CT River Valley Chamber Of Commerce: EAST HARTFORD RESIDENT LIONEL J. LESSARD, JR., CFSP,ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT OF CT FUNERAL DIRECTORS ...

Press release from the CT River Valley Chamber of Commerce:

February 19, 2022

Lessard is a licensed funeral director/embalmer and the General Manager of D’Esopo East Hartford Memorial Chapel in East Hartford, Conn. and D’Esopo Funeral Chapel in Wethersfield, Conn. He is recognized as a Certified Funeral Service Practitioner (CFSP) through the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice. Prior to his election as Vice President, he served as a member of the Wethersfield, Conn.-based CFDA Executive Board.

Lessard became a licensed funeral director/embalmer in 1984 after receiving his professional schooling from the former New England Institute of Applied Funeral Arts and Sciences in Massachusetts. He joined the D’Esopo Funeral Chapel in 2000. He previously was employed for 21 years by Newkirk & Whitney Funeral Home in East Hartford and West Hartford.

Lessard lives in East Hartford, Conn. with his wife, Christina. He is a Trustee of the Connecticut River Valley Chamber of Commerce, and is a member of the Economic & Strategic Development Committee of Goodwin University. Lessard serves on the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Sports Management Group-Nutmeg State Games, and is a Paul Harris Award recipient of the Rotary Club of East Hartford.

The Connecticut Funeral Directors Association’s 2022 Officers and Executive Committee members all are licensed funeral directors/embalmers:

·         President – David W. MacDonald, CFSP, CPC, CCO, President of Wallingford Funeral Home and Yalesville Funeral Home in Wallingford;

·         Vice President – Lionel J. Lessard, CFSP, General Manager of D’Esopo East Hartford Memorial Chapel and D’Esopo Funeral Chapel in Wethersfield;

·         Treasurer – Matthew R. Adzima, Secretary/Treasurer of Adzima Funeral Home, Inc. in Stratford;

·         Secretary – Melissa Melin-Miles, Alderson-Ford Funeral Homes, Inc. in Cheshire, Naugatuck and Waterbury;

·         Executive Committee – Albert M. DeLucia, Vice-President of Porto Funeral Homes in East Haven and West Haven;

·         Executive Committee – Jesse M. Gomes, MA, CFSP, CPC, CCO, Molloy Funeral Home in West Hartford;

·         Executive Committee – Jonathan L. Green, CPC, Abraham L. Green & Son Funeral Home in Fairfield;

·         Executive Committee – Amanda Portelance, CCO, Spencer Funeral Home in East Hampton;

·         Executive Committee – Thomas J. Tierney, Owner/President of John F. Tierney Funeral Home Inc. in Manchester;

·         CFDA Policy Board Representative to National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) – Diana Duksa Kurz, CFSP, Co-Owner of Duksa Family Funeral Homes in Newington and New Britain; and

·         Immediate Past-President – Edward J. Sheehy, Jr, CFSP, CPC, CCO, President of Riverview Funeral Home in Shelton and Edward F. Adzima Funeral Home in Derby.

This press release was produced by the CT River Valley Chamber of Commerce. The views expressed here are the author’s own.