Glastonbury Funeral Director Elected to Statewide Executive Committee

Robert W. Hansen III, a licensed funeral director/embalmer at Mulryan Funeral Home in Glastonbury, has been elected to his first term as a member of the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association (CFDA).

A third-generation funeral director, he became a licensed funeral director/embalmer in 1992 after receiving his professional schooling from New England Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences at Mount Ida College in Newton Center, Mass. In addition, he holds an Associates degree in Mortuary Sciences from Mount Ida College.

Following mortuary school, Hansen served his apprenticeship and worked for many years at Erickson-Hansen Funeral Home in New Britain, Conn., which was founded by his grandparents, Robert W. Hansen, Sr. and Eunice V. Hansen.

In October 2018, he joined Thomas J. Mulryan and the staff at Mulryan Funeral Home in Glastonbury.

Hansen is a member of Advisory Board of the Funeral Service Program at Goodwin University in East Hartford, Conn. He lives in Berlin, with his wife, Kate, and their four children.

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