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Work History
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Interests
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Patrick Atencio

Erie,CO

Summary

Compassionate and dedicated Funeral Director with extensive experience at Olinger Highland Mortuary. Expert in family assistance and mass fatality management, delivering exceptional service while maintaining the highest ethical standards. Proven ability to support grieving families with sensitivity and professionalism, ensuring compliance with industry regulations.


References are available on request.

Overview

42
42
years of professional experience

Work History

Mortuary Officer

Federal Government - Homeland Security, NDMS. DHHS
01.1997 - Current

Traveling to the site of a mass fatality incident.

Assisting in recovery, identification and return of victims to their respective families and home.

Family assistance

Maintaining of the Victim Identification Center (VIC) Team on a monthly basis.

A list of Deployments will be provided on a separated page.

Funeral Director

Olinger Highland Mortuary and Cemetery
02.2022 - 03.2025

Funeral Arrangements

Funeral Service Delivery

  • Delivering exceptional customer service with each family I encounter.
  • Displayed highest level of professionalism and sensitivity when dealing with grieving family members.
  • Maintaining the highest ethics and upholding all legal compliance established within the funeral industry.

Funeral Director

Allnutt Funeral Home - Macy Chapel
01.2022 - 02.2022

Funeral Arrangements

Funeral Service Delivery

(this was a temporary position before I transitioned from Howe Mortuary to Olinger Highland)

  • Delivering exception customer service with each family I encountered.
  • Displayed highest level of professionalism and sensitivity when dealing with grieving family members.
  • Maintaining the highest ethics and upholding all legal compliance established within the funeral industry.




Funeral Director

Howe Mortuary
03.2014 - 12.2021

Funeral Arrangements

Funeral Service Delivery

Embalming

  • Delivering exceptional customer service with each family I encountered.
  • Displayed highest level of professionalism and sensitivity when dealing with grieving family members.
  • Maintaining the highest ethics and upholding all legal compliance within the funeral industry.



Stay at Home Dad

Home
05.2008 - 03.2014

Providing around the clock care for my newborn daughter until she was old enough to start pre-school.

Funeral Director and Assistant Manager

Swan-Law Funeral Directors
03.1987 - 05.2008

Funeral Arrangements

Funeral Service Delivery

Embalming

Managing staff and day to day business

Student Mortician

Wilson & Kratzer Grant Miller Mortuary
01.1986 - 12.1986

Funeral Assistant

Embalming Assistant

Night Attendant

Maintaining Funeral Vehicles

Removals

Funeral Assistant

Howe Mortuary
06.1983 - 12.1985

Assisting with Funeral Services

Assisting with embalming

Assisting with removals

Assisting with airport transfers

Education

No Degree - Biological Science

Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO

Associate of Arts - Mortuary Science

San Francisco College of Mortuary Science
San Francisco, CA
12-1986

Skills

  • Funeral Arrangements
  • Family Assistance
  • Very organized and detail oriented
  • Customer Service
  • Mass Fatality Management
  • Victim Identification
  • Embalming

Affiliations

  • Colorado Funeral Directors Association

Interests

Running

Photography

Boxing

Rope Jumping


Timeline

Funeral Director

Olinger Highland Mortuary and Cemetery
02.2022 - 03.2025

Funeral Director

Allnutt Funeral Home - Macy Chapel
01.2022 - 02.2022

Funeral Director

Howe Mortuary
03.2014 - 12.2021

Stay at Home Dad

Home
05.2008 - 03.2014

Mortuary Officer

Federal Government - Homeland Security, NDMS. DHHS
01.1997 - Current

Funeral Director and Assistant Manager

Swan-Law Funeral Directors
03.1987 - 05.2008

Student Mortician

Wilson & Kratzer Grant Miller Mortuary
01.1986 - 12.1986

Funeral Assistant

Howe Mortuary
06.1983 - 12.1985

No Degree - Biological Science

Colorado State University

Associate of Arts - Mortuary Science

San Francisco College of Mortuary Science
Patrick Atencio