Melissa (Missy) Melin-Miles Elected VP of CT Funeral Directors Assn.

Melissa (Missy) Melin-Miles has been elected Vice President of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association (CFDA). This will be her seventh year serving on the organization’s Executive Committee. Most recently, she served as the association’s Secretary.

Melin-Miles is a licensed funeral director/embalmer with Alderson-Ford Funeral Homes, Inc., based in Cheshire. In addition to Cheshire, the 102-year-old family-owned funeral firm has locations in Naugatuck and Waterbury.

After receiving her professional schooling from Briarwood College of Mortuary Science (now Goodwin University), Melin-Miles became a funeral director/embalmer in 2000. Prior to joining Alderson-Ford Funeral Homes in 2013, she was a funeral director/embalmer in Arizona, and worked as an embalmer in Japan and Colorado.

Melin-Miles lives in Wolcott. The native of West Haven is an alumna of Lauralton Hall in Milford, Conn.

The Connecticut Funeral Directors Association’s 2023 Officers and Executive Committee members all are licensed funeral directors/embalmers. The following is the full list:

President: Lionel J. Lessard, Jr., CFSP, of D'Esopo Funeral Chapels in East Hartford and Wethersfield;

Vice President Melissa Melin-Miles of Alderson-Ford Funeral Homes, Inc. in Cheshire, Naugatuck, and Waterbury;

Treasurer: Edward J. Sheehy, Jr. CFSP, CPC, CCO, of Riverview Funeral Home in Shelton, and Edward F. Adzima Funeral Home in Derby;

Secretary: Jonathan L. Green, CPC, CCSP, of Abraham L. Green & Son Funeral Home in Fairfield;

Immediate Past President: David W. MacDonald, CFSP, CPC, CCO, of Wallingford Funeral Home in Wallingford, and Yalesville Funeral Home in Yalesville;

Executive Committee: Robert W. Hansen III, of Mulryan Funeral Home in Glastonbury;

Executive Committee: Michael J. Introvigne of Introvigne Funeral Home in Stafford Springs;

Executive Committee: Lissa Lovetere-Stone of Munson-Lovetere Funeral Homes, Inc. in Southbury and Woodbury;

Executive Committee: Jessica J. Mercuri of Ahern Funeral Home in Hartford and Unionville;

Executive Committee: June Williams, CFSP, CPC, of Carmon Community Funeral Homes in Windsor (2), Avon, Granby, Rockville, South Windsor, Suffield, Vernon, and Hartford;

Executive Committee Alternate: Joseph A. Murray of Castiglione Funeral Home, Inc. in Greenwich;

Executive Committee: Alternate: Dean McMorran, Jr. of B.C. Bailey Funeral Home, Inc.in Wallingford, and Bailey Funeral Home in Plainville; and

NFDA State Leadership Representative: Diana Duksa Kurz, CFSP, of Duksa Family Funeral Homes in Newington, and Duksa Family Funeral Home at Burritt Hill in New Britain.

The Connecticut Funeral Directors Association (CFDA) is comprised of funeral directors at more than 220 funeral homes. Founded 134 years ago in 1889, the Wethersfield-based association is committed to the promotion and advocacy of high ethical standards in funeral service. This includes the development and presentation of ongoing professional training opportunities for practitioners and educational programs for association members and the public. For information about the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, call 860-721-0234 or visit www.ctfda.org or www.facebook.com/ConnFDA.