Licensed Funeral Director

Alicia Trompower

Licensed Funeral Director

403 Poplar Street

Canal Fulton, Ohio 44616

Aburgan81@yahoo.com

330-265-9987

Summary

Compassionate Funeral Director and location manager dedicated to helping families celebrate the lives of their loved ones and find closure through high-quality and individualized funeral services. Areas of specialty include funeral arranging, removals, evening on-call, office tasks and managing a staff of six and a 150 a year call funeral home.

Experience

Funeral Director and Location Manager

February 2022 – present

Rose Hill Funeral Home and Burial Park, Akron

Arranging funerals in a manner consistent with each families heritage and religious beliefs
Develop and prepare plans with clergy, cemetery or crematory, casket/vault/urn companies, primarily Batesville, florists, etc,
Conducting funerals and graveside services
On-call and assisting with the removal team when needed
Setting features, and preparing deceased for visitations including dressing, casketing, and doing cosmetics
Maintaining a positive work environment by helping out in any way possible
Answering phones, taking first calls, entering contracts, and doing death certificates
Directing part-time staff on funerals, errands, and burials
Handling disgruntled families from both the funeral home and cemetery
Quickly assessing and resolving problems with families and burials
Work with and manager a variety of staff, including personalities and abilities

Funeral Director

September 2021-February 2022

Newcomer Funeral Home, Akron

Arranging funerals in a manner consistent with each families heritage and religious beliefs
Develop and prepare plans with clergy, cemetery or crematory, casket/vault/urn companies, primarily Batesville, florists, etc,
Conducting funerals and graveside services
On-call and assisting with the removal team when needed
Setting features, and preparing deceased for visitations including dressing, casketing, and doing cosmetics
Maintaining a positive work environment by helping out in any way possible
Answering phones, taking first calls, entering contracts, and doing death certificates

Funeral Director

September 2019-September 2021

Paquelet Funeral Home, Massillon, Ohio

Arranging funerals in a manner consistent with each family’s heritage and religious beliefs.
Develop and prepare plans with clergy, cemetery\crematory, casket\urn companies, vault companies, florists, etc.
Conducting and leading funeral services at the funeral home, church, or cemetery.
Removals and evening on-call.
Setting features and preparing the deceased for services, including cosmetics, dressing, casketing, and hairdressing.
Maintaining client records according to company standards.
Clerical work including death certificates, obituaries, insurance claims, and printed materials

Funeral Apprentice

April 2017-June 2019

Karlo-Libby Funeral Home, Canton, Ohio

Transfer the deceased to the funeral home
Sat in on arrangements for funeral services
Learned how to set features, dress, do cosmetics, and casket the deceased for services.
Learned the laws and ethics of funeral directing

Office Manager

December 2011-September 2019

Karlo-Libby Funeral Home, Canton, Ohio

Answered phones in a professional and compassionate manner
Created death certificates
Billing, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable
Payroll
Assisting in coworkers with day-to-day activities to support in any way necessary

Education

Licensed Funeral Director from the State of Ohio, July 2019
BA from the University of Akron, Ohio, December 2004

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