Edward J. Sheehy, Jr. Elected Treasurer of CT Funeral Directors Assn.

The Connecticut Funeral Directors Association (CFDA) has elected Edward J. Sheehy, Jr. CFSP, CPC, CCO, as the association’s 2023 Treasurer.

The Shelton resident is a licensed funeral director/embalmer, and is the President and one of the owners of Riverview Funeral Home in Shelton and Edward F. Adzima Funeral Home in Derby.

Sheehy is a longtime member of CFDA’s Executive Committee, and served as the association’s President in 2018 and 2019, and as its Interim President in 2020 upon the sudden death of then President Alexander J. Scott. He is recognized as a Certified Funeral Service Practitioner (CFSP) through the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice. His CPC (Certified Planning Consultant) is from the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA), making him qualified to help families plan appropriate and customized services, manage funding options and ensure consumer protection for the families he serves. His CCO indicates that he completed the NFDA’s Certified Crematory Operator program.

Sheehy became a licensed funeral director/embalmer in 1987 after receiving his professional schooling from the Mortuary Science program at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, NY. In 1984, He joined Riverview Funeral Home, which was established by his uncle and mentor, the late Joseph A. Pagliaro, Sr. in 1968. In 1999, the business was expanded to include the Edward F. Adzima Funeral Home in Derby. Sheehy became President of both funeral homes in 2004 and shares ownership with his cousins, Joseph A. Pagliaro, Jr. and Michelle and Brett Haywood.

Born and raised in Derby, Sheehy is a graduate of Derby High School. Today, he lives in Shelton, Conn. with his wife, Jodi, with whom he has two daughters. He is a member and a past president of the Derby/Shelton Rotary Club and is a parishioner and member of the Finance Committee of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque Church in Shelton, as well as a volunteer for many other civic organizations over the years.

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.