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When it comes to end-of-life care, you and your family have choices. However, the most important one may be which funeral home you select. Listen in as partner-director Mark Scheidt expands on the subject in our latest spot — plus brief testimonials from families we've served.
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We're pleased to be recognized as Fort Wayne's Best Funeral Home for the third time in three years. It's proof positive that our brand of care — authentic, local and deriving from a deep sense of mission — is speaking directly to Fort Wayne families and helping them heal.
It gives us great pleasure to announce we've been nominated for Readers' Choice 2021 Best Funeral Home category, an honor we won in 2019 and 2020. We're so grateful to you, our families, and Fort Wayne readers. We invite you to show your support and VOTE !
BEST OF FORT WAYNE: In a year of consequential firsts that had many businesses making adjustments, being voted at the top of their category for the second year in row demonstrates an important level of consistency and poise.
Business Weekly's Forty Under 40 Awards Night: Jarod Steffen (right) with his wife Molly and business partner Mark Scheidt and his wife Mona.
Military Funeral Ceremony: Volunteer Honor Guard members were recruited to attend Thompson's service to honor his memory as a serviceman in the U.S. Navy. Thompson died on May 26th, 2020, one day after Memorial Day.
Last Thursday morning we were invited to speak to senior members of the Parkview Family YMCA . The presentation was entitled "Planning for the Future," and we were joined by attorney Charles Backs , a partner with Beers Mallers Backs & Salin , who spoke to the audience about estate planning, veteran's benefits and Medicaid planning. Our part -- pre-arrangement funeral planning -- can seem like a sobering change of topic at first. It has weight and finality to it because it asks us to imagine a world without us. However, the alternative, leaving such decisions entirely to others, may be harder to accept for some people. "If you're an organized person, someone who likes to have their affairs in order, you're going to be bothered by not having a final roadmap," Jill Jordan said. "It can be especially hard on surviving family." Jordan joined FairHaven last year and is a sensible advocate for getting the facts on preplanning. Lisa Schenkel, who also helps client families at FairHaven, had this to say, "We advise people to give it some thought by listening to the benefits. The planning part is fairly straightforward and can give you and your family the clarity everyone needs and deserves to carry out your wishes." Both Schenkel and Jordan are experienced, state-licensed pre-arrangement counselors. They are quick to point out that pre-arrangement planning has the added benefit of cost certainty and being able to pay on more relaxed terms over time. Most people don't realize that funeral charges are due on completion. "Even if people choose not to act immediately, we think the education that goes with planning ahead is invaluable," Schenkel said. "We're open to those talks anytime. They're completely complimentary and there's absolutely no obligation."
FairHaven Funeral Home hosted the North Chapter Spring Conference for the Indiana Vital Record Association.
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Not unlike everyday homeowners, when the family grows, so too does the house. FairHaven Funeral Home has been seeing considerably more people attending services in the last nine months, largely due to the appeals the new owners have created and their close ties to the community. As a result, they're expanding their building envelop with an addition to the facility. "We are incredibly excited about the project," Jarod Steffen, one of four partner-directors at FairHaven, wrote in an email Wednesday. "This wouldn't be possible without the enormous trust families have put in us. The community is behind us, and we want to provide the very best experience we can for them." The locally owned funeral home provides exceptional value to families by often being priced lower than competitors. However, it's the service experience that customers frequently cite in reviews in search and social media. FairHaven was built only a few years ago, in 2015, and with a thoroughly contemporary design and decor, it has become a sanctuary for families that feels very different from funeral homes in the past. "It's bright, airy and fresh. It's not maudlin and it doesn't frighten children," another partner-director, Lucas Glessner, said. "We think our emphasis on local values, our building, and our huge-hearted, no-holds-barred attention to service is starkly different from what the corporately-owned funeral homes offer in Fort Wayne." FairHaven Funeral Home has chosen Lengacher Brothers Construction to complete the project. The renovation, which has been estimated at over one-quarter million dollars, will include the chapel expansion, another arrangement room and additional office space. While there will be some inconvenience related to the construction, careful scheduling will result in few noticeable disruptions to services and family consultations. "For us, it will continue to be about looking after families and their loved ones," Glessner said. "Our house is still a home to families when such a loss occurs."
