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Amanda Portelance, CCO
Amanda Portelance, CCO, has been re-elected to a second term as an Alternate Member of the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association (CFDA).
Portelance is a licensed funeral director/embalmer with
Spencer Funeral Home in East Hampton. Her CCO designation indicates that she completed the National Funeral Directors Association s Certified Crematory Operator program. In addition to her work at the funeral home, Portelance is an
Assistant Professor of Funeral Service at Goodwin University in East Hartford.
Portelance became a licensed funeral director/embalmer in 2015 after receiving her professional schooling from Lincoln College Of New England (now Goodwin University). She joined Spencer Funeral Home in 2015. In addition, she holds a Bachelor s degree in Political Science and a Master s degree in Business Administration from Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven.
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Stratford resident Matthew R. Adzima has been re-elected as the T
reasurer of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association (CFDA). Adzima is beginning his twelfth year as CFDA s Treasurer.
Adzima, a licensed funeral director/embalmer, is Secretary/Treasurer of
Adzima Funeral Home, Inc. at 50 Paradise Green Place in Stratford, Conn. The Stratford resident has been with the 106-year-old family-owned funeral home for 31 years. The funeral home was established in 1914 in Bridgeport by his great-grandfather, Joseph. The business moved to Stratford in 1979.
Adzima became a funeral director/embalmer in 1986 after receiving his degree from New England Institute of Mortuary Science in Boston, Mass. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Fairfield County Funeral Directors and is the President of the Board of St. John s Cemetery in Stratford. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Bridgeport.