Southington Resident Re-Elected to Board of Connecticut Funeral Directors Association

Southington, Conn. resident Jonathan Erickson has been elected to his second term as a member of the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association (CFDA).

Erickson is a licensed funeral director at Beecher & Bennett Funeral Service, Inc. in Hamden, Conn. and Meriden, Conn., his family-owned funeral firm that was founded in 1894.

A graduate of North Haven High School, Erickson received his professional education from Lincoln College of New England in Southington, Conn. (now Goodwin University), and became a licensed funeral director/embalmer in 2013.

Erickson is a member of Board of Directors of the Midstate Chamber of Commerce in Meriden, Conn. He and his wife, Ashley, live in Southington, Conn.

The Connecticut Funeral Directors Association’s 2026 Officers and Executive Committee are:

• President, Jonathan L. Green, CFSP, CPC, CCSP, Abraham L. Green & Son Funeral Home in Fairfield;
• Vice President, Lissa Lovetere-Stone, CCO, Munson-Lovetere Funeral Homes, Inc. in Southbury and Woodbury;
• Treasurer: Michael J. Introvigne, Introvigne Funeral Home in Stafford Springs;
• Secretary: Jessica J. Mercuri, Ahern Funeral Homes in Hartford and Unionville; and
• Immediate Past President: Melissa Melin-Miles, Alderson-Ford Funeral Homes, Inc. and the Buckmiller Ford Mengacci Funeral Home in Cheshire, Naugatuck, and Waterbury.

Executive Committee Members:

• Jonathan Erickson, Beecher & Bennett, Inc. in Hamden and Meriden;
• Patrick L. Ferry, John J. Ferry & Sons, Inc. in Meriden;
• Emily A. Randolph, CFSP, CPC, CCO, East Windsor Community Funeral Home, and Nutmeg Trade Services, LLC,
• Jonathan E. Jones, CFSP, Howard K. Hill Funeral Services in New Haven, Hartford, and Bloomfield;
• Brendan McKeon, CFSP, CCO, Spear-Miller Funeral Home in Fairfield; and
• (Alternate) Denise Verner, CFSP, CCO, Duksa Family Funeral Homes in Newington and New Britain.

The 137-year-old Connecticut Funeral Directors Association is comprised of funeral directors at more than 220 funeral homes. Based in Wethersfield, Conn., the professional organization 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 more information about the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association or its holiday collection drive, call 860-721-0234 or visit www.ctfda.org