Our Story
As a third generation woodworker John Mark’s earliest encounter with the trade came on his sixth birthday with the gift of a small workbench and assorted hand tools from his Grandfather and Uncle where his career began, with his first sales beginning in his mid-teens.
Thirteen years ago his focus shifted from custom furniture to caskets and urns. As trends in the funeral industry have shifted away from traditional burial he has adjusted as well and now their focus is almost exclusively on urns.
As a family living in an area of outstanding natural beauty and resources, their interests lean heavily towards anything out of doors, fishing, hunting, and living in sync with the land with a keen interest in wildlife conservation and sound forestry practices.
Our Team
Production of our product is overseen by the owner John Mark Miller, who also does all the finishing, while two sons and a daughter provide the skills needed to take the raw hardwoods to the finished product.
Tom (Doc) Ziegel has been instrumental for years in the sales and design components and is a close neighbor and longtime friend.
The ultra high quality carved designs are from Danny McLennan and his Hay River Company, which is just a few mailboxes down the road.
To be in keeping within the tenants of his Amish Faith a friend and neighbor (Allen Freiermuth) has been contracted to facilitate the website, marketing, and customer online communications.