Our Association has many benefits
to offer cemeteries, cemetery/mortuary
combinations and funeral homes. Here are a few of the major
areas in
which we serve the death care industry:
In the event you decide to apply for membership
in ICFHA, please complete the membership
application and the questionnaire and return them to the
ICFHA Office along with a check for the appropriate dues.
Dues are subject to change. Please contact for additional
information. Your
completed application will be presented to our Membership
Committee for
consideration and for presentation to the Board of Directors
LEGISLATIVE
ISSUES
The ICFHA along with its lobbyists and legal
counsel takes an active stand in effecting beneficial legislation
for the cemetery and funeral home industry and the consumer.
MASTER
TRUST PROGRAM
Various trusts can be set-up using the services
offered including record keeping, detailed reports, monthly
distributions, tax preparation and filing, and Comptroller report
preparation and filing.
SPRING
AND FALL CONVENTIONS
This is an opportunity to learn from
the experts on industry related topics. Supplier members are
available to discuss their products and services. This is the
best opportunity to meet your fellow Cemeterians and Funeral
Directors and to form beneficial friendships.
C.E.
CREDITS
THE ICFHA is approved by the Illinois Department
of Professional Regulation as a Funeral Director and Embalmer
Sponsor and offers C. E. credits for its seminars.
NEWSLETTER
Receive the ICFHA newsletter which informs you
about legal issues, egislative issues, current industry news,
developments and ideas.
HISTORY
OF THE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
Illinois Cemetery and Funeral Home Association
(ICFHA) is the successor,
by name, to the Illinois Cemetery Association ("ICA").
The Association is a
non-profit corporation for the purpose of promoting fellowship
among its members; to create and maintain high ethical standards
in the conduct of
cemetery administration; to meet and discuss mutual problems
and exchange ideas on subjects pertaining to cemetery development,
operations, and management for the mutual benefit and protection
and to provide a code of ethics to which all members subscribe.
The Association was established in 1928 as the Illinois Association
of Cemetery Officials (ICA) - the first meetings being held
in Chicago, IL.
The ICA on June 26,1940,
at the LaSalle Hotel,
Chicago at the 12th Annual Convention.
About 1985, ICA was able to convince the Illinois Legislature
to remove
restrictions in the Funeral Directors and Embalmers licensing
law which
prevented a cemetery or funeral home from establishing a
combination
cemetery funeral home operation ("Combinations").
Since that time,
a number of Combinations have been established in Illinois
and many
Combinations and independent funeral homes have joined ICFHA.
ICA elected in 1996 to operate under the name Illinois Cemetery
and
Funeral Home Association (ICFHA) in order to better represent
its diverse membership.
We look forward to celebrating our 75th Anniversary in
September 2003.
