June 14, 2010 Lisa Bruns attended her first Board meeting as the new inspector for the western half of the state.  Lisa is replacing Inspector Mike Lyme who resigned in December 2009.  Those funeral homes in top half of the state will meet Lisa first before winter. Lisa is the first female to hold the position of inspector.  Lisa, welcome!

Posted June 30, 2010

Governor Strickland has made his appointments to the state board effective July 1, 2010 as follows: The public senior member Linda M. Betzer; Chesterland (Geauga) was reappointed to a 5 year term ending June 30, 2015.  She was first appointed to complete an unfilled term.

Filling the position vacated by Pernell Jones, Sr. last June will be Robert C. Carter; Columbus (Franklin) for a 4 year term ending June 30, 2014. The final position vacated by Board President John Hadley whose term ended June 30, 2010 will be filled by Thomas T. Fleming; Jefferson (Ashtabula) for a 5 year term ending June 30, 2015.  John Hadley completed 3 terms on the state board.  We thank him for his service.
Pernell Jones, Sr. completed 2 terms on the state board.  It's a year later, but we thank Mr. Jones for his service.
           
Posted: July 5, 2010


Ann Cunningham, the Executive Administrator of the State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors announced her retirement effective October 31, 2010.  We wish her well and thank her for the many years of service.  This open position will be posted and as information becomes available we will post it to this website.

Posted: July 20, 2010