NEW ENGLAND CEMETERY ASSOCIATION ENGL W AN OUNDED D E F 1902 N C E N M O I E T T INCORP. A E 1940 I R C Y ASSO Membership Directory & Resource Guide 2019 YOUR COLUMBARIUM SPECIALISTS NEW ENGLAND CEMETERY ASSOCIATION Serving New England Cemeteries for over 60 years... Membership Directory Turn small spaces into BIG profits! & Resource Guide 2019 ENGL W AN OUNDED D E F 1902 N C E N M O I E T T INCORP. A E 1940 I R C Y ASSO © New England Cemetery Association, 2019 www.newenglandcemetery.org New Englands cremation rate The NECA Membership Directory & Resource Guide is published for is above 50%... the exclusive use of its members. The names, addresses, and telephone numbers you must provide of the membership are not to be used by any non-member options! for the purpose of disseminating information or soliciting business without the express permission of the officers of the Association. Editor: Jim Holman, [email protected] Design: univoicehistory.com Watertown Engineering Corp. Cover photo: Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, Vermont 1.800.223.4396 • www.watertownengineering .com PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE James E. Holman A DIVERSE ASSOCIATION WITH DIFFERENT APPROACHES Dear Esteemed Colleagues, Last summer Patrick Healy put together a dynamic June Conference on the coast of Maine—now it’s my turn to invite you to the mountains of Vermont for the annual election of new officers and resource-rich congregation of suppliers. Please join us to share our unique perspectives in the industry, shared New England heritage and friendship. It might surprise you that we do not all approach things the same in New England. We seem to share our common experiences often, but these do not reflect our true makeup. Our Association is as diverse as our terrain, soils or personalities. Be careful not to fall into the trap of thinking you know how the other cemetery operates, or that they are just too different to offer relevant insight into your own operation. R. Buckminster Fuller once observed “we still say the words sunrise and sunset, even though we have known for hundreds of years that the earth revolves around the sun!” Someone then suggested alternatives which he quickly adopted. Limited experience gives us all a specialized viewpoint, a locally-focused “we know best” blindness and ignorance. This specialization can be debilitating, precluding the possible discovery of powerful tools to aid us. Remember that every time we meet as an Association we learn more, that we cannot possibly learn less. Would you like to test your know- how outside your own cemetery? These live meetings become pivotal in our lives. In the words of Fuller, I encourage you to “freshly reconsider thoughts relevant to our mutual interests.” This is the reason the New England Cemetery Association exists folks. We value your continued commitment. Respectfully, James E. Holman, NECA President 2 3 OFFICERS 2018–2019 James Holman, President David Boyle, Vice President Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, MA Town of Chelmsford Cemetery Dept., Chelmsford, MA Mary Anne Hawthorne, 2nd Vice Pres. Raymond Scholl, Secretary Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford, CT Milford Cemetery Assn., Milford, CT It’s up to you now, Jim: Patrick Healy, right, passes the NECA torch to James Joseph Swift, Treasurer Holman. Highland Memorial Park, Johnston, RI 4 5 DIRECTORS 2018–2019 Patrick R. Healy, Immediate Past President Tracy J. Taylor, Director Green Mount Cemetery, Montpelier, VT Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, MA Newly installed Board and Officers for 2018. Front from left; Tracy Taylor, Robbin Kelley, President James Holman, Kelly Perry and Joseph Swift. Back from left; Todd Frederick, David Boyle, Patrick Healy, Raymond Scholl and Dan Krueger. Inset: Mary Anne Hawthorne. Todd J. Frederick, Director Robbin Kelley, Past President Director First Parish Cemetery, York, ME Town of Harwich, Harwich, MA The Board, hard at work. Thanks to everyone for all they do for NECA! Dan Krueger, Past President Director Kelly Perry, Director Beaverdale Memorial Pk, New Haven, CT Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, RI 6 7 NECA 2018–2019 COMMITTEES ALLIED INDUSTRIES ......Mark Hemmann, Chair David Crispin, Craig Neal ARTIFACTS/THEFT ........David Boyle, Chair Tracy Taylor BUDGET/FINANCE .........Joseph Swift, Chair Jim Holman CERTIFICATION ..............Patrick Healy, Chair Joseph Swift, Raymond Scholl, Joseph Cavallaro FAMILY SERVICES ...........Joseph Swift, Chair Robbin Kelley, James Holman FUNDRAISING ....................... Raymond Scholl, Chair, Joseph Swift, Dan Krueger LEGISLATIVE ...................Patrick Healy, Chair MEDIA/PR .........................Robbin Kelley, Chair Craig Cunningham MEMBERSHIP ...................Robbin Kelley, Chair James Holman MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY RESOURCE GUIDE ..........James Holman, Chair Raymond Scholl, Joseph Swift, Craig Cunningham NOMINATING .................Patrick Healy, Chair Craig Cunningham, Robbin Kelley, Joseph Cavallaro, Richard Sacca NEW ENGLANDER VACANCY (note: PAID position) SUNSHINE/Scholarship .....Therese Desmond, Chair WEBSITE ...........................Dan Krueger, Chair Raymond Scholl, Robbin Kelley 2018 SEMINAR ....................David Boyle, Chair Mary Anne Hawthorne, Co-Chair 2019 MID - WINTER ........no official committee 2019 CONFERENCE .........James Holman, Chair; David Boyle 2019 SEMINAR ....................Mary Anne Hawthorne, Chair; Kelly Perry, Co-Chair 8 9 ENGL W AN OUNDED D E F 1902 N C E N M O I E T T INCORP. A 1940 I ® E R C Y ASSO Helping you take care of the ANNUAL MEETINGS families you serve 1903 Providence, RI 1948 Portland, ME 1985 North Conway, NH 1905 Salem, MA 1949 Burlington, VT 1986 Fairlee, VT 1906 Newton, MA 1950 Branford, CT 1987 North Falmouth, MA Elegant, lasting memorials are just 1907 Springfield, MA 1951 Lenox, MA 1988 Bretton Woods, NH one way Coldspring helps you take 1908 Portland, ME 1954 Newport, RI 1989 Waterville Valley, NH care of the families you serve. You can expect complete support from 1909 Concord, NH 1955 New London, CT 1990 North Falmouth, MA start-to-finish. 1910 Bath, ME 1956 Portland, ME 1991 Fairlee, VT 1911 Manchester, NH 1957 New Bedford, MA 1992 North Conway, NH Coldspring offers a wide variety of 1912 Springfield, MA 1958 Fairlee, VT 1993 North Falmouth, MA products and solutions including: 1913 Cambridge, MA 1959 Falmouth, MA 1994 Newport, RI 1914 Barre, VT 1960 Groton, CT 1995 Waterville Valley, NH Bronze on granite memorials 1915 Providence, RI 1961 Stowe, VT 1996 North Conway, NH Columbarium structures Cremation memorials 1916 Lawrence, MA 1962 Phippsburg, ME 1997 Newport, RI Glass Front Niches 1917 Salem, NH 1963 Pike, NH 1998 North Falmouth, MA Granite benches 1918 Manchester, NH 1964 West Harwich, MA 1999 Rockport, ME Private & Community Mausoleums 1919 Boston, MA 1965 Pike, NH 2000 Fairlee, VT Online Design System 1920 Portland, ME 1966 Whitefield, NH 2001 North Falmouth, MA 1921 Worcester, MA 1967 Provincetown, MA 2002 Bartlett, NH 1923 Hartford,CT 1968 Pike, NH 2003 Mystic, CT For more information visit coldspringusa.com 1924 Groton, MA 1969 West Harwich, MA 2004 Portland, ME or call 800.328.5040 1925 Concord, NH 1970 Whitefield, NH 2005 Burlington, VT 1926 Haverhill, MA 1971 Kennebunkport, ME 2006 North Conway, NH 1927 Amherst, MA 1972 Whitefield, NH 2007 Fairlee, VT 1928 Newport, RI 1973 Portsmouth, NH 2008 Sturbridge, MA 1929 Manchester, NH 1974 Kennebunkport, ME 2009 Nashua, NH 1930 Newport, RI 1975 Whitefield, NH 2010 Providence, RI 1931 Norwich, CT 1976 Dixville Notch, NH 2011 Plymouth, MA 1932 Greenfield, MA 1977 Whitefield, NH 2012 Bartlett, NH 1933 Waterbury, CT 1978 Portsmouth, NH 2013 Hyannis, MA © 2019 Coldspring. All Rights Reserved. 1934 St. Johnsbury, VT 1979 Whitefield, NH 2014 Hyannis, MA 1940 New London, CT 1980 Moodus, CT 2015 Narragansett, RI 1941 Manchester, NH 1981 Fairlee, VT 2016 Hull, MA 1944 Swampscott, MA 1982 Whitefield, NH 2017 York, ME 1946 Great Barrington, MA 1983 Rockport, ME 2018 York, ME 1947 Newport, RI 1984 Hyannis, MA 2019 Stowe, VT 10 11 Looking sharp for summer: Martha Smart, Bill Wilson of Watertown Engineering, and Bill Hewitt, President of Massachusetts Cemetery Association NECA Past President Bud Hanson and his lovely wife, Betty! 12 13 SECRETARY-TREASURERS OF THE CRAFTING MEMORIALS AS NEW ENGLAND CEMETERY ASSOCIATION UNIQUE AS THE LIVES THEY CELEBRATE. www.rockofages.com Raymond C. Scholl Joseph Swift Secretary Treasurer Secretary/Treasurer 1902-1903 ......... James C. Scorgie 1904-1907 ......... William Allen 1908-1931 ......... Horace Derry 1932-1945 ......... Henry Adams 1946-1952 ......... Elliot Rogers 1953 .................. Barrett Adams 1954-1958 ......... Francis Hamilton 1959-1961 ......... H. Stanley Peterson 1962 .................. Arthur Perry 1963-1977 ......... Oliver Sargent 1978-1986 ......... Frank Cofran 1987-2003 ......... Frederick Laffond Treasurer If you would like to offer America’s most recognized brand of mausoleums & 2003-2009 ......... Barbara Brooks columbaria contact Terri Ford at 800.421.0166 or via email at [email protected] 2009-Present .... Joseph Swift MADE WITH OUR MATERIALS. MADE BY OUR CRAFTSMEN. Secretary MADE WITH UNWAVERING PRIDE. MADE HERE. 2003-Present .... Raymond C. Scholl 14 15 PAST PRESIDENTS OF NEW ENGLAND CEMETERY ASSOCIATION 1904 Timothy McCarthy 1941 Harold R. Morse 1981 G. Donald Hanson 1905 George W. Creesey 1942 Clifford B. Donnick 1982 George P. Francis 1906 Frank M. Floyd 1943 Edmund C. Gladding 1983 James P. Black 1907 George F. Standley 1944 Barrett Adams 1984 Edward L. McKernan 1908 James Warren, Jr. 1945 Eliot F. Rogers 1985 William Morgan 1909 J. H. Erskine 1946 Clarence A. Doak 1986 Roger S. Kindred 1910 E. W. Mitchell 1947 Herbett C. Philpott 1987 Albert D. Olsen 1911 W. M. Carr 1948 Robert D. Chase 1988 William P. Tate 1912 H. Wilson Ross 1949 Stanley E. Robbins 1989 Stewart Kennedy 1913 Edgar King 1950 Albert E NG. MartinGL A1990 Armand A. Chevrette 1914 Henry S. Adams 1951W Henry M. Hutchings 1991N William F. Griswold, Jr. 1915 William Lord 1952 EthelO G.U NielsonNDE D 1992 D Howard Rogers E F 1902 1916 John F. Peterson N 1953 Guy H. Erskine 1993 Elizabeth A. Merritt C 1917 Daniel S. Thurber 1954 William Hardie 1994 Thomas P.