Scandal Ridden Illinois Funeral Directors (IFDA) Seeking trustee again-YourFuneralGuy

The Lesson of the IFDA (Illinois Funeral Directors)scandal is not to let the Funeral Director take your money through preneed.

The scandal ridden Illinois Funeral Directors Association is seeking another trustee for it’s IFDA Preneed Trust Fund. This is what the brought the Ponzi Scheme in to the light in the first place.

The Comptroller of the State of Illinois took away the license of  the State of the Illinois Funeral Directors Association to Manage the trust fund because the leaders of the IFDA were raiding the Fund for there own purposes. In the Fall of 2007 there losses 40 million, in fall 2008 59 million and now nearly 100 million.

At there Convention in June this summer there was talk(VENDORS) that the Illinois Funeral Directors Association will not be around next year. There is also rumors circulating about Illinois  that The Six Funeral homes Suing(lawsuits) the state IFDA are starting there own funeral directors association called The IFSA. I have not confirmed the rumor bit. That said going with the New Association maybe just just a jump from the frying pan into the fire. Some say the Funeral Home leading the charge against the IFDA  is deficient in Ethics.

This much is true The  IFDA is Seeking a new Trustee, a bad sign for their survival. From an E-Mail From the IFDA:

IFDA E-News Bulletin
Aug 26, 2009

IFDA Seeking New Trustee

“Merrill Lynch Trust Company is working with IFDA to appoint a new Successor Trustee. Conversations have been established with four financial institutions to review the possibility of taking over as a new trustee. IFDA Executive Director, Duane Marsh, cautions, “This is a very complex undertaking but a necessary one if we are to provide the fund with long-term stability.”

The IFDA is not saying why they are seeking a new trustee, and why Merrill Lynch is not continuing as trustee.

This has been the  way the IFDA has operated throughout the Scandal.

Sadly the press has not reported on these events. It is past the time that someone should speak up.

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Burr Oak Cemrtery Scandal: Proposed legislation Comment -yourfuneralguy

Subcommittee returns to DC to write Federal Cemetery Legislation

A  United States House of Representatives Subcommittee is about to propose Federal Cemetery legislation. This is in reaction to the Burr Oak Cemetery scandal. The comments here by MarsellusM710 are his opinions and not those of Your Funeral Guy.

“Dear Funeral Guy and Funeral Service Colleagues,

When will it all stop???  The idiotic actions and the lack of integrity of those involved with the infamous catastrophes in funeral service is simply unforgivable. Tri-State Crematory, NPS, IFDA, the organ/tissue ordeal, SCI’s Cemetery problems, and God only knows how many others and now Burr Oak.  What were they thinking???

And every time there is a reported wrongdoing issue in funeral service or cemetery care the consumer advocacy groups rear their ugly heads and scream for new or more regulation, When in fact there is more than likely regs on the books that already cover the violations and wrongdoings but are not enforced.

Regulators need to get off their duffs and out of the office buildings and be more visible in the field.  In one instance, a field auditor for the Illinois Office of the Comptroller, was doing his or her job, but the boss (Hynes) wasn’t listening or didn’t want to listen, and you see what that got IFDA Trust into.  When regulators, local, state or federal, don’t or won’t do their jobs and lets take it on down to the managerial level, you can almost bet fraud, deceit and greed will raise their ugly heads.

The deeds done at Burr Oak Cemetery has the gruesome makings for an ungodly horror movie.
The Black Community, an entity of people who truly value the traditional funeral, done a dirty deed by a group within the “community” itself.  Crime truly knows no color or economic background.  Those involved with this will not survive prison.  The Black Community will not stand for this to go “unpunished”, even behind prison walls.

Respectfully submitted,
MarsellusM710″

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“From the Chicago Tribune”

Stirred by the emotional testimony of the living victims of the Burr Oak Cemetery scandal, congressional leaders left Chicago on Monday intending to push for legislation for federal oversight of the cemetery industry.

Burr oak cemetery pic from religion dispatches.org

Six Suing ILLINOIS Funeral Directors Start Own Trade Association?-YourFuneralGuy.

Six Suing Funeral Directors Seem to have started their own Trade Association.

(updated June 5th 2009.)

May 27th 2009, It appears that the six Funeral Director Lawsuit Guys have started their own new Funeral Director Association.

Whether it will live or die who can tell? All signs do indicated the IFDA(Illinois Funeral Directors Association) is going to the Grave.

It is not clear what they (IFSA) are up to but they are up to something.  The names are at the New Website are:

Alex Calvert,  Calvert Funeral Homes Jeffrey M. Dames, Fred C. Dames Funeral Homes Tom Dean, McCracken-Dean Funeral Homes Todd Dean, Bass Patton Dean Funeral Homes Tim Gernon, Clancy-Gernon Funeral Homes Steve Knapp, Knapp Funeral Homes

“The measure of funeral ministry is not in the words spoken, but in our conduct, on behalf of the families  we are privileged to serve.”

Author Known-QUOTE FROM THE NEW IFSA Website

Their Organization is called THE IFSA

I have it on authority that these folks are E-mailing IFDA members around the State. I received an E- Mail from the Six Funeral directors above.

WARNING

Don’t Rush to join their association. Some of those above  bringing  the lawsuit are anything but ministerial in their approach.( This statement  is based on the information below and personal experience with 2 of the 6 funeral homes.) to Funeral Service- Old School Funeral Homes with OLD SCHOOL WAYS seeking your money-see note at end of post.

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NOTE: The Funeral Homes recently, secretly (May22nd 2009) filed another Lawsuit benefiting only themselves against  various Merrill Lynch organizations.

Historical note a nearby state to Illinois had  similar a funeral Director Association split.

Six funeral diirectors and funeral homes are mentioned here because they have filed two Lawsuits. and named themselves at the IFSA website. They Put the information out there for all the world to see.

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