Seminars
Seminar • Legislative Update
Updates and Reports on issues concerning CFDA by our Lobbyist Michael Dugan.
(1 CEU)
Seminar • State and Federal Updates for Funeral Service
with CFDA Atty. John McHugh and Kathy W. Boulware, R.N.,
Public Health Services Manager
(2 CEUs)
Seminar • “Marketing Cremation and The 4 Ps to Avoid Litigation”
with Mike Nicodemus, NFDA Vice President of Cremation Services
(2 CEUs)
Cremation litigation is at an all-time high and very costly, not to mention the harm to your good name and
reputation. A funeral director for over forty years and for thirty four years as a crematory manager, he
performed or assisted in over 10,000 cremations. Mike will explain how to make your funeral home and
crematory operate at its maximum potential when dealing with cremation. He will lay out the best policies
and procedures to keep your company out of a court of law, and will dissect various lawsuits in which he
served as an expert witness to show how an unintentional mistake may end up costing you well into the six
figures.
CFDA will once again collect donations of funds and toys at our Annual Meeting for
Connecticut’s “Operation E.L.F.” (Embracing Lonely Families) Annual Holiday Drive.
Please bring a toy or check with you to make the holidays a little brighter for a child
with a parent/soldier serving away from home.
CFDA
Est. 1889
December 4, 2014, Crowne Plaza Cromwell
100 Berlin Road, Cromwell, Connecticut
This year CFDA will be making a donation of $500 to The Prosperity Foundation, c/o The Community
Foundation for Greater New Haven, 70 Audubon Street, New Haven, CT 06510.
For Continuing Education Credits
You must sign-in, receive your name tag, and pick up your Continuing Education Form. Please have your form punched at
the conclusion of each event. If you are a CFDA member it is your responsibility to return the white copy to the CFDA registrar
and forward the pink copy to APFSP. You will retain the yellow copy for your records.
The law requires that funeral homes, in addition to funeral directors, maintain copies of continuing education certificates
for funeral directors licensed at the funeral home.
Your CFDA Convention Planning Committee extends a very special
Thank You to Our Friends in Funeral Service
who have generously agreed to assist in its planning efforts by sponsoring some of the
events, speakers, or reception for the 126th Annual CFDA Convention
Sponsored by CFD,LTD.
126th Annual Convention of the
Connecticut Funeral Directors Association
Respecting
Our Past
With a Vision
For the Future
Howard K. Hill, CFSP, CPC
2015 CFDA President
Events Schedule
Installation of
Howard K. Hill, CFSP, CPC
9:00 Supplier Exhibition, Registration & Continental Breakfast
10:00 Business Meeting, Legislative Update, 2015 Budgets,
Election of 2015 Officers, CFDA President’s Report, NFDA Report
and the 2015 Officers and Executive Committee
Vice President, Erin V. Hastings,
Beecher & Bennett, Inc., Hamden
1:15 Legislative Update with CFDA Lobbyist Michael Dugan Secretary, Philip M. Pietras
Pietras Funeral Homes, Coventry, Rockville & Tolland
cfsp
Howard K. Hill, cfsp, cpc
Howard K. Hill Funeral Services
Hartford & New Haven
cfsp
Robert L. Muccino, cpc New Britain Memorial – Sagarino Funeral Home, New Britain
Robert B. Clark Cyril F. Mullins Funeral Homes, Trumbull
Rebecca C. Lautenslager Shaughnessey-Banks Funeral Home, Fairfield
Edward J. Sheehy, Jr., cfsp Riverview Funeral Home, Shelton
John “Jay” C. Carmon, Jr., cpc Carmon Funeral Homes, Windsor
cpc
(1 CEU)
(2 CEUs)
(2 CEUs)
5:30 Suppliers Pre-Banquet Cocktail Reception with “The Princess and Knights”
Executive Committee
Alternate
Robert L. Morton,
(1 CEU)
2:15 State and Federal Updates for Funeral Service with CFDA Atty. John McHugh
and Kathy W. Boulware, R.N., Public Health Services Manager 3:30 Keynote Speaker Mike Nicodemus, NFDA Vice President of Cremation Services
Treasurer, Matthew R. Adzima
Adzima Funeral Home, Inc., Stratford
Policy Board Representative, William R. Molloy,
Molloy Funeral Home, West Hartford
12:00 Luncheon with Members, Past Presidents, Executive Board, Board Members,
Committee Members, Suppliers & Friends
cfsp
Past President, Stephen M. King,
Mystic Funeral Home, Mystic
Morton’s Mortuary, Inc, Bridgeport
7:00 Dinner, Installation of 2015 Officers and Board Members
with Special Guest NFDA Presiden-Elect Bob Arrington and his wife, Judy
• Music and Entertainment with “The Rahsaan Langley Project”
Registration
Members: All CFDA members and suppliers are encouraged to attend the luncheon ($35 per person)
and the banquet ($90 per person).
The Business Meeting, the Legal Seminar, the Legislative Update, the Keynote Speaker Mike Nicodemus, and the
Cocktail Reception are included in the registration fee ($75 per person).
Non-Members: $275.00 for Educational Seminars and Cocktail Reception.
Contact the CFDA Office for reservations. (860) 721-0234
Room Reservations for the Crowne Plaza, 100 Berlin Road, Cromwell, CT 06416 will be made by individual attendees directly to the Hotel’s reservation department at (860) 635-2000 or toll free reservation number (877) 227-6963.
Please have your credit card available and identify yourself as a member of CFDA. The daily cost of the room will be
$112.00 and you must make your reservation by November 26, 2014.
Cocktail Reception: A delicious array of Hors d’oeuvres and Open Bar provided by the generous support of many of
our CFDA Suppliers.
Dinner Selections are: Filet Mignon with Stilton Cheese Crust and Cabernet Demi Glaze, Garlic Mashed Potatoes,
Chef’s Selection of Seasonal Vegetables; Grilled Salmon Fillet in a Lemon Caper Glaze, Couscous, Chef’s Selection of
Seasonal Vegetables. There will be a cash bar during the banquet.