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For Immediate Release For More Information, Please Contact: Gary Freytag 513.681.7526  [email protected] or Robert Treadway 1.800.645.7700  [email protected]

FREYTAG ELECTED TREASURER OF INTERNATIONAL CEMETERY, CREMATION AND FUNERAL ASSOCIATION

STERLING, VA (April 24, 2014) – Gary Freytag, CCFE, president and chief executive officer of the Spring Grove Family in Cincinnati, Ohio, was elected treasurer of the

International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association during its 2014 Annual

Convention & Exposition, April 8-11 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

The Spring Grove Family includes Spring Grove Cemetery, the Gwen Mooney

Funeral Home and Oak Hill Cemetery. Freytag joined Spring Grove in 2003 and is responsible for all aspects of the organization, which provides more than 1,600 cemetery and 800 funeral services annually.

Freytag has served as secretary of ICCFA and several terms on the Board of

Directors. He was also co-chairman of the 2014 ICCFA Annual Convention.

Prior to joining Spring Grove, Freytag was vice president and treasurer for Eagle

Picher, a manufacturing organization, and also ran companies in automotive-related manufacturing and technology consulting.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Dartmouth College in 1984 and has a master’s degree in business administration from the Harvard School of Business.

He has been a speaker at multiple industry events including ICCFA Fall Management, ICFA University, OACFP and SCA. He is also an active member of both the Cemetery

Council and the Historic Cemetery Alliance.

A long-time resident of Cincinnati, Freytag is engaged in the local community, serving on multiple boards of directors. He has been most active in youth sports, coaching more than a dozen football and basketball teams ranging from the third to eighth grade.

Founded in 1887, the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association is the only international trade association representing all segments of the cemetery, cremation, funeral and memorialization profession. Its membership is composed of more than 7,500 rooftop locations and 15,000 professionals in the cemetery, funeral home and crematory industries, as well as supplier and related businesses worldwide.