Details
02/27/2024
Licensed Funeral Director
Alicia Trompower
Alicia Trompower
Licensed Funeral Director
403 Poplar Street
Canal Fulton, Ohio 44616
330-265-9987
Summary
Compassionate Funeral Director and location manager dedicated to helping families celebrate the lives of their loved ones and find closure through high-quality and individualized funeral services. Areas of specialty include funeral arranging, removals, evening on-call, office tasks and managing a staff of six and a 150 a year call funeral home.
Experience
Funeral Director and Location Manager
February 2022 – present
Rose Hill Funeral Home and Burial Park, Akron
- Arranging funerals in a manner consistent with each families heritage and religious beliefs
- Develop and prepare plans with clergy, cemetery or crematory, casket/vault/urn companies, primarily Batesville, florists, etc,
- Conducting funerals and graveside services
- On-call and assisting with the removal team when needed
- Setting features, and preparing deceased for visitations including dressing, casketing, and doing cosmetics
- Maintaining a positive work environment by helping out in any way possible
- Answering phones, taking first calls, entering contracts, and doing death certificates
- Directing part-time staff on funerals, errands, and burials
- Handling disgruntled families from both the funeral home and cemetery
- Quickly assessing and resolving problems with families and burials
- Work with and manager a variety of staff, including personalities and abilities
Funeral Director
September 2021-February 2022
Newcomer Funeral Home, Akron
- Arranging funerals in a manner consistent with each families heritage and religious beliefs
- Develop and prepare plans with clergy, cemetery or crematory, casket/vault/urn companies, primarily Batesville, florists, etc,
- Conducting funerals and graveside services
- On-call and assisting with the removal team when needed
- Setting features, and preparing deceased for visitations including dressing, casketing, and doing cosmetics
- Maintaining a positive work environment by helping out in any way possible
- Answering phones, taking first calls, entering contracts, and doing death certificates
Funeral Director
September 2019-September 2021
Paquelet Funeral Home, Massillon, Ohio
- Arranging funerals in a manner consistent with each family’s heritage and religious beliefs.
- Develop and prepare plans with clergy, cemetery\crematory, casket\urn companies, vault companies, florists, etc.
- Conducting and leading funeral services at the funeral home, church, or cemetery.
- Removals and evening on-call.
- Setting features and preparing the deceased for services, including cosmetics, dressing, casketing, and hairdressing.
- Maintaining client records according to company standards.
- Clerical work including death certificates, obituaries, insurance claims, and printed materials
Funeral Apprentice
April 2017-June 2019
Karlo-Libby Funeral Home, Canton, Ohio
- Transfer the deceased to the funeral home
- Sat in on arrangements for funeral services
- Learned how to set features, dress, do cosmetics, and casket the deceased for services.
- Learned the laws and ethics of funeral directing
Office Manager
December 2011-September 2019
Karlo-Libby Funeral Home, Canton, Ohio
- Answered phones in a professional and compassionate manner
- Created death certificates
- Billing, Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable
- Payroll
- Assisting in coworkers with day-to-day activities to support in any way necessary
Education
- Licensed Funeral Director from the State of Ohio, July 2019
- BA from the University of Akron, Ohio, December 2004
