On December 7^th, the 120 students at Worsham College of Mortuary Science in Wheeling, IL received ICCFA’s Cremation Arranger Certification.  The special event marked the first time that the certification was awarded to mortuary students. 

The only program of its kind, the ICCFA’s Cremation Arranger Certification includes six hours of in-depth training on how to arrange and create meaningful cremation tributes, how to create unique options for memorialization and how best to communicate all of this with cremation families.

Joining me in conducting the six-hour program were Ernie Heffner, CFuE, president of Heffner Family Owned Funeral Homes & Crematory, York, PA and Mark Krause, CFuE, president of Krause Funeral Homes, Milwaukee, WI.  Both Ernie and Mark shared their extensive cremation knowledge, and provided the students with creative presentations.

Special thanks to Karl and Stephanie Kann, president and vice-president of Worhsam, for allowing ICCFA  to contribute to the success of our profession’s future.

Ernie Heffner, CFuE, Cremation Arranger Instructor

Mark Krause, CFuE, Cremation Arranger Instructor

Karl and Stephanie Kann, Worsham College of Mortuary Science