Jordan-Fernald Funeral
Homes
and their staff have been active members of their
communities. They also
are members of the following
associations that are connected directly to funeral service:
Selected Independent Funeral
Homes
The purpose of this organization is “to study, develop and
establish the highest standards of service for the benefit
of the public. To provide a continuing forum for the
exchange, development and dissemination of knowledge and
information beneficial to members and the public. To furnish
information to members and to the public regarding all
aspects of funeral service. To cooperate with other
organizations, public and private, to achieve these purposes
and objectives.”
Maine Funeral Directors
Association
The mission of these members is “as funeral directors, our
calling imposes upon us special responsibilities to those we
serve and to the public at large. An important obligation is
to provide information so that everyone can make
knowledgeable decisions about funerals and funeral
directors. In acceptance of our responsibilities, and as a
condition of our membership in the MFDA, we affirm the
following standards of good funeral practice and hereby
pledge to conduct ourselves in every way and at all times in
such a manner as to deserve the public trust and to foster
and perpetuate high ethical standards of funeral service.”
National Funeral Directors
Association
The NFDA is the largest funeral service organization in the
United States of America, representing funeral directors
since 1882.
Associated Independent Funeral
Homes of Maine
The group has positive goals of preserving family owned
independent funeral homes for the betterment of the families
we serve.
Academy of Professional
Funeral Service (Practice
The objectives: "to raise and improve the professional
standards of funeral service practice by giving special
recognition to those practitioners who complete certain
qualifying activities. To identify and recognize those
practitioners who have voluntarily entered a program of
professional growth and development. To encourage
practitioners to make continuing education a lifelong
process in their own self-interest, the interest of the
persons they serve and the community in which they serve.”
