Illinois Funeral Directors Association|President, Merrill Lynch Resign-YourFuneralGuy

The Illinois Funeral Director Association President has resigned. Merrill Lynch the embattled ” IFDA Preneed Trust”  trustee has also pulled out. This  may be the Full collapse of the IFDA  Illinois Funeral Directors Association as predicted here. Time will tell.

In April I sat down with the  new IFDA  President Chris Woodridge who was enthusiastic about pulling the Illinois Funeral Directors Association out of the scandal. I had my doubts then. Those doubts have been confirmed with the Woodridge resignation for “personal reasons”.

This looks like a death blow, because  Chris Woodridge was trying to build a new IFDA. That appeared to be doomed because the Former IFDA Presidents James D.Bosma and Charles Childs JR stayed on the board. Both these individuals were named in the press and in the lawsuits.

Linda Allen will be the new IFDA President but her alliances in this politically charged situation are not known.

Duane Marsh a man with limited understanding of the politics and the History of the scandal as well as the politics:( of the State of Illinois remains executive director.

It appears that with Merrill Lynch (Wall Street bad boy)pulling out of the situation leaves the YEARS of  work of Comptroller Dan Hynes To resolve the IFDA  Preneed Trust Scandal and ponzi scheme in the trash can.

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In 2007 and most of 2008  I was the only one reporting on the IFDA Preneed Trust Scandal. In 2009 Bruce Rushton of the The Springfield Journal Register newspaper reported till August  in detail on the 42-100 million theft-loss-misappropriation of the IFDA Preneed Trust Ponzi Scheme.

Charles Childs Jr is a known protege of Jesse Jackson Sr and an Illinois Funeral regulator for the State.

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Slain Lakewood Police Officer body|arrives Philadelphia-Yourfuneralguy

A Slain Lakewood Police Officer,  Sergeant Mark Renninger
arrived at the Philadelphia airport on Wednesday. A memorial service is set for Friday. Two other Lakewood police officers had Private burials on Wednesday in Seattle.

There was a procession to Sea-Tac airport in Seattle and a special honor Guard stayed with Mark Renninger in The Funeral Home all night Wednesday.

Authorities said Renninger, a former Army Ranger and nationally known SWAT trainer, and his fellow officers were targeted by Maurice Clemmons in a crowded coffee shop as they prepared for their shifts. Two days later, on Dec. 1, Clemmons was killed by a Seattle patrolman after being found near a broken-down vehicle on the side of a road.

For Friday’s ceremony at Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, notices were sent to police departments across the country and city police are helping coordinate visiting police departments from throughout Pennsylvania plus New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia.-via www.chicagotribune.com

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