David Lyles
Fort Worth,TX
Summary
Licensed Funeral Director with experience and talent for consoling and assisting bereaved families. Counsels families and committed to delivering exceptional and professional service. Committed to coordinating funeral services and offerings in a way that simplifies the funeral and disposition process for grieving families.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Funeral Director
Restland Funeral Home & Cemetery
09.2022 - 07.2024
- Arranged funeral/memorial services/cremations for grieving families to meet budget and memorialized instructions.
- Liaised between the medical examiner, members of clergy, musicians, videographers, transportation providers and others to coordinate final arrangements.
- Promoted funeral service merchandise such as caskets, urns, outer burial containers and flowers.
- Secured and filed necessary information for death certificates, burial and cremation permits and other documents as needed.
- Worked with family service counselors and cemeteries to schedule graveside services, urn placements, opening and closing.
- Helped families select funeral and burial details from range of available options.
- Displayed professionalism and sensitivity and patience when dealing with grieving family members.
- Placed obituaries on the funeral home's website and sent to newspapers on behalf of families served.
- Closed and secured caskets and led funeral corteges to churches and burial sites.
Apprentice Funeral Director
Restland Funeral Home & Cemetery
10.2020 - 09.2022
- Displayed highest level of professionalism and sensitivity when dealing with grieving family members.
- Assisted the Funeral Director in Charge with setting up for services, visitations, filing necessary documents, setting up the casket/urn, arranging flowers, setting up for musicians and clergy, operating sound and video equipment, and other tasks as needed.
- Drove flower van to the chapel, church, and cemetery as needed and ran various errands such as picking up death certificates and flags.
- Met with families under the supervision of a funeral director to make arrangements to obtain needed information and make arrangements for services, cremations and burials.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Funeral Service And Mortuary Science
Dallas Institute of Funeral Service
Dallas, TX09.2016
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, TX05.1981
Skills
- Funeral planning
- Customer Response
- Cremations
- Empathetic
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office, HMIS, SRS, Compass and Navigator
Timeline
Funeral Director
Restland Funeral Home & Cemetery
09.2022 - 07.2024
Apprentice Funeral Director
Restland Funeral Home & Cemetery
10.2020 - 09.2022
Associate of Applied Science - Funeral Service And Mortuary Science
Dallas Institute of Funeral Service
Bachelor of Science - Criminal Justice
Texas Christian University
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