Wallingford Funeral Director & Resident David MacDonald Re-Elected to Board of State Assn.

David W. MacDonald of Wallingford has been elected to serve a second term on the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association (CFDA).

MacDonald became a licensed funeral director/embalmer in 1999 after receiving his professional schooling from the New England Institute of Mortuary Science at Mount Ida College in Dedham, Mass. He began his funeral service career in his teens working with his uncle, David T. Warren, at Thomas E. Fitzgerald Funeral Home (established in Wallingford, Conn. in 1934) which now does business as Wallingford Funeral Home at 809 North Main Street Ext. in Wallingford, and Yalesville Funeral Home at 386 Main St. in Yalesville. He also earned a degree in Business Management from Quinnipiac University.

A lifelong Wallingford resident, MacDonald is a parishioner of Most Holy Trinity Church, a First Degree Knight in the Knights of Columbus, Pinta Council #5, a member of the Wallingford Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 1365, the Wallingford Country Club. He and his wife, Jennifer, have two sons.

The Connecticut Funeral Directors Association (CFDA) is comprised of funeral directors at more than 220 funeral homes. The 2017 Officers and Executive Committee elections were held during the association’s 128th Annual Convention in December. Founded 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 more information about the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, call 860-721-0234 or 800-919-2332, or visit www.ctfda.org