Our Story
In 2007 Pure Country Weavers was already a successful 30 year-old business. Our blankets and wall tapestries were woven with artistic designs and sold as gift and décor products. We sold to small boutique gift stores all over the world and grew our business year over year based on high quality and consistent delivery. Each year we added looms and grew with unique clients such as the White House, IBM and Paramount Pictures who appreciated our dedication to high quality products.
Then it happened. We received a call from a funeral director needing a Tribute Blanket for display at a high profile service…tomorrow! It was a daunting task that had never been done before…by anyone. After all, this wasn’t a stock item pulled out of inventory from a warehouse shelf. This was a one-off woven piece of custom art.
Impossible, right? Nope. Impossible wasn’t an option.
Funeral Home Gifts made it happen and from that beginning we grew to become a successful division as the premier provider of woven and printed Tribute Blankets, custom cap panels, photo urns and personalization products to funeral homes throughout North America.
At Funeral Home Gifts we see ourselves as a true partner toward your continued growth and in comfort to the families that you serve. That said, in reality we work for you. You are our boss. You sign our paychecks. And as president of Funeral Home Gifts you have my word that we will work tirelessly to provide you with the highest level of quality and service so that we will continue to DESERVE your business well into the future.
To our current partners – thank you! As we continue to add new products and designs, please let us know if there is anything that we can ever do to serve you and your families on an even higher level.
If you are new to Funeral Home Gifts, reach out to us. Let us provide you with a free Tribute Blanket or cap panel to try at your next service. We welcome the opportunity to prove ourselves to you and the families that you serve, and to ultimately earn your trust and your partnership as well.
Very truly yours,
Karl Weisenbeck
President
Then it happened. We received a call from a funeral director needing a Tribute Blanket for a high profile service…tomorrow! It was a daunting task that had never been done before…by anyone. Seriously, this wasn’t a stock item pulled out of inventory from a warehouse shelf. This was a one-off woven piece of custom art.
Impossible, right? Nope. Impossible wasn’t an option.
Funeral Home Gifts made it happen and from that beginning we grew to become a successful division as the premier provider of woven and printed Tribute Blankets, custom cap panels, photo urns and personalization products to funeral homes throughout North America.
At Funeral Home Gifts we see ourselves as a true partner toward your continued growth and in comfort to the families that you serve. That said, we actually (in reality?) work for you. You are our boss. You sign our paychecks. And as president of Funeral Home Gifts you have my word that we will work tirelessly to provide you with the highest level of quality and service so that we will continue to DESERVE your business well into the future.
To our current partners – thank you! As we continue to add new products and designs, please let us know if there is anything that we can ever do to serve you and your families on an even higher level.
If you are new to Funeral Home Gifts, reach out to us. Let us provide you with a free Tribute Blanket or cap panel to try at your next service. We welcome the opportunity to prove ourselves to you and the families that you serve, and to ultimately earn your trust and your partnership as well.
Very truly yours,
Karl Weisenbeck
President
People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but, people will never forget how you made them feel.
– Maya Angelou
We are in the business of comforting people.
My father started the textile mill with a simple plan to weave quality products at reasonable prices. Our blankets and wall tapestries were traditionally woven with artistic designs and used as gift and decor products. We sold to small boutique gift stores all over the world and grew our business every year based on quality and delivery. Each year we added looms and more family. Along the way, we acquired unique clients such as the White House, IBM and Paramount Pictures that appreciate our dedication to high quality products.
As we continued to grow, we pioneered a process for turning photos into woven products almost immediately. This took us all over the world to meet with professional photographers that wanted to use our blankets for their clients. Then one day, we received the call. It was a call from a woman that needed a photo blanket overnight. We usually took 10-15 days to make a blanket and that was fast back then. The young woman told us that her father had passed suddenly and that their dog refused to eat and her mother had become despondent. She felt the blanket may help. Who were we to refuse?
We rushed the blanket through the mill, and it was delivered to the family the next day. What a life changing event for a bunch of weavers that knew nothing about the funeral industry, and we have never been the same since.
The young woman put the blanket on the couch. Immediately the dog put his head on the blanket and soon after went into the kitchen to eat. Then the mom warmed to the blanket, wrapped herself in it and began to cry. Her husband had passed suddenly, and she did not get a chance to hug him goodbye. She now sleeps with the blanket every night, as she had with her husband her whole adult life. She had finally received her hug.
We still make wall tapestries and ship them all over the world. We still have blankets in every college bookstore with over 450 licensed designs, and we still sell to almost 1,000 gift stores… but our passion is the funeral business. We love helping people and the work we do with funeral directors is the most meaningful of all.
We have expanded our business to include sublimated printed products for funeral homes. We love our funeral home partners and weave and ship hundreds of blankets each and every day.
If you are reading this, know my family and I support you and we will do whatever we can do to comfort your families in their greatest time of need.
Sincerely,
George Clark
President
