“We chose a nice poplar wood casket that was mid-grade, and it was $4,600,” said Rynes. Making furniture ...

History: Saint Meinrad Archabbey, a Catholic Benedictine monastery, was founded in 1854 in Spencer County by monks from Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland.

Smooth, seamless, natural poplar, cherry wood and cross-embellished boxes line a workbench in his shop, rivaling the beauty of more expensive marble urns.