FLORIDA
FUNERAL DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION &
FLORIDA CEMETERY FUNERAL CREMATION ASSOCIATION
UNITE AS ONE
The Florida Funeral Directors Association and Florida
Cemetery Funeral Cremation Association board of directors
and membership met at the Boca Raton Resort for a Joint
Convention and Trade Show on Thursday, July 29. Both
associations’ memberships convened to vote upon
a merger between the two associations and unanimously
voted to approve a merger creating the Florida
Cemetery, Cremation & Funeral Association (FCCFA).
The FCCFA is now the largest statewide organization
representing professionals within the death-care industry
as well as the most diverse group of practitioners and
licenses in Florida and across the United States.
The
new Officers and Board of Directors of the FCCFA were
installed by Kevin Daniels, President of the International
Cemetery, Cremation & Funeral Association (ICCFA)
on Saturday, July 31 at a dinner banquet capping off
the convention’s events. The newly elected 2010-2011
officers of the FCCFA are as follows:
President
– Keenan Knopke, Curlew Hills Memory Gardens,
Inc.
President Elect – Lee Longino,
Services Corporation, Inc.
First Vice President – Deb
Gilmore, Steverson, Hamlin & Hilbish Funeral
Home
Second Vice President – Robin
Giddens Sheppard, Hardage-Giddens Funeral Homes
Secretary – Ty Lohman, Lohman
Family Properties
Treasurer – Jim Semesco,
Page Theus Funeral Home
Immediate Past Presidents –
John Williams, Farley Funeral Homes & Crematory
and David Daniels, Skyway Memorial Gardens
The
mission of the Florida Cemetery, Cremation & Funeral
Association will be:
-
Fostering positive consumer relationships by promoting
high ethical standards; and
- Providing
services, products and educational opportunities that
members cannot as effectively provide for themselves;
and
- Presenting
proactive leadership on legislative, regulatory and
legal issues; and
- Encouraging
members to promote the celebration of life, remembrance
and memorialization and
- Promoting
the value of selecting and funding funeral, cemetery
and memorial products and services in advance of need;
- And
providing members the opportunity for growth and recognition
through participation in the association.
For
more information on the Florida Cemetery, Cremation
& Funeral Association, please contact FCCFA President
Keenan Knopke at 727-789-2000 or kknopke@curlewhills.com,
Leigh Ann Bradley, CAE at 800-226-3332 or Wanda Classe
at 407-896-1015.
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