies (FT)
Federated Insurance
The Foresight Companies
Full-Circle Aftercare
Granville Urns
Graystone Associates
Heartland
Homesteaders Life Company
International Mortuary Shipping (IMS)
Live Oak Bank
Messenger
OneRoom
Passare
PlotBox
Tukios