The Keeping It Personal (KIP) Awards was started in 2001 by the ICCFA’s Personalization subcommittee to encourage the sharing of ideas for personalizing services and products to better serve families.

Here you can find previous award categories and their winners.

Most Personalized Service or Memorial

Most Personalized Event

Best Practice/Personal Touch

Most personalized Service or Memorial

2019

First Place & Grand Prize Winner – Miss Alexandria’s Princess Memorial Service
Chapel Of The Light Funeral Home – Fresno, California

Honorable Mention –  Playbill Starring Don Sleight
Robert Toale & Sons Funeral Home – Bradenton, Florida

First Place – Butterfly Blankets
Cedar Memorial Park Funeral Home And Cemetery – Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Honorable Mention – Memorial Service For Les Brown
Loyless Funeral Homes – Tampa, Florida

First Place & Grand Prize Winner – The Celebration Of Evan Adams
Pray Funeral Home – Charlotte, Michigan

Honorable Mention – Memorial For Princess Kaia Howard
Mountain View Funeral Home – Lakewood, Washington

First Place – “Live, Laugh, Love… Don’t Panic” Memorial For Patricia
Manasota Memorial Park And Funeral Home – Bradenton, Florida

Honorable Mention – Remembering Chase
Evergreen Washelli – Seattle, Washington

First Place & Grand Prize Winner – Personalization For A Young Fisherman’s Visitation
SCI/Striffler-Hamby At Park Hill Cemetery – Columbus, Georgia

First Place – Service For Nanlyn Pace Jones
MKJ Marketing – Largo, FL

Honorable Mention – Service For Armando Peraza Featuring Carlos Santana
Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association – Colma, CA

First Place & Grand Prize Winner– Benedict Marfori Service
El Camino Memorial – Sorrento Valley Chapel – San Diego, CA

Honorable Mention – Mr. Clayton’s Service
Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home – Pittsburgh, PA

First Place – Services for Timothy “Coop” Cooper
Pray Funeral Home – Charlotte, Michigan

Honorable Mention
Spring Grove Cemetery – Cincinnati, Ohio
Reichmuth Funeral Home – Elkhorn, Nebraska

First Place
Pray Funeral Home – Charlotte, Michigan

Honorable Mention
Curran-Shaffer Funeral Home And Crematory – Apollo, Pennsylvania
Spring Hill Funeral Home & Cemetery – Nashville, Tennessee

First Place & Grand Prize Winner
Schoedinger Funeral And Cremation Service – Columbus, Ohio

Honorable Mention
Pray Funeral Home – Charlotte, Michigan
Omps Funeral Home – Winchester, Virginia

First Place & Grand Prize Winner
Miller-Jones Mortuary & Crematory – Sun City, California

Honorable Mention
Reichmuth Funeral Homes – Elkhorn, Nebraska

First Place
Olinger Highland Mortuary & Cemetery – Thornton, Colorado

Honorable Mention
Busch Funeral & Crematory Services – Cleveland, Ohio
Miller-Jones Mortuary And Menifee Valley Memorial Park – Hemet, California

First Place
Schoedinger Funeral & Cremation Services – Columbus, Ohio

Honorable Mention
Olinger Chapel Hill Mortuary And Cemetery – Littleton, Colorado
Darroch Memorial Chapel – Aliquippa, Pennsylvania

First Place & Grand Prize Winner
Bringhurst Funeral Home/West Laurel Hill Cemetery – Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

Honorable Mention
Miller-Jones Mortuary Inc. – Hemet, California

First Place & Grand Prize Winner
St. Michael’s Cemetery – East Elmhurst, New York

Honorable Mention
Anderson McQueen Funeral And Cremation Centers – St. Petersburg, Florida
Bronleewe Inc., Oregon Memorials – Hillsboro, Oregon

First Place
Bringhurst Funeral Home At West Laurel Hill Cemetery – Cala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania

Honorable Mention
Cypress Lawn Cemetery Association – Colma, California

First Place
Schoedinger Funeral And Cremation Service – Columbus, Ohio

Honorable Mention
Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park Co. – Seattle, Washington

Most Personalized Event

2019

First Place – The Death Letter Project
Historic Oakwood Cemetery – Raleigh, North Carolina

Honorable Mention –  A Light In The Darkness
Sherwood Memorial Park – Salem, Virginia

First Place – 2nd Annual Before I Die New Mexico Festival
A Good Goodbye – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Honorable Mention – “Honor Field”
Jackson Lytle & Lewis Life Celebration Center – Springfield, Ohio

First Place – Scatter Day
French Funerals-Cremations/Sunset Memorial Park – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Honorable Mention – “Memories Of Light”
Los Parques, S.A. – Guatemala, Guatemala

First Place – Green Army Man-Themed Memorial Day Celebration
Sunset Memorial Park/French Funerals-Cremations – Albuquerque, New Mexico

Honorable Mention – Patriots Race
White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery – Troy, Michigan

First Place –Birdhouse Event
Catholic Cemeteries Archdiocese Of Newark – Newark, New Jersey

Honorable Mention – Widows And Widowers Picnic
Cook Funeral And Cremation Services (Cook Family Services) – Grandville, Michigan

First Place – Drive Text Free Event
Cook Funeral And Cremation Services (Cook Family Services) – Grandville, MI

Honorable Mention – Fallen Hero’s Day
Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens – Timonium, MD

First Place – Tree Lighting Service
Cook Funeral And Cremation Services (Cook Family Services) – Grandville, MI

Honorable Mention – Sandy Hook Elementary Snowflake Drive
Chapel Of The Roses – Atascadero, CA

First Place – 11th annual “A Run Through History”
Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home And Cemeteries – New Orleans, Louisiana

Honorable Mention – Sunrise Run
Mt. Olivet Cemetery – Detroit, Michigan

Honorable Mention – Flower Arranging Workshop
Valhalla Funeral Home And Memory Gardens – Huntsville, Alabama

First Place
Prospect Hill Cemetery & Cremation Gardens – York, Pennsylvania

Honorable Mention
The Gardens At Gethsemane – West Roxbury, Massachusetts

Honorable Mention
Fairhaven Memorial Park – Santa Ana, California

First Place
Royal Oak Burial Park – Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Honorable Mention
The Wilbert Foundation – Forest Park, Illinois

Honorable Mention
Sunset Memorial Park, French Family Of Companies – Albuquerque, New Mexico

First Place – Lest They Be Forgotten” Veterans Program 
Speaks Family Legacy Chapels – Independence, Missouri

Honorable Mention
Fu Shou Yuan Cemetery – Shanghai, China

Honorable Mention
Ballard-Durand Funeral & Cremation Services – White Plains, New York

First Place – Hike for Hospice 5k
Olinger Mt. Lindo Cemetery – Morrison, Colorado

Honorable Mention
Speaks Family Legacy Chapels – Independence, Missouri

First Place – Welcome Home Reception for Indiana National Guardsmen
Flanner And Buchanan Funeral Centers – Indianapolis, Indiana

Honorable Mention
Keystine Group – Tampa, Florida
Sunset Memorial Park- -Albuquerque, New Mexico

First Place – “Operation Remembrance” program
City Of Surrey Cemetery – Surrey, British Columbia

Honorable Mention
Suhor Industries/SI Memorial – Overland Park, Kansas
InQuest Marketing – Leawood, Kansas (in Conjunction with Hixon Funeral Homes and Johnson Funeral Home – Lake Charles, Louisiana)

First Place – Pope John Paul II Memorial Mass
Montelena Complejo Funerario – Antiguo Cuscatlán, La Libertad, El Salvador, Central America

Honorable Mention
White Haven Memorial Park – Pittsford, New York
Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery – Kelowna, British Columbia

First Place
Kelowna Memorial Park Cemetery – Kelowna, British Columbia
Keystone Group – Tampa, Florida

Honorable Mention
Nelsen Funeral Homes – Richmond, Virginia
MKJ Marketing – Largo, Florida
Chippiannock Cemetery – Rock Island, Illinois
Wyuka Funeral Home And Cemetery – Lincoln, Nebraska

First Place
Buchanan Group Inc. – Indianapolis, Indiana
The Tribute Co./Pinelawn Memorial Park – Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Honorable Mention
Cypress Lawn Memorial Park – Colma, California
Chandler Funeral Home And MKJ Marketing – Wilmington, Delaware

First Place
Evergreen-Washelli Memorial Park – Seattle, Washington
Michigan Memorial Park – Flat Rock, Michigan

Honorable Mention
Anniston Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home – Anniston, Alabama
White Haven Memorial Park – Pittsford, New York

First Place
Los Parques Cemetery (Cementerio Los Parques) – Guatemala
Toland-Herzig Funeral Homes – Dover, Ohio

Honorable Mention
Bluff City Cemetery – Elgin, Illinois
White Haven Memorial Park – Pittsford, New York

Best Practice/Personal Touch

2017

First Place – “Cremated Remains With A Personal Touch”
Striffler-Hamby Mortuary – Columbus, Georgia

Honorable Mention – “The Legacy Touch Advantage”
Legacy Touch – Lee’s Summit, Missouri

First Place – Infant Loss Program
Clock Funeral Home – Muskegon, Michigan

First Place – Cremation Memorial
Rose Hill Cemetery Of Hagerstown Maryland – Hagerstown, Maryland

Honorable Mention – A Holiday Remembrance
Cook Funeral And Cremation Services (Cook Family Services) – Grandville, Michigan

First Place and Grand Prize Winner – Fallen Hero Burial Arrangements
Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens – Timonium, MD

Honorable Mention – The Christmas Box Book
Rolling Oaks Memorial Center – Coppell, TX

Honorable Mention – Community Picnic Honoring Veterans
Cook Funeral And Cremation Services – Grandville, MI

First Place – University Of New Mexico Funeral Packages & Lobo Pavilion
French Funerals & Cremations/Sunset Memorial Park – Albuquerque, NM

Honorable Mention – Infant Services
Cook Funeral And Cremation Services (Cook Family Services) – Grandville, MI

First Place – Sadie: Certified Bereavement Therapy Dog
Trinity Memorial Gardens – Waldorf, Maryland

Honorable Mention – Floral Collection Books
David Clayton & Sons Funeral Home – Duncanville, Texas

First Place – Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium
Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium – Lewes, Delaware

Honorable Mention – Family Pack
Miller-Carlin Funeral Homes – St. Cloud, Minnesota

First Place – White Haven Memorial Park
White Haven Memorial Park – Pittsford, New York

Honorable Mention – Heritage Park/Rosehills Memorial Management
Heritage Park/Rosehills Memorial Management – Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines

First Place – Eternal Hills Memorial Gardens & Funeral Home
Klamath Falls, Oregon

Honorable Mention – Kranz Funeral Home
Cass City, Michigan

First Place & Grand Prize Winner – Veteran Burial Program
WinnerMount Calvary Cemetery Group  – Cheektowaga, New York

Honorable Mention – Memorial Tree Program
McKenzie & Blundy Funeral Home & Cremation Centre – Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

First Place & Grand Prize Winner – After Care program
Cedar Memorial – Cedar Rapids, Iowa

First Place – Eternal Hills
Klammath Falls, Oregon