Week 07

Linda Odou

A nurse who studied embalming in Switzerland, moved to the United States and after additional training co-founded the Linda Odou Embalming Institute. Later founded the Women's Licensed Funeral Embalmer Association.

Lena Simmons

Founded and operated the Simmons School of Embalming in Syracuse NY

Cremation Association of North America

Founded in 1913, CANA is an international organization of cemeterians, crematioriists, funeral directors, industry suppliers and consultants. CANA was originally formed to promote cremation as a modern, safe and hygienic way of dealing with a dead human body.

Gladys P Curry

Name the woman who helped pioneer restorative art by writing the textbook "Restorative Art: Textbook of Facial Reconstruction"

Pater familias

Roman term for the "father of the family," a theoretical implication that gave the male head of the family almost unlimited authority.

Lemuria

a Roman holiday over three days in May, when ghosts were feared to be active. It was the responsibility of the pater familias to appease them with offerings of beans.

Selected Independent Funeral Homes (SIFH)

a limited, invitation-only membership funeral service organization formed in t917 on the basis of one member firm per city (formerly National Selected Morticians - (NSM)

Funeral Service Foundation

a national organization which advances professionalism in funeral service and enhances public knowledge and understanding through education and research (formerly National Foundation of Funeral Service)

Inviter to funerals

a specialty connected with funerals in colonial America; called personally upon those expected to attend funerals; often a municipal appointment.

Jewish Funeral Directors of America (JFDA)

an association which guides, aids and supports members in honoring the deceased and comforting the bereaved by preserving, promoting and practicing the customs and traditions of the Jewish funeral.

Monument Builders of North America

an international trade association of persons and firms in the memorial industry

National Concrete Burial Vault Association

an organization of concrete burial vault manufacturers, whose purpose is to provide a unified voice for the concrete burial vault industry, and to continually research and develop, then specify and promote minimum performance standards.

International Order of the Golden Rule (OGR)

an organization of independent, family owned funeral homes established in 1928, whose mission is to build and support member interaction, information exchange and professional business development through a wide range of programs, services and resources; membership limited to one funeral home per community

Layers out of the dead

became an occupational specialty in many larger US cities by the end of the 18th century; predecessor to the undertaker; sometimes referred to as "shrouding women"

National Association of Colleges of Mortuary Science

established in 1942 as an organization for privately sponsored schools with the goal of advancement of mortuary education.

Undertakers Mutual Protective Association

first formal organization of undertakers; kept a black book of objectionable and delinquent customers to be shared among members only; originated in Philadelphia, January 1864.

Bier

forerunner of today's hearse; a hand stretcher on which the uncoffined body was carried to the grave.

Casket

from the French term 'casse' meaning 'jewel box' or container for something valuable; came into dominant use in patent literature for burial receptacles in 1890's in America. (H274); a rigid container which is designed for the encasement of human remains and 4 which is usually constructed of wood, metal, fiberglass, plastic, or like material, and ornamented and lined with fabric. (FTC definition); A case or receptacle in which human remains are placed for protection, practical utility, and a suitable memory picture; Any box or container of one or more parts in which a dead human body is placed prior to interment, entombment, or cremation which may or may not be permanently interred, entombed, or cremated with the dead human remains.

International Cemetery, Cremation, and Funeral Association (ICCFA)

international trade association representing all segments of the cemetery, funeral service, cremation and memorialization profession.

Hand Pump

method to apply a continuous flow of embalming solution via manual manipulation of a handheld mechanism historical instrument resembling a large hypodermic syringe attached to a bottle apparatus; used to create pressure for injection or vacuum for aspiration

Undertaker's buggy

name given to the vehicle used by undertakers to transport the necessary mortuary paraphernalia to the homes where funerals were typically held. These vehicles sometimes had an appearance similar to a hearse, but were much less ornate

University Mortuary Science Education Association

organization of college and universityl8 based funeral service programs established in 1961.

International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards (The Conference; ICFSEB)

organization of licensing agencies in North America; provides examination services, information, and regulatory support to funeral service licensing boards, educators, and governmental bodies.

National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association

organized in 1924 as the Independent National Funeral Directors Association (present name adopted in 1957); established to represent specific interests of African-American funeral directors.

Funeral Service Bureau of America

promoted the study and use of cost accounting methods to foster the business interests of its members and to help dispel the aura of mystery that was felt to exist it the public mind regarding the business of funeral directing

Funeral undertaker

provided services of organizing and facilitating funeral details as an occupation; aka undertaker, different from furnishing undertaker

Furnishing undertaker

provided supplies and merchandise (i.e. door badges, carriages, etc.) to funeral undertakers who were dealing directly with the public

Casket & Funeral Supply Association of America (CFSAA)

represents the interests of funeral service suppliers; its members manufacture or distribute virtually every type of product used by funeral directors (formerly known as Casket Manufacturers Association)

Catholic Cemetery Conference

the oldest and largest Catholic cemetery association servicing Catholic cemeterians nationally and internationally

National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA)

the oldest and largest national association of funeral directors and embalmers organized in 1882, that provides advocacy, education, information, products, programs and services to help members enhance the quality of services to families