“Anne Arundel County has a growing Jewish population, and the addition of Sol Levinson and Bros. The Columbia arrangement center serves 75 to 100 families per year, and the Annapolis arrangement center has served 12 families since opening last month.Īlready, the arrangement center is receiving positive feedback and gratitude from the community. “Families and rabbis have been asking for a greater Jewish presence in the Annapolis area, so we decided to open an arrangement center there like we did in Columbia in 2014,” says Levinson, a fifth-generation member of his family actively working in the business. The idea for the arrangement center itself came by popular demand, says Levinson. Venick says he welcomed Levinson’s invitation to partner in the arrangement center concept, deeming it, “a great opportunity to better serve the Annapolis community,” while building on the solid relationship the two companies have maintained through the years. “We take great pride in helping families memorialize their loved ones to help bring them comfort when they visit the cemetery,” says Steve Venick, president of Fram Monument, which has provided tens of thousands of memorials to customers in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Virginia since 1922, and also operates a Rockville showroom.

Coming soon, they can also meet with a state-of-the-art bronze memorial designer to see exactly how their memorial will look. In addition to utilizing the arrangement center’s bereavement library and meeting with a funeral director to pre-plan or make funeral arrangements, Anne Arundel families can view sample memorials, design their monuments and make installation arrangements. “Our hope is that by having a joint presence in the Annapolis area, we can make it more convenient and provide more options for families planning this important life-cycle event.” “We have a long-standing relationship with Fram, so it’s a logical partnership,” says Matt Levinson, vice president of Sol Levinson & Bros., which opened its original location in East Baltimore in 1892. Now, rather than traveling to Pikesville for arrangements or consultations at Levinson’s and Fram’s main showroom and facility in Pikesville, Anne Arundel families can visit the combined satellite office located in the Westfield Annapolis Shopping Mall. funeral home in Pikesville recently opened an Annapolis arrangement center with the Fram Monument Co., one of the state’s largest memorial providers.

Two venerable Baltimore-based businesses are joining forces to make it easier for Jewish families in Anne Arundel County to honor the memory of their loved ones.

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