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The IFDA Past Presidents gather annually for lunch.
Representatives of Oakcrest Funeral Services in Algona receive the Iowa Award of Funeral Service
Excellence for a record 27th straight year.
Another Successful Iowa Convention
members and family mem-
bers who passed away within
the last year took place Tues-
day evening. Representatives
of the deceased were pre-
sented with a memorial can-
dle and ornament. The cer-
emony included a moment
of silence and a video me-
morial. Later in the evening,
the Presidential Banquet and
Awards Ceremony occurred
in a ballroom. Tickets for the
banquet were sold out in ad-
vance of the Convention.
The Banquet honored
the achievements of IFDA
members throughout 2016-
NEWS Association CONTINUED
Tuesday afternoon includ-
ed four special breakout ses-
sions where funeral direc-
tors learned about how cope
with compassion fatigue,
creating cash flow solutions,
working with multiple gen-
erations, and Facebook for
funeral homes.
A Celebration of Life cer-
emony honoring IFDA
2017. Those honored in-
cluded three scholarship re-
cipients, 40-, 50-, 60-, and
70-year licensees, and Award
of Excellence recipients.
Milestone licensees received
a standing ovation for their
service to the funeral profes-
sion and their communities.
New officers and governors
for the 2017-2018 termwere
installed. Below is an updat-
ed list of the IFDA Officers
and District Governors after
the inductions at Tuesday’s
Presidential Banquet:
IFDA Officers are: Presi-
dent – David M. Fry, Fry
Funeral Home, Tipton;
President-Elect – William
J. Armstrong , Armstrong
Funeral Homes, Mount
Ayr; Secretary-Treasurer
– Charles J. Yoder, Yod-
er-Powell Funeral Home,
Kalona; and Immediate
Past President – Patrick A.
Leonard, Leonard Funer-
al Home & Crematory,
Dubuque.
IFDA Board of Governors
are: District 1 – Ryan G.
Tucker, Kaiser-Corson Fu-
neral Homes, Denver; Dis-
trict 2 – Jacob Wittrock,
PO Box 5159
Youngstown, OH 44514
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