Funeral Director Daily learned last week that one of the best known names in Death Care was branching out to continue to help funeral directors.  The Czachor family, founders of the leading funeral home answering service, ASD, has announced the formation of a company to help funeral homes coordinate meaningful aerial cremation ash scatterings.

In an article that we read about the new service, Cremation Air, it was noted that ASD has been the heartbeat of communication in the funeral business for five decades.

In that five decades of business ASD, and the Czachor family members, have built great relationships with funeral homes across the country.  Cremation Air will be “a natural evolution of ASD’s mission to support funeral homes with innovative tools that strengthen relationships with the families they serve”  according to a quote from an ASD blog article.

ASD Family-Member Owner Marty Czachor made this comment, “At ASD, we’ve always looked for ways to serve directors beyond the phone line.  With Cremation Air aerial scattering, we’re extending that same trust skyward—helping funeral homes offer families something truly meaningful.”

Cremation Air intends to begin with its current operations in Pennsylvania and Florida covering the Great Lakes, Atlantic Ocean, and the Gulf.  Expansion plans are underway to bring the service to the West Coast.

According to the company’s blog, “To ensure full accountability, Cremation Air maintains a barcoded chain-of-custody system, complies with USPS Cremated Remains Mailing regulations, and documents with the EPA each scattering with timestamped confirmation and GPS verification.”

You can learn more from the Cremation Air from the ASD blog here.

It’s in the Family —  Many of the greatest businesses in the world came out of the founders’ passions.  And, that is the formula for Cremation Air — ASD Family-Members and Owners Marty, Kathy (Kelley), and Kevin Czachor have always shared an entrepreneurial drive and passion for flight.  According to the blog article “Marty’s private plane became more than just a hobby—it turned into a family pursuit, with his son Andrew and daughter Jess both earning their pilot’s licenses. Over time, conversations in the hangar began to overlap with conversations about the funeral profession ASD has served for decades.”

Tom Anderson
Funeral Director Daily

Funeral Director Daily take:  I’ve mentioned it many times over the past couple months.  That being that I believe final disposition and memorialization of cremated remains seems to be coming to the forefront of thought for families choosing cremation.  I think families have lived through a generation of “taking the remains home and putting them in a closet” and then not knowing what to do with them as time moves on.

It is my opinion that more and more families are looking for permanent memorial options for cremated remains.

That has led to all kinds of options for cremated remains memorialization becoming available and now one of the most trusted families in Death Care has provided another option for funeral directors and cemeterians to offer those families they serve.

More news from the world of Death Care:

• From cradle to grave:  There was something for everyone alive at and otherwise at the Chicago funeral directors convention.  Chicago Tribune (IL)
• New life for funeral homes:  Disruption comes to traditionally staid industry.  MaineBiz (ME)
• How to plan a loved one’s funeral on any budget.  Video news story and print article.  WISH-TV Channel 8 – Indianapolis (IN)
• A Pilot’s Homecoming.  Arlington National Cemetery News
• Albuquerque CEO named to Time100 climate list.  Albuquerque Business First (NM)

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