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 Partners – State 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 Chapel – City, 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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