Leaders of the Colorado Funeral Directors Association
CFDA Board of Directors
CFDA is a member-driven organization administered entirely by the association's Board of Directors and member volunteers.
The CFDA's 2025 Board of Directors was installed on December 2, 2024
President
(term ends 12/2025)
Matt Whaley
SCI Denver Market | Wheat Ridge
303-445-4145
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Vice President
(term ends 12/2025)
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Stephen Hunzeker, CFD-CET
Mountain Valley Mortuary | Monte Vista 719-490-8197
Secretary
(term ends 12/2025)
Kelsi Mathews
In Memoriam | Broomfield 303-997-6667
Treasurer
(term ends 12/2025)
Mark A. Ratliff, CFSP, CMSP
Newcomer Funeral Service Group | Lakewood
303-285-4388
Immediate Past President / NFDA State Executive
(term ends 12/2025)
Joe Walsh, CMSP 5280 Cremation & Funeral Services | Aurora
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Director at Large
(term ends 12/2026)
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Director at Large
(term ends 12/2026)
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Director at Large (term ends 12/2025)
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Director at Large (term ends 12/2025)
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Colorado Funeral Service Board, Chair
(term ends 12/2025)
Kevin Wood, CMSP
Crist Mortuary & Cremation | Boulder
303-442-4411
CFDA Association Administrator
phone 720-460-0512
The CFDA phone line is not answered regularly.
Please leave a voice message and a volunteer will return your call when available.
Past Presidents of the Colorado Funeral Directors Association
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1897 – W.D. Nash 1898 – F.B. Waters 1899 – J.G. Trezise 1902 – Charles A. Rogers 1903 – T.G. McCarthy 1904 – George S. Thompson 1905 – Fred B. Waters 1906 – James E. Collier 1907 – F.J. Buchheit 1908 – I.L. Glenn 1909 – H.M. Balmer 1910 – E.R. O’Malia 1911 – E.R. O’Malia 1912 – Milo G. Rice 1913 – Arthur Jackson 1914 – T.N. Chapman 1915 – W.P. Horan 1916 – C.C. White 1917 – E.T. Beyle 1918 – B.B. Sipe 1919 – F.J. Allnutt 1920 – S.D. Church 1921 – A.E. Howe 1922 – A.L. Springer 1923 – W.T. Hollowell 1924 – Rex B. Yeager 1925 – Henry M. McCarthy 1926 – William D. Nash 1927 – Roy Campbell 1928 – George I. Richards 1929 – W.P. Horan, Jr. 1930 – William H. Farnum 1931 – Gabe N. Furphy 1932 – Carl M. Ustick, Sr. 1933 – George R. Henning 1934 – George R. Powell 1935 – O.A. Saunders 1936 – O.A. Saunders 1937 – Carl W. Kibbey 1938 – Edward A. Martin 1939 – William J. Quinn 1940 – Curtis R. Green |
1941 – Bernard Vessey 1942 – Kendall Hammond 1943 – George Lorton 1944 – A.R. McCormick 1945 – Glen Kirkpatrick 1946 – George W. Howe, Sr. 1947 – Robert E. Long 1948 – W. Edward Sharp 1949 – Ralph E. Peacock 1950 – Tom J. Sardy 1951 – Lloyd B. Allnutt 1952 – C. Harry Blunt 1953 – R. Paul Horan 1954 – Bert Frezieres 1955 – Robert W. Burnam 1956 – Carl M. Ustick, Jr. 1957 – W. Sidney Phelps 1958 – Jack Farnum 1959 – John Allnutt 1960 – James W. Buchanan 1961 – Frances S. VanDerbur 1962 – J. Walter Geddes 1963 – R.E. “Sam” Peacock 1964 – Orval L. Sowder 1965 – LeRoy Austin 1966 – Donald B. Donelson 1967 – Merle Roberts 1968 – Donald M. Chase 1969 – J. Max Lewellen 1970 – Richard K. Walters 1971 – Harold Warren 1972 – Paul E. Morris 1973 – Kermit K. Koester 1974 – Kermit K. Koester 1975 – William B. Sumner 1976 – Harold W. Frye 1977 – George W. Howe, Jr. 1978 – Harold D. Young 1979 – Harold P. Woods 1980 – Joseph Cervi 1981 – Milo D. Bohlender 1982 – Richard Austin |
1983 – Michael W. Blackburn 1984 – Harry G. Stevenson 1985 – Millicent Donelson 1986 – John J. Berg 1987 – Don Heer 1988 – Don Heer 1989 – Joseph Ashford 1990 – W. Arthur Wolverton 1991 – Geoffrey W. Howe 1992 – Michael Murphy 1993 – Raymond L. Penick 1994 – Steve Trevino 1995 – William Campbell 1996 – Craig Wolverton 1997 – Darrel Brenner 1998 – Laura Zabel 1999 – J. Michael Rogers 2000 – James Schmidt 2001 – Linnea Ahlberg 2002 – Scott Moser 2003 – David O. Schoenfeld 2004 – Charles T. "Chuck" Bowman 2005 – William 'Mike' Reager 2006 – Chalmer Swain 2007 – Steve Vessey 2008 – Kevin Rogers 2009 – George Malesich 2010 – Elvin Caldwell, Jr. 2011 – Arlen Brown 2012 – Ryan Phelps 2013 – Gary M. Thomas 2014 – Michelle Bernhardt 2015 – Carla Hanold Dolan 2016 – Adam Findley 2017 – Edward M. Halouska 2018 – Jehn-ai Jackson 2019 - Stacey Kleinman 2020 - Kevin Wood 2021 - Javan Jones 2022 - Javan Jones 2023 - Joseph Walsh 2024 - Joseph Walsh |