208060 Resource 117783 116314 116314 1214561849067 1214561849067 Controlled Vestal Hills Appoints New Family Service Manager

Kenneth Barnes is the new family service manager at Vestal Hills Memorial Park (Vestal, N.Y.). In this position, Mr. Barnes will work closely with individuals, couples and the memorial park’s family service staff to provide professional, compassionate guidance to families selecting burial property and related services prior to the time of need or at the time of immediate need.Mr. Barnes’ customer service and operations skills from his experience serving as the general manager of the Rogers Service Group and managing a family-owned transportation business will be an asset to Vestal Hills Memorial Park as well as to the families the park serves.“It was time to make a career change,” said Mr. Barnes. “I wanted a position that would enable me to help others and still be able to spend time with my family,” added the married father of three childrenIt was actually the sudden passing of Mary DiLascia, a fellow Binghamton resident and family friend who served as a family service counselor at Vestal Hills up until her death in April, which inspired Mr. Barnes to explore career opportunities with Vestal Hills Memorial Park. “Mary received a great deal of gratification helping families with their burial arrangements — giving them the peace of mind that their wishes would be carried out with care and understanding,” said Mr. Barnes. “At Mary’s funeral, I witnessed firsthand the high level of care the staff of Vestal Hills Memorial Park provides to the community.”Bernard E. Stoecklein, Jr., president of Vestal Hills Memorial Park and chairman and CEO of CMS Mid-Atlantic, Inc., the company that provides financial, marketing and consulting services as well as business development processes to the cemetery industry throughout New Jersey and New York, is very impressed with Mr. Barnes’ drive and enthusiasm. “Ken has the perfect skills to guide our family service staff,” remarked Mr. Stoecklein. “He will be an asset to our memorial park.”  Founded in 1931, Vestal Hills Memorial Park is conveniently located in the town of Vestal, just outside of Binghamton, New York. The Memorial Park's spacious rolling vistas and carefully tended landscaping use nature to create an atmosphere of peace and consolation.  In addition to traditional burial and lawn crypts, the 101-acre non-sectarian Memorial Park offers aboveground burial in its five mausoleums. 10 application/xml false Binghamton burial cemetery CMS Mid-Atlantic family funeral memorial park New York Vestal Vestal Hills Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 WebMaster 71.182.185.42 false true false false true 117783 blog blogsite/CMSMidAtlantic/web