CCMS | Educational Cremation Center

About the Educational Cremation Center (ECC)

Our Partners

Thank you to our corporate partners for the Educational Cremation Center!

Educational Cremation Center (ECC) — Educational Cremation Center exterior

A Transformational Facility

Educational Cremation Center – The educational cremation center is a state-of-the-art facility that is used in practical and hands-on training for students to learn how to give meaningful memorialization to the art of cremation as well all while learning the art and science of cremation and alkaline hydrolysis.

The ECC serves to educate students, licensed practitioners, and crematory operators through observation and participation in actual cremation and alkaline hydrolysis operations. The ECC delivers hands-on instruction while reinforcing dignity and respect for the deceased.

This facility features:

· Witness Room and Slumber Bed – This room is utilized to help give students a firm understanding of the importance of spending time with a loved one who has passed away as well as best practices when families request to spend time with their loved one, prior to the cremation process taking place. This space also allows students the opportunity to gain knowledge surrounding the facilitation of witnessing the beginning of the cremation process.

· Facultative Technologies III Cremator – The FTIII cremator is a state-of-the-art cremator that allows for the practical training of students in the process of cremation while maintaining a safe environment for students to learn.

· Facultative Technologies Cremulator – The FT Cremulator is a modern machine used to demonstrate the practice of processing cremated remains using one of the safest methods of processing cremated remains.

· Bioresponse PET-400 – The PET 400 is a new machine manufactured by Bioresponse. This machine is used in teaching students the science of alkaline hydrolysis, a newer and greener from of disposition, to prepare them for their future careers in funeral service. This machine can also be utilized in the instruction of the Pet Loss course.

The ECC is a transformational facility that is not offered at any other death care educational institution. It includes the world's most advanced cremator, auto-loader, and dustless processing station.

Facultatieve Technologies (FT USA) is partnering with us to provide the cremator, auto-loader, and dustless processing station. We are excited about partnering with FT USA because they are the manufacture of the world’s most advanced cremation systems. FT USA is not only providing the equipment but also access to the most advanced technical expertise in the world.

Scott Goodsell, G.H. FORBES Associates Architects has been the lead architect designer. Scott is a veteran of many funeral home and cemetery architectural projects and believes in our Educational Cremation Center so deeply that he is providing his services pro bono.

Exciting things are happening at the Educational Cremation Center! Click to see the photo gallery!

Educational Cremation Center Gallery by CCMS

International Cemetery Crematory Funeral Association (ICCFA) will be partnering with us to design, market, develop, and implement a week-long Advanced Cremation Operations Program (ACOP) course for death care professionals. We have been so pleased with our working relationship with ICCFA providing the Cremation Operator Certification Program (COCP) for the past three years that it was a natural evolution to advance our valued partnership with ICCFA to the next level by introducing an Advanced Cremations Operations Program.

Thanks to all of our generous donors!

$20,001—$50,000

Frank & Liz Rosenacker

Schoedinger Funeral & Cremation Services

Walker Funeral Home

$10,000—$20,000

Mike Haller

Jack & Debbie Lechner

$5,000-$9,999

Ross DeJohn III

Dan & Barb Flory

Harrod / Prichard

Pete & Debbie Minges

William Peoples

$2,000-$4,999

Answering Service for Directors

Batesville Casket Co.

Ken & Jennifer Cahall

Brian Dershaw

Sherry Dirr

Coleen Ellis & Chris Burke

Mike & Vicki Gedert

Saleen Hail

Lorrie & Bruce Hodge

Ernie & Kim Kassoff

Poul & Shelby Lemasters

Bob & Holly Mazzarella

Oswald Construction

Nectar Ramirez

Tammy Riddle

Kurt & April Rosenacker

Bill Smith

Tri-County FDA District 19

Bill Wappner

Jerome Webster

Mark Whetstone

Chris & Nicole Wiedeman

$500-$1,999

Baltimore Pike Cemetery

Lynwood & JC Battle

Steve Bittner

Catholic Cemetery Society

Ken & Jennifer Cahall

Tonya Crawford

Dan & Kelly Dwyer

Karen Eckerle

Sue Gilkey

Ernest Heffner

InSight Institute

Robert & Brian James

Rebecca & Christopher McCaskey

Bob & Karen Mihovk

Sarah Mihovk

Susan & Kenn Peterson

Tommy Routsong

Michael & Kathleen Shaffer

Michael Smith

Dwayne Spence

Connie Strawser

Ryan & Khali Thogmartin

Jeffrey Willis

Julia & Ben Zimmerman

In Kind & Auction Supporters

Cincinnati Bengals

Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

Cincinnati Reds

Dead Ringers

DISRUPT Media

Falcon Theater

Hardin Advanced Dentistry

ICCFA

iFLYWORLD.com

InSight Institute

Ivy Tech Foundation

Jack Lechner / CCMS

Lemasters Consulting

Laurello Winery

Michael & Kathleen Shaffer

Nectar Ramirez

Peoples Mortuary Museum

The Ritz Ballroom Dance Studio

Vonderhaar Catering