Best Practices for Funerals: A Conversation with A Funeral Director

09/04/2020 53 min
Best Practices for Funerals: A Conversation with A Funeral Director

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Wondering about best practices for funerals during the Covid-19 outbreak? Looking for some ideas? Have some ideas to share? Our guest is funeral director Marty Riekin, owner of Riekin Veith in Oakland, IA and Rieken & Duhn in Griswold, IA. Marty grew up in Griswold, IA where he graduated from Griswold High School in 1993. He attended South Dakota State University and graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science. Marty attended Worsham College of Mortuary Science in Wheeling, IL and graduated in 1998. He worked at several different funeral homes before he and his wife Kristy purchased Vieth Funeral Home from Alan and Suzanne Vieth in 2001. They purchased the Duhn Funeral Home in 2012.  The host is Rev. Melissa Drake. Good Idea Webinars are a joint effort of the Office of Congregational Excellence, Office of Leadership and Clergy Excellence, the cabinet, lay leaders Lynn Calvert and Angela Hansen-Abbas and the Communications team.