Kennedy Downing
Greencastle,IN
Summary
Adept Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer with expertise in embalming and restorative art to deliver respectful preparation of the deceased. Excels in organizational skills, time management, communication, and empathy, ensuring dignified services that meet family wishes.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer
Carlisle - Branson Funeral Service & Crematory
Mooresville, Indiana
06.2023 - Current
- Preparing funeral services by selecting caskets, outer burial containers, urns, flowers, and other items according to family wishes.
- Organizing and coordinating visitations, memorial services, graveside services, cremations, burials, entombments, and other related activities.
- Lead and direct funeral and graveside services.
- Prepare death certificates and draft obituaries.
- Transport remains from the place of death to the funeral home for preparation.
- Embalming
- Utilize cosmetics and other resources to achieve the best presentation results.
- Perform restorative art techniques such as wax reconstruction or tissue building when necessary.
- Dress bodies to place in caskets.
- Care for the deceased respectfully while performing cremation processes.
- Handle final preparation of cremated remains and properly label container.
- Complete day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Manage time effectively to ensure tasks are completed on schedule and deadlines are met.
- Maintain updated knowledge through continuing education and advanced training.
- Ensure compliance with state laws governing the operation of a funeral home.
Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer
Moore Funeral Home
Brazil, Indiana
08.2020 - 06.2023
- Prepared funeral services by selecting caskets, outer burial containers, urns, flowers, and other items according to family wishes.
- Organized and coordinated visitations, memorial services, graveside services, cremations, burials, entombments, and other related activities.
- Led and directed funeral and graveside services.
- Prepared death certificates and drafted obituaries.
- Transported remains from the place of death to the funeral home for preparation.
- Embalmed.
- Utilized cosmetics and other resources to achieve the best presentation results.
- Performed restorative art techniques such as wax reconstruction or tissue building when necessary.
- Dressed bodies to place in caskets.
- Completed pre-arrangement contracts.
- Completed day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Managed time effectively to ensure tasks were completed on schedule and deadlines were met.
- Maintained updated knowledge through continuing education and advanced training.
- Ensured compliance with state laws governing the operation of a funeral home.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Funeral Service Education
Vincennes University
Vincennes, IN05-2019
Academic Honors Diploma -
Greencastle High School
Greencastle, IN06-2015
Skills
- Self-motivated
- Reliable
- Organized
- Empathetic
- Strong communication skills
- Problem resolution
- Embalming expertise
- Airbrush expertise
- Restorative Art expertise
Certification
- Completed 15 contact hours of specialized instruction for the Professional Embalmer at the 7th Biennial FNA International Embalming & Reconstructive Surgery Conference for Precessional Embalmers
Timeline
Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer
Carlisle - Branson Funeral Service & Crematory
06.2023 - Current
Licensed Funeral Director & Embalmer
Moore Funeral Home
08.2020 - 06.2023
- Completed 15 contact hours of specialized instruction for the Professional Embalmer at the 7th Biennial FNA International Embalming & Reconstructive Surgery Conference for Precessional Embalmers
Associate of Applied Science - Funeral Service Education
Vincennes University
Academic Honors Diploma -
Greencastle High School
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