Local Funeral Home Receives National Award
National Funeral Directors Association Announces Pursuit of Excellence Winners

Enea Family Funeral Homes is a recipient of the 2005 National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) Pursuit of Excellence Eagle Award. This award honors funeral homes for their outstanding service to families, community involvement, technical abilities, and professional integrity.

"Pursuit of Excellence funeral homes are committed to the highest level of service to families," said NFDA Chief Executive Officer Christine Pepper, CAE. "In addition, they demonstrate quality community relations programs and leadership within the funeral service profession."

Achieving a Pursuit of Excellence award requires that a funeral home must meet strict quality service criteria in nine categories of achievement. Categories include: education, compassionate service, technical skills, community and professional service, library or media resources, professional development, in-house staff training and public and community relations.

NFDA is the leading funeral service association, serving more than 20,000 individual members who represent 11,000 funeral homes in the United States and other countries. From its headquarters in Brookfield, Wis., and its Advocacy Office in Washington D.C., NFDA provides advocacy, education, information, products, programs and services to help members enhance the quality of service to families.