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Ernie Heffner | New York | Pennsylvania

Worth Repeating

by American Way Staff

"Our business is show business and hospitality. Every funeral service we provide is like opening night, except that we don’t get to do it a second time."

— Ernie Heffner, owner of funeral homes in New York and Pennsylvania.

Source: Reuters, February 2001

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