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WE THERS F I E LD, CT—
The 2017 officers and ex-
ecutive committee mem-
bers have been elected to
the
Connecticut Funer-
al Directors Association
(CFDA) during the as-
sociation’s 128th Annual
Convention.
New president
Robert L.
Muccino Jr.
of
Funk Fu-
neral Home
in Bristol is
also the Northeast-Eastern
Region Director of Sup-
port for
Carriage Servic-
es
of Houston, TX. Muc-
NEWS
Association
CONTINUED
CFDA elects New Officers and Executive Committee
Robert L. Muccino Jr
John F. Cascio, CFDA Executive Director (left) was honored
with the 2017 Brass Apple Award by the Council of Funeral
Association Executives for his presentation of the association’s
ongoing public relations & communications plan. The strategies
and actions are developed and managed by Laura Soll Public
Relations, LLC of Windsor. The award was presented by CFDA
President Robert L. Muccino Jr.
cino’s theme for his 2017 presidency is to “Embrace
Change, Offer Light, and Provide Direction.” He has
served five terms on CFDA’s executive committee, most
recently as the association’s vice president.
A lifelong Waterbury resident, Muccino says that his in-
terest in funeral service was sparked at a very young age
when his grandfather was murdered in one of the city’s
neighborhoods. That painful tragedy made him all too
aware of the impact that grief has on families and individ-
uals. Muccino chose a career as a funeral director so that
he can compassionately guide people along life’s journey
during the most difficult of times.
Muccino became a funeral director and embalmer in
1985 after receiving his professional schooling from the
New England Institute of Mortuary Science
in Boston, MA
and completed his apprenticeship at the
John J. Ferry
& Sons Funeral Home
in Meriden, CT. Prior to join-
ing Carriage Services and Funk Funeral Home in 2015,
he spent eight years as the regional market prearranged
funeral manager in Connecticut and Rockland County,
NY for
Service Corporation International
(SCI)/
Dig-
nity Memorial
of Houston, TX.
The new officers are: Vice President:
Edward J. Sheehy
Jr,
CFSP, CPC, CCO, of
Riverview Funeral Home
in
Shelton, CT and
Edward F. Adzima Funeral Home
in
Derby, CT; Treasurer:
Matthew R. Adzima
of
Adzima
Funeral Home, Inc.
in Stratford; Secretary:
Alexander
J. Scott,
CFSP, CPC, of
Newington Memorial Funer-
al Home
and
Fisette-Batzner Funeral Home
in New-
ington and
Burritt Hill Funeral Home
in New Britain;
CFDA Policy Board Representative to the
National Fu-
neral Directors Association:
Pasquale S. Folino,
CFSP,
COO, of
Thomas L. Neilan & Sons Funeral Homes
in New London and Niantic; and Immediate Past-Pres-
ident:
Howard K. Hill,
CFSP, CPC, CCO, of
Howard
K. Hill Funeral Services
in New Haven, Hartford and
Bloomfield. CFDA’s executive director is
John F. Cascio.
Executive Committee members include:
Albert M.
DeLucia
of
Porto Funeral Homes
in West Haven and
East Haven;
David W. MacDonald
of
Wallingford
Funeral Home
in Wallingford and
Yalesville Funeral
Home
in Yalesville;
Melissa Melin-Miles
of
Alderson-
Ford Funeral Homes, Inc.
in Cheshire, Naugatuck
and Waterbury;
Jacqueline L. Teske
of
Pietras Fam-
ily Funeral Homes
in Rockville, Coventry, Tolland and
East Windsor; and
John “Jay” C. Carmon Jr,
CPC, of
Carmon Community Funeral Homes
with locations
in Windsor, Avon, Granby, Rockville, South Windsor,
Suffield and Vernon.
The Connecticut Funeral Directors Association (CFDA)
is comprised of funeral directors at more than 220 funer-
al homes. Founded in 1889, the Wethersfield-based as-
sociation is committed to the promotion and advocacy
of high ethical standards in funeral service. This includes
the development and presentation of ongoing profession-
al training opportunities for practitioners and education-
al programs for association members and the public. For
more information about the Connecticut Funeral Direc-
tors Association, call 860-721-0234 or 800-919-2332,
visit
www.ctfda.orgor like them on Facebook.
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