Woodbury Funeral Director Lissa Lovetere-Stone Elected to State Board

Lissa Lovetere-Stone, CCO, has been elected to her first term as a member of the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association (CFDA).

Lovetere-Stone is a licensed funeral director/embalmer and the President of Munson-Lovetere Funeral Homes, Inc. with locations in both Woodbury and Southbury. The niece of the late Joseph P. Lovetere, she is the third generation of Lovetere’s to work in her family’s funeral homes. In 2017, Lovetere-Stone and her husband, Mark D. Stone, opened Stone Family Cremation Services & Pet Passages in Southbury.

Lovetere-Stone became a licensed funeral director/embalmer in 1990 after receiving her professional schooling from New England Institute of Applied Funeral Arts and Sciences, in the last class to graduate from its Kenmore Square campus in Boston, Mass. She also attended Boston University and holds a Bachelor’s degree from Mount Ida College in Newton, Mass. Her CCO designation indicates that she completed the National Funeral Directors Association’s Certified Crematory Operator program, and she has completed many other programs and certificates throughout her career.

Lovetere-Stone is a lifelong resident of the Woodbury-Southbury area, and is a graduate of Holy Cross High School in Waterbury. She is active in the local business community, serving on many boards and committees. She lives in Bethlehem, Conn., with her husband, Mark D. Stone, and their two children, who both assist with duties and services at the funeral homes and crematory.

The Connecticut Funeral Directors Association’s 2023 Officers and Executive Committee members all are licensed funeral directors/embalmers. The following is the complete list:

President: Lionel J. Lessard, Jr., CFSP, of D'Esopo Funeral Chapels in East Hartford and Wethersfield;

Vice President Melissa Melin-Miles of Alderson-Ford Funeral Homes, Inc. in Cheshire, Naugatuck, and Waterbury;

Treasurer: Edward J. Sheehy, Jr. CFSP, CPC, CCO, of Riverview Funeral Home in Shelton, and Edward F. Adzima Funeral Home in Derby;

Secretary: Jonathan L. Green, CPC, CCSP, of Abraham L. Green & Son Funeral Home in Fairfield;

Immediate Past President: David W. MacDonald, CFSP, CPC, CCO, of Wallingford Funeral Home in Wallingford, and Yalesville Funeral Home in Yalesville;

Executive Committee: Robert W. Hansen III, of Mulryan Funeral Home in Glastonbury;

Executive Committee: Michael J. Introvigne of Introvigne Funeral Home in Stafford Springs;

Executive Committee: Lissa Lovetere-Stone of Munson-Lovetere Funeral Homes, Inc. in Woodbury and Southbury;

Executive Committee: Jessica J. Mercuri of Ahern Funeral Home in Hartford and Unionville;

Executive Committee: June Williams, CFSP, CPC, of Carmon Community Funeral Homes in Windsor (2), Avon, Granby, Rockville, South Windsor, Suffield, Vernon, and Hartford;

Executive Committee Alternate: Joseph A. Murray of Castiglione Funeral Home, Inc. in Greenwich;

Executive Committee: Alternate: Dean McMorran, Jr. of B.C. Bailey Funeral Home, Inc.in Wallingford, and Bailey Funeral Home in Plainville; and

NFDA State Leadership Representative: Diana Duksa Kurz, CFSP, of Duksa Family Funeral Homes in Newington, and Duksa Family Funeral Home at Burritt Hill in New Britain.

The Connecticut Funeral Directors Association (CFDA) is comprised of funeral directors at more than 220 funeral homes. Founded 134 years ago in 1889, the Wethersfield-based association is committed to the promotion and advocacy of high ethical standards in funeral service. This includes the development and presentation of ongoing professional training opportunities for practitioners and educational programs for association members and the public. For information about the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, call 860-721-0234 or visit www.ctfda.org or www.facebook.com/ConnFDA.