Английская Википедия:Anderson-McQueen
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Anderson-McQueen Company is a privately owned funeral home headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. It is owned and operated by the second-generation McQueen family and serves Florida's Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties region with six service facilities. Anderson-McQueen is the first funeral home in the United States to practice flameless cremation.[1][2][3]
History
John S. Anderson and William F. McQueen founded Anderson-McQueen Funeral Home in 1952.[4] The original Anderson-McQueen Funeral Home was established in a residential St. Petersburg home and now houses Anderson-McQueen's Northeast St. Petersburg Tribute Center, one of Anderson-McQueen's six operating facilities.[5]
After the death of co-founder, John Anderson in 1970, William McQueen assumed sole ownership of the business. In 1984, McQueen invested in a portion of St. Petersburg's Sunnyside Cemetery, established in 1895, that stretches three blocks.(USGenWeb) McQueen's three children succeeded ownership of the business after his death in 1987.[5]
In 1990, The McQueen's acquired the Bobbitt-Gunter Funeral Chapel, now known as Anderson-McQueen's Tyrone Family Tribute Center located in the Tyrone/Gulf Beach area. Later, they purchased the Alan R. McLeod Funeral Chapel located in the St. Petersburg suburb of Meadowlawn in 1994 from Alan and Carole McLeod.
In 1997, Anderson-McQueen opened St. Petersburg's first on-site crematory.[6] The facility included both a reception and visitation space located within the crematorium. The reception facility has since been converted to the Bio-Cremation room.
John T. McQueen became president and CEO of Anderson-McQueen in 2010 after buying out his brother and sister from the family's funeral & cemetery operations. Previously, he was the company's vice president and COO, as well as the owner of the Sunnyside Cemetery and founder of Affordable Memorials.[7]
In 2017, John and his wife, Nikki McQueen, sold Anderson-McQueen Funeral Homes to Foundation Partners Group. The duo made the decision to sell Anderson-McQueen and its subsidiaries because their son, Joshua McQueen was unsure about taking over the family business. John and Nikki's sale and retirement marked the end of Anderson-McQueen Funeral Homes being the largest family owned in the state of Florida.[8]
Operations
Anderson-McQueen is known for their unique services that in the past have included the releasing of butterflies, and using in-house audiovisual technologies to create graphically enhanced memorial and tribute presentations. The Anderson-McQueen on-site crematorium also permits families and designated guests to witness the initial phase of cremation preparation upon request.[6][9]
The vehicle fleet includes "Glory Ride" a Harley Davidson modified hearse pulled by a Harley model motorcycle, as well as a restored 1895 horse-drawn hearse. Webcasts are also made available to accommodate guests unable to attend services.[10]
In addition to its use of audio-visual technology for creating personalized memorial tributes, Anderson-McQueen launched its online radio show "Undertaking" in 2014 where host John McQueen interviews other industry experts on various end of life issues. Also in 2014, Anderson-McQueen introduced its mobile app on the iOS app store to provide individuals on the go with easy access to funeral related questions, obituaries and online memorial donations.[11]
Pet death care
In 2006, John and his wife Nikki McQueen founded Pet Passages, an addition of Anderson-McQueen that provides funeral and cremation services to the pet community of Pinellas County. In 2013, Pet Passages surpassed its human counterpart in death care services.[12][13]
Special services
After the state of Florida added the term "consumable" to rephrase existing statute regulating burial and cremation policies and procedures in 2009, Anderson-McQueen Funeral Home became the industry's first to carry out a flameless cremation.[2][14]
Flameless cremation is an alternative to the traditional cremation process that substitutes water in place of flames. Flameless cremation, also known as bio-cremation,[15] works through a process called Alkali Hydrolysis which uses a compounded liquid solution that is 95 percent water and five percent potassium hydroxide (KOH).[16] The body is submerged into the "Resomator," a special chamber developed by Glasgow-based manufacturer Resumation.[14][17] The practice was permitted after mortuary scientists and cremation specialists demonstrated to state and city officials that the residue left behind following the bio cremation process could be diluted to a soluble liquid with a measurable pH level not exceeding 11.5.[16][18]
Bio-cremation is carried out through a process known as Alkaline hydrolysis. Alkali hydrolysis takes place using a compounded liquid solution that is 95 percent water and 5 percent potassium hydroxide (KOH).[16] The body is submerged into the Resomator, a special chamber developed by Glaskow-based manufacturer Resumation.[17]
Further reading
- Reinventors: How Extraordinary Companies Pursue Radical Continuous Change, Jason Jennings, Penguin (2012) Шаблон:ISBN
See also
References
External links
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