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1 Local Events National Events Oregon Mortuary & Cemetery Board Meetings September 2018. 26-28th Tuesday, September 18th (Strategic Planning) ICCFA. Tuesday, October 9th Fall Management Conference Tuesday, December 11th (Optional) The Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa Manalapan, FL. Please note: Meetings will typically be held at the October 2018. State Board Offices at 800 NE Oregon St, Suite 430. in Portland at 9 AM. 14-17th NFDA. 2018 International Convention & Expo The Communicator For official location information, Salt Lake City, UT. July/August 2018. you can contact the OMCB at January 2019. 23-25th ICCFA. Funeral Service Practitioner & Wide World Of Sales Death Care Consultant Bally's Las Vegas Exam Schedule Las Vegas, NV.

2 (Exams Held At The Portland State Office Building). April 2019. 2-6th TBA. ICCFA Features FYI: Staff Changes At The Oregon OFDA Events ICCFA Annual Convention & Expo Mortuary and Cemetery Board Charlotte Convention Center & 3 OMCB Top Ten Common Funeral TBA The Westin Charlotte Home Violations, Pages 3-5. And At the Oregon ME Office Charlotte, NC. 6 NFDA Predicts National Cremation As some of you may be aware, Chad Dresselhaus has been appointed to the July 2019 Rate To Climb By A Third Within position of Executive Director at the Oregon Mortuary and Cemetery Board, 20-25th Twenty Years effective August 1st. ICCFA.

3 ICCFA University 7 For Sale &. Additionally, Oregon has a new Chief Medical Examiner;. Fogelman Executive Center Dr. Michele Stauffenberg, Employment Opportunities University of Memphis Please see the letters from Jerome Daniel and Rick Harvey on Page 2 for Memphis, TN further details and information. 9 FYI: OVERS Password Reset Functionality Now Available 13 FTC Undercover Shopping Season Begins 16 MHCC Funeral Service Program News Published bi-monthly by the President's Letter Executive Director's Letter Oregon Funeral Directors Association An excited and energized tribe of 30 or so funeral Today is the first day in ten that we are not in the 12725 SW 66th Ave.

4 Directors, staff and vendors have just gone back 90 degree temperature range. It seems we have a Suite 105. Portland OR 97223. home from our Eastern District Meeting in Pendle- new fire every time I turn on the news. It is (503) ton. It was a most meaningful turnout in that folks certainly a time to be very aware of your had to drive for hours to attend. Your board was surroundings. Portions of this newsletter delighted to have you, thank you all for coming. are taken from other I personally want to congratulate Chad Dressel- The OFDA conducted the annual dinner meeting in sources and may not haus on his new appointment as Executive Direc- Pendleton at the Red Lion Hotel last week and represent all available data or be complete statements.

5 Tor to the OMCB, and welcome Dr. Michele Stauf- enjoyed the company of 25 members. I want to An attorney or accountant fenberg, as our new Chief Medical Examiner. thank everyone who gave of their time to attend should be consulted on any Both of these individuals have already showed and especially Kevin Loveland who represented legal or tax matters. proof of a resolve to make interactions between the Oregon Mortuary and Cemetery Board because Conclusions are based on our best analysis of their offices and funeral professionals more ten- of the management change. We asked for input industry information able. Thank you both for your commitment to ex- we could take to the OMCB's new Executive sources.

6 Cellence. Director, Chad Dresselhaus when meeting in October for the scheduled OMCB Board Meeting. I. OFDA Officers A good part of a Funeral Directors sense of self have compiled that list of suggestions and comes from our commitment to the affairs of our requests for presentation. We will be asking for the President communities. The feedback we receive personally same input in Medford, Eugene and Portland. If Jerome Daniel and the recognition our firms enjoy is self stimulat- feedback means anything, I believe we have a very Bend ing. All of us need to continue investing in this well thought out compilation of suggestions.

7 We richly rewarding enterprise. On my own staff we will keep the membership updated as we move Vice President have two Rotary Paul Harris Fellows, a past presi- forward. Rob Neff dent of both OFDA and OMCB, a past president Medford and Lion of the year, a Kiwanian, a past president As I mentioned, Chad Dresselhaus has been and Quotarion of the year, and three members of selected to fill the position of Executive Director of Secretary/Treasurer Holly Houston the Band of Brothers. Most of us are uber involved the Oregon Mortuary Cemetery Board, effective St. Helens in our religious and hospice communities. It is August 1, 2018.

8 We want to welcome Chad and hard to imagine that any of us have time to facili- look forward to working with him and the staff to Business Admin. Chair tate the needs of our client families much less the ensure an ongoing professional and productive Jeff Musgrove needs of our personal families. They all depend on relationship. I have known Chad for a number of Eugene us as we do them. It feels so good to be a part of years and can say with confidence, he will be something that is bigger than ourselves - commu- responsive and you will see evidence of that very Board of Directors Directors nity is what makes us whole.

9 Quickly. Jason Widing Redmond Funeral Directors are best known for our altruistic We continue to work with various State offices in patterns of behavior in all we do. The notion we an attempt to update the Disaster Preparedness Natasha Tjaarda might take time to care for ourselves is never Plans within Oregon. This has been an ongoing Stayton mentioned even behind closed doors. For those effort to ensure we are prepared when the event able to attend the last convention we all remem- happens. We will meet again at the State ME. Randy Schoonhoven ber Chaplain Jim Crowley definitively explaining Offices in August 2018.

10 Bend that Post Traumatic Stress Disorder should be Alan Burns brought to the forefront of our collective con- Thank you for your support, Florence sciences. Please remember, in a crisis you must Rick put on your own oxygen mask first in order to help Gene Drake others. Take care of yourselves, you are really im- Medford portant. Executive Director We are looking forward to seeing everybody that Rick Harvey can attend the southern district meeting in Med- ford on September 19th. We will be loaded with new information for you. Lobbyist Wally Ordeman Ordeman Lobby Services, LLC. Humbly yours, Jerome Daniel OFDA President The Communicator Page 2 The Communicator Page 19.