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Concord Funeral Home in the News
Concord Funeral Home in its 75th year
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Posing in the Concord Funeral home are Ted Tunnicliffe, former owner and Funeral Director, Glenn Burlamachi, current owner and Funeral Director, and David Halloran, Funeral Director.
As Funeral Director Glenn Burlamachi sat in one of the rooms at Concord Funeral Home, he couldn't help but look around and realize how fortunate he is to be working for a family-owned, operated and occupied business.
"It's been a wonderful journey," Burlamachi said, who has been running the funeral home since 2004.
The MacRae-Tunnicliffe Concord Funeral Home is celebrating its 75th year in funeral business this year and Ted Tunnicliffe, predecessor of the funeral home, said Concord Funeral Home is not just serving families once.
"They remember us and come back," Tunnicliffe said. "They are strangers in the beginning and three days later they are our friends."
Local clergy and funeral director attend grief seminar
The Rev. Thomas Long, left, Tom Lynch and NFDA President Patrick Lynch take a moment for a photo during the recent seminar at New England Institute at Mount Ida College in Newton.
Held in a bright and colorful auditorium on the campus of Mt. Ida College, the seminar “The Good Death, Good Grief and Good Funeral: Finding Our Place in the Continuum of Care,” began with a warm welcome from NFDA President Patrick Lynch. He introduced his brother, Tom Lynch, who was followed esteemed “professor of preaching,” Dr. Thomas Long.
Tom Lynch offered his own brand of humor and insight along with a poignant slide presentation with everything from family photos to clips from the HBO production “Six Feet Under” and the PBS documentary “The Undertaking.”
Dr. Thomas Lynch is a vibrant and captivating speaker spoke about celebrating the sacred value of a person and the ritual that emphasizes the embodied nature of the deceased. Both speakers met with a resounding ovation and after a short break the audience was given an opportunity to ask questions.
Local attendees were Glenn D. Burlamachi, Funeral Director/Owner of the Concord Funeral Home, Rev. Austin H. Fleming, Holy Family Parish, Sister Rose Marie Lipke, Holy Family Parish, Rev. Dr. John C. Lombard, Trinitarian Congregational Church, Anne Lynch, Trinity Episcopal Church and Edmund H. Tunnicliffe, IV. Funeral Director.
Concord Funeral Home has seen continued success with their Partnership with National Obituary Site Tributes.com
Premium Online Obituary Solutions Help Families in the Concord Area Share and Preserve the Stories of their Loved Ones Lives
Concord, Massachusetts, April, 2011 Concord Funeral Home, the most trusted name in funeral service in [the Concord area], has partnered with Tributes.com, the online resource for local and national obituary news, to enhance their obituary offerings. Families who place their loved ones in the care of Concord Funeral Home will now be able to create beautiful online multi-media tributes that honor those peoples’ lives with photos, video, music and much more creating a permanent record on the funeral home’s website www.concordfuneral.com and on the leading national obituary classifieds Internet destination Tributes.com (http://www.tributes.com).
Tributes.com, in partnership with funeral homes across the country, provides a national platform for obituary news which ensures that obituaries and service information are easily located by extended family and friends and that through simple-to-use tools families can leverage the power of the Internet and digital media to celebrate the life of a loved one in a manner that captures the true essence of their life, the people and places they loved, their achievements and their passions for generations to come.
“By partnering with Tributes.com, we are now able to offer an inexpensive and affordable supplement to the traditional newspaper obituary listing. Our Funeral Homes website establishes a special place where family and friends can come together in celebration of a loved one to remember, to leave a condolence, to light a candle, or to share a memory or a photo at any time of day, regardless of where they live,” said Glenn D. Burlamachi, President of Concord Funeral Home.
“Glenn is a true professional and the recognized leader in the area in guiding families through deeply personal experiences within his funeral home” said John Heald, Vice President of Sales and Business Development for Tributes, Inc. “We are very pleased to be working closely with Concord Funeral Home to further enhance their offering by combining the strength of the Eternal Tribute to provide a rich and tightly integrated online platform for remembering and celebrating life.”
About Tributes.com
Tributes.com is the online resource for current local and national obituary news, lasting personal tributes and online community providing support during times of loss and grieving. Through one centralized national web destination, with over 90 million current and historical death records dating back to the 1930’s, Tributes has made obituary and online memorial service information easily accessible so people can come together online and offline to remember and share the treasured stories of the important people in their lives who have passed away. Monster.com and Eons.com founder Jeff Taylor officially launched Tributes.com in February, 2008. Eons, Inc. and Dow Jones & Company are strategic partners in Tributes, Inc. For more information about Tributes.com, please visit our website at www.tributes.com or contact John Heald directly at 617.337.9442 or
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Honored by the Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association
Featured in photo (left) Glenn D. Burlamachi, Funeral Director/owner MacRae-Tunnicliffe’s Concord Funeral Home (center) William Moore, President Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association (right) Edmund H. “Ted” Tunnicliffe predecessor MacRae-Tunnicliffe Funeral Home (retired 2004)
For 75th Anniversary of Business
1936-2011
MacRae-Tunnicliffe Concord Funeral Home in Concord was recently presented with an award for its 75th year in the funeral business. The award, given by the Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association, was presented at its annual Appreciation Night Banquet at the Beechwood Hotel in Worcester, Massachusetts.
The Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association represents over 500 funeral homes in the state and is the largest organization of funeral service practitioners in the Commonwealth. MFDA is a federated state affiliate of the National Funeral Directors Association based in Wisconsin.
Established in response to the community’s need, MacRae-Tunnicliffe Concord Funeral Home has been serving families of all faith traditions since 1936. The funeral home is proud to be family owned, operated and occupied. Glenn D. Burlamachi, owner and director, has established a benchmark in funeral service, and has been featured in numerous newspaper articles as well as national and local trade publications highlighting his high level of service, attention to detail and leadership qualities.
Therapist and educator Allene Kussin to offer presentation
On Tuesday, February 15 from 7:30 – 9:30 p.m., Concord Funeral Home on Belknap & Thoreau Streets is hosting a special evening event for those coping with the loss of a loved one.
Returning to Concord Funeral Home to give this presentation called “When The Heart Aches” is Allene Riley Kussin, MA, LPC. Allene spoke in the Autumn of 2009 about grieving through the holidays. She brings words of hope and healing again to aid attendees in their experience of the ‘new normal’ condition of loss.
The public is invited to attend this free special event and is asked to RSVP to the Concord Funeral Home at 978/369-3388 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by Sunday, February 13th.