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The mark of excellence: Certified Funeral Service Practitioner
Each of the funeral directors listed has earned the designation of Certified Funeral Service Practitioner from the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice, Inc.
A select few have distinguished themselves among their peers within the funeral service profession as they continue their education to exceed the highest standards of care. This achievement is especially notable because they have voluntarily elected to participate in quality educational and service opportunities that far surpass what the funeral service licensing board in their state requires.
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| Akron | Donald E. Pucak, CFSP Schlup Pucak Funeral Home |
(330) 745-3131 |
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| Ashland | Seth Robert Gasche, CFSP Denbow-Primm-Kemery Funeral Home |
(419) 281-2566 |
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| Ashland | Edwin G. Herrick, CFSP |
(330) 345-5665 |
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| Ashtabula | J.P. Ducro IV, CFSP* Ducro Funeral Services & Crematory |
(440) 992-2191 |
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| Ashtabula | Sue Curtis Ducro, CFSP* Ducro Funeral Service & Crematory |
(440) 992-2191 |
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| Ashtabula | Kathleen Welch Shaffer, CFSP Ducro Services, Inc. |
(440) 992-2191 |
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| Beallsville | Raymond A. Williams, CFSP |
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| Beavercreek | Robert Hensley III, CFSP |
(937) 429-1877 |
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| Beavercreek | Dan K. Tobias, CFSP* |
(937) 252-3122 |
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| Bremen | Mark A. Morgan, CFSP Morgan Funeral Home, LLC |
(740) 569-4155 |
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| Bryan | Gary M. Burr, CFSP Krill Funeral Service |
(419) 636-3525 |
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| Cadiz | Jonathan L. Kirkland, CFSP Clark-Kirkland Funeral Home, Inc. |
(740) 942-2650 |
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| Canal Winchester | Jeffrey W. Seaman, CFSP Dwayne R. Spence Funeral Homes & Crematory |
(614) 837-7126 |
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| Canal Winchester | Dwayne R. Spence, CFSP* Dwayne R. Spence Funeral Homes & Crematory |
(614) 837-7126 |
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| Canton | Richard Thomas Wappner, CFSP* Karlo-Libby Funeral Home |
(330) 494-9644 |
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| Cardington | Gene L. Gompf, CFSP* Gompf Funeral Service |
(419) 864-9045 |
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| Carrollton | Lester A. Dodds, CFSP* |
(330) 627-5505 |
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| Chillicothe | Terry L. Palmer, CFSP Fawcett Oliver Glass and Palmer Funeral Home |
(740) 775-2800 |
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| Cincinnati | James M. Dorn, CFSP* Xavier University |
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| Cincinnati | Donald S. Good, CFSP Gwen Mooney Funeral Home - Elden Good Chapel |
(513) 871-3433 |
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| Cincinnati | Wanda M. Lee, CFSP Cincinnati College Of Mortuary Science |
(513) 761-2020 |
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| Cincinnati | Jane M. Ludlow, CFSP* |
(513) 853-1023 |
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| Cincinnati | Joseph Scott Main, CFSP Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science |
(513) 618-1929 |
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| Cincinnati | David Scott Rees, CFSP Gwen Mooney Funeral Home |
(513) 853-1035 |
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| Cincinnati | Stuart Michael Snow, CFSP Neidhard-Snow Funeral Home |
(513) 521-7800 |
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| Cincinnati | David W. Tackett, CFSP* Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science |
(513) 761-2020 |
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| Cleveland | Kathleen Marie Berry, CFSP* |
(216) 521-1705 |
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| Cleveland | Joseph Nero, CFSP Vito-Nero Funeral Home |
(216) 663-9222 |
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| Columbus | Robert C. Carter, CFSP Robert C. Carter & Associates Funeral Services |
(614) 291-3040 |
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| Columbus | William P. Rutherford, CFSP* Rutherford Funeral Home |
(614) 299-1153 |
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| Columbus | David S. Schoedinger, CFSP* Schoedinger Funeral Service |
(614) 429-5751 |
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| Columbus | John Randall Schoedinger, CFSP* Schoedinger Funeral Service |
(614) 224-6105 |
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| Columbus | Michael S. Schoedinger, CFSP* Schoedinger Funeral and Cremation Service |
(614) 429-5754 |
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| Covington | Ada Jean Fraley, CFSP Stocker-Fraley Funeral Home, Inc. |
(937) 473-3331 |
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| Dayton | Jon B. Deitloff, CFSP* Tobias Funeral Home |
(937) 252-3122 |
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| Dayton | David R. Kolbe, CFSP |
(937) 436-0748 |
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| Dover | John R. Herzig, CFSP* Dover Funeral Home |
(330) 343-6132 |
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| Dover | Dennis R. Trimmer Jr., CFSP Toland-Herzig Funeral Homes |
(330) 343-6132 |
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| East Cleveland | Evelyn Buttram Davis, CFSP Cummings & Davis Funeral Home, Inc. |
(216) 541-1111 |
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| East Liverpool | Frank C. Dawson, CFSP* Dawson Funeral Home |
(330) 385-1010 |
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| Edgerton | J. Michael Krill, CFSP* Krill Funeral Service |
(419) 298-2329 |
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| Englewood | Barry R. Wickline, CFSP |
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| Geneva | Wilford N. Behm, CFSP* |
(440) 466-4324 |
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| Georgetown | Kenneth A. Cahall, CFSP* Cahall Funeral Homes, Inc. |
(937) 378-6384 |
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| Granville | William E. Hoekstra, CFSP McPeek-Hoekstra Funeral Home, Ltd. |
(740) 587-0161 |
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| Grove City | C. Jeffrey Spence, CFSP Spence-Miller Funeral Home |
(614) 875-4878 |
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| Grove City | Cari Jo Spence, CFSP Spence-Miller Funeral Home |
(614) 875-4878 |
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| Holland | Mark Allen Merz, CFSP Neville Funeral Home |
(419) 865-8879 |
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| Hubbard | Benjamin A. Kyle, CFSP Stewart-Kyle Funeral Home |
(330) 534-1955 |
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| Jefferson | Joan E. Billman, CFSP* Fleming & Billman Funeral Directors Inc. |
(440) 576-4055 |
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| Jefferson | Robert P. Billman, CFSP Fleming & Billman Funeral Directors Inc. |
(440) 993-7271 |
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| Kettering | Thomas A. Routsong, CFSP Routsong Funeral Home, Inc. |
(937) 626-4137 |
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| Kettering | David L. Wolf, CFSP Routsong Funeral Home, Inc. |
(937) 293-4137 |
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| Lancaster | Frank R. Smith, CFSP* Frank E. Smith Funeral Home, Inc. & Crematory |
(740) 653-0652 |
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| London | Charles W. Eberle, CFSP* Eberle Fisher Funeral Home |
(740) 852-2345 |
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| London | Dana A. Fisher, CFSP* Eberle Fisher Funeral Home |
(740) 852-2345 |
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| Loudonville | Walter H. Lindsey III, CFSP Lindsey Funeral Home |
(419) 994-3030 |
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| Mansfield | William C. Wappner, CFSP* Wappner Funeral Directors |
(419) 522-5211 |
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| Marion | Michael Todd Smith, CFSP Denzer-Farison-Hottinger & Snyder Funeral Home |
(740) 387-9136 |
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| Mentor | Jeffrey Thomas Hathy Jr., CFSP Brunner Sanden Deitrick Funeral Home |
(440) 255-3401 |
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| Middletown | Robert Breitenbach, CFSP Breitenbach-McCoy - Leffler Funeral Home, Inc. |
(513) 423-9443 |
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| Middletown | Pamela J. Parramore, CFSP* Baker-Stevens-Parramore Funeral Home |
(513) 422-5404 |
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| Mt. Healthy | Wendy Hoffman Fisch, CFSP Neidhard-Snow Funeral Home |
(513) 521-7800 |
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| New London | George F. Eastman, CFSP* Eastman Funeral Home |
(419) 929-3781 |
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| New Philadelphia | Richard D. Geib II, CFSP Linn-Hert-Geib Funeral Home, Inc. |
(330) 343-5506 |
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| New Philadelphia | Brian J. Hanner CT, CPC, CFSP* Geib Funeral Homes, Crematories & Remembranch Centers |
(330) 343-5506 |
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| New Philadelphia | Alan Robert Welch, CFSP |
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| Newark | Bradley J. Chute, CFSP Vensil & Chute Funeral Homes |
(740) 788-8808 |
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| Newton Falls | Ryan C. James, CFSP James Funeral Home |
(330) 872-5440 |
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| Norwalk | John Wesley Evans, CFSP* Evans Funeral Home |
(419) 668-1469 |
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| Oak Harbor | John D. Crosser, CFSP Crosser Funeral Home, Inc. |
(419) 898-4455 |
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| Parma | Justin P. Zabor, CFSP The Zabor Funeral Home, Inc. |
(440) 884-5035 |
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| Pepper Pike | Ryan Neil Miller, CFSP |
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| Perrysburg | Tamara Shank Harden, CFSP* |
(419) 874-4598 |
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| Perrysburg | Clara J. Shank, CFSP* |
(419) 874-7880 |
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| Perrysburg | Robert L. Shank, CFSP* |
(419) 874-7880 |
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| Pickerington | James H. Sheridan, CFSP Dwayne R. Spence Funeral Homes & Crematory |
(614) 837-7126 |
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| Piqua | Brian Alan Sowers, CFSP Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home |
(937) 773-1647 |
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| Piqua | Jerry L. Sowers, CFSP Melcher-Sowers Funeral Home |
(513) 773-1647 |
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| Portsmouth | Carol Dawn Little, CFSP Ralph F. Scott Funeral Home, Inc. |
(740) 353-4161 |
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| Reynoldsburg | Mark Anthony Pfeifer, CFSP Pfeifer Funeral Home |
(614) 755-9500 |
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| Rootstown | Justin Robert Kaszowski, CFSP Northeast Ohio Medical University |
(330) 325-6281 |
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| Sagamore Hills | Donald Bryan Ferfolia Jr., CFSP* Ferfolia Funeral Homes, Inc. |
(330) 467-4500 |
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| Springfield | Thomas D. Rue, CFSP Littleton & Rue Funeral Home |
(937) 323-6439 |
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| Struthers | Daniel Hazen Becker, CFSP* Becker Funeral Home |
(330) 565-1206 |
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| Struthers | Kelly Louise Becker, CFSP* Becker Funeral Home |
(330) 755-2111 |
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| Struthers | Daniel P. Madden, CFSP Becker Funeral Homes |
(330) 755-2111 |
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| Struthers | Anthony J. Quahliero Jr., CFSP Kirila Funeral Home, Inc. |
(330) 750-1321 |
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| Sunbury | Sean Michael Sauer, CFSP DeVore-Snyder Funeral Homes |
(740) 965-3936 |
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| Tiffin | Eric E. Shook, CFSP* Engle Shook Funeral Home and Crematory |
(419) 447-1221 |
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| Toledo | Terrence Lee Andryc, CFSP Walker Funeral Home |
(419) 841-2422 |
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| Toledo | Sheryl A. Riggs, CFSP* Dale-Riggs Funeral Home, Inc. |
(419) 248-4264 |
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| Toledo | James Charles Strabler, CFSP Blanchard-Strabler Funeral Home |
(419) 269-1111 |
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| Toledo | Robert L. Van Horn, CFSP |
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| Toledo | Keith A. Walker, CFSP* Walker Funeral Home |
(419) 841-2422 |
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| Troy | Tamara L Baird, CFSP* |
(937) 339-2602 |
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| West Portsmouth | R. Scott Davis, CFSP Roger W. Davis Funeral Home |
(740) 858-4100 |
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| Westerville | Jack W. Moreland, CFSP Moreland Funeral Home |
(614) 882-2197 |
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| Willard | Matthew Allen Schwab, CFSP Secor Funeral Home |
(419) 933-2801 |
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| Wilmington | Brian R. James, CFSP* Edgington Funeral Home |
(937) 382-2146 |
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| Wooster | Alex P. Roberts, CFSP Roberts Funeral Home |
(330) 345-5665 |
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| Youngstown | James E. Washington, CFSP James E. Washington Funeral Services, Inc. |
(330) 782-8500 |
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Notes:
- Members With Asterisk After Their Name: If an asterisk appears next to the members name, it signifies that member is a Lifetime member of the Academy. Lifetime members have made an extended commitment to lifelong learning.
- Members Appearing in Bold: If a member's name is bolded, that member is an APFSP Ambassador. APFSP Ambassadors encourage others to become members of the Academy and assist current members as they work toward their CFSP designation.