Rhode Island Funeral Directors Association's Annual Installation of Officers and Board of Govenors

The Rhode Island Funeral Directors Association (RIFDA) is pleased to announce the following slate of officers for 2017-2018: Raymond Butterfield, III, President, Butterfield Home and Chapel, Jeffrey D. Wilson, CFSP, President-Elect, Nardolillo Funeral Home, Allan R. Bellows II, Vice President, Bellows Funeral Chapel, Geoffrey D. Greene, Treasurer, Robbins Funeral Home, and Andrew C. Koczera, Immediate Past President, Karol Romenski Funeral Home. Elected to the Board of Governors for 2017-2020 were Nicole E. Heywood, Winfield & Sons Funeral Home, Anthony J. Nardolillo, Nardolillo Funeral Home and Richard J. Snyder, Russell J. Boyle and Son Funeral Home. The Officers (2017-2018) and Board of Governors for (2017-2020) were installed by R. Bryant Hightower, Jr., CFSP, NFDA Secretary, at the RIFDA Annual Installation Dinner that took place at the Crowne Plaza in Warwick, Rhode Island on March 11, 2017.

The evening also included a ceremony to recognize the 2017 Honorary Members of the Rhode Island Funeral Directors Association that included Geoffrey D. Greene, Robbins Funeral Home, Charles A. Koczera, Karol Romenski Funeral Home, Robert E. Mason, Smith-Mason Funeral Home and Thomas M. Norato, CFSP, RIFDA Past President, Nardolillo Funeral Home. Thomas M. Norato, CFSP, was also recognized for 50 years of dedicated funeral service to the Nardolillo Funeral Home by Angelo M. Nardolillo, Vice President of the Nardolillo Funeral Home.

The Rhode Island Funeral Directors Association was founded in 1932. The main office is located in East Greenwich, Post Office Box 1223 East Greenwich, Rhode Island 02818; www.rifda.org.

2017 RIFDA Officers and Board of Governors: front row: Board of Governors -- Nicole E. Heywood, Winfield & Sons Funeral Home, Stephen A. Mello, Jr., CFSP, Murphy Funeral Homes, Catherine A. Tattrie, Smith Funeral and Memorial Services, Anthony J. Nardolillo, Nardolillo Funeral Home, Maria A. King; Quinn Funeral Homes back row: Board of Govenors Robert L. DeMaula, Murphy Funeral Homes and Richard J. Snyder, Russell J. Boyle and Son Funeral Home, Officers: Andrew C. Koczera, Immediate Past President, Karol Romenski & Son Funeral Home, Jeffrey D. Wilson, CFSP, President-Elect, Nardolillo Funeral Home, R. Bryant Hightower, Jr. CFSP, NFDA Secretary, Raymond Butterfield III, President, Butterfield Funeral Chapel, Geoffrey D. Greene, Treasurer, Robbins Funeral Home, Allan R. Bellows II, Vice President Bellows Funeral Chapel, and Board of Govenror Michael J. Trainor, Frank P. Trainor & Sons Funeral Home.