Throughout my time with FD I have been fortunate enough to develop relationships with customers that extend beyond a business relationship. As a Select Producer I worked with Niedhard Minges Funeral Home in Cincinnati. One of their funeral directors is John Wiessmann. John and I have become good friends over the years. We both share common interest and hobbies like deer hunting, camping, sporting clays and the outdoors in general.
One of my hobbies that John began to take interest in is Taxidermy. Over the years I have mounted my own whitetail deer as well as close friends of mine. Last December, John contacted me to asked me if I would mount his deer and teach him how to do it. I quickly said yes and was very excited to pass this skill along. We both have had very busy schedules and have not been able to connect to complete the mount until now.
I have always enjoyed teaching someone something that they show great interest in and watch their skills develop. Some of my most fond memories as an at-need director was taking in mortuary school students that have never seen an embalming and train them on the process and the science behind it all. Over the weeks, I would watch their skills develop to the point they were embalming and I was just over seeing.
John came over on Thursday and we spent the day together mounting his deer. I am so grateful to have been able to spend this time with my friend and help him complete his whitetail deer mount! (The foam pieces and the pins in the images below are only there to keep everything in place while the glue dries. Once the glue is dried the pins and foam pieces will be removed.)
