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Jessica Claire
  • Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
  • Home: (555) 432-1000
  • Cell:
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Professional Summary
Organized Licensed Funeral Director seeks employment with a funeral home assisting families with full-service funeral arrangements. Prioritizes professionalism and excels in personalizing funeral services to meet the needs of each family.
Skills
  • Licensed Funeral Director in Washington State
  • Funeral planning
  • FTC compliance understanding
  • Empathetic
  • Customer-oriented
  • Funeral industry regulations knowledge
  • Caring and sensitive
  • Organized
  • Dressing and casketing
  • Strong communication skills
  • Home and hospital removals
  • Cremations
Work History
Funeral Director/Apprentice Embalmer, 02/2010 to 01/2013
Stonemor PartnersState College, PA,
  • Conducted more than 500 funerals, visitations and memorial services over the course of 3 years.
  • Discussed the nature of the funeral service, the disposition of the remains and funeral costs with family members.
  • Communicated with insurance companies to secure death benefits for the families of the deceased.
  • Drafted and published 4-5 obituaries per week on behalf of families served.
  • Secured and filed burial permits and made funeral arrangements.
  • Monitored numeroushigh-volume phone lines and displayed proper phone etiquette.
  • Closed and secured caskets and led funeral corteges to churches and burial sites.
  • Arranged transportation between sites for the remains, mourners, pallbearers and members of the clergy.
  • Promoted funeral service merchandise such as caskets, urns, outer burial containers and flowers.
  • Picked up the deceased at private homes, hospitals and county morgues.
  • Performed embalming procedures and updated case study reports.
  • Met with families of deceased to discuss funeral service requests, disposition of remains and pricing.
  • Acted as a liaison between hospitals, physicians, the county coroner, newspapers and members of the clergy.

Funeral Director/Embalmer, 03/2013 to Current
Scharbachs Columbia Funeral ChapelCity, STATE,
  • Discussed the nature of the funeral service, the disposition of the remains and funeral costs with family members.
  • Secured and filed burial permits and made funeral arrangements.
  • Closed and secured caskets and led funeral corteges to churches and burial sites.
  • Promoted funeral service merchandise such as caskets, urns, outer burial containers and flowers.
  • Picked up the deceased at private homes, hospitals and county morgues.
  • Performed embalming procedures and updated case study reports.
  • Met with families of deceased to discuss funeral service requests, disposition of remains and pricing.
  • Acted as a liaison between hospitals, physicians, the county coroner, newspapers and members of the clergy.

Education
High School Diploma: , Expected in 1980
Hillsboro High School - Hillsboro, Oregon
GPA:
Associate of Science: Prerequisites for Mortuary School, Expected in 2012
North Idaho Community College - Coeur d\'Alene, Idaho
GPA:
Associate of Applied Science: Mortuary Science, Expected in 2014
Arapahoe Community College - Littleton, Colorado
GPA:
Accomplishments
Earned recognition on the Dean\'s List at Arapahoe Community College, Spring 2014Met the contract average goal at Hennessey Funeral Homes, 2013Achieved the highest contract average at Hennessey Funeral Homes, 2013

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School Attended

  • Hillsboro High School
  • North Idaho Community College
  • Arapahoe Community College

Job Titles Held:

  • Funeral Director/Apprentice Embalmer
  • Funeral Director/Embalmer

Degrees

  • High School Diploma
  • Associate of Science
  • Associate of Applied Science

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