• NFDA staff participated in a conference call with the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) today. Staff learned that HHS, in conjunction with DMORT and the Department of Defense Mortuary Affairs, is very close to having details about the process for repatriating the remains of identified American citizens finalized. NFDA staff hopes to hear something in the next few days; we will share any information we learned on www.nfda.org/haiti.

For Immediate Release: January 25, 2010; NFDA: 06-10

Contact:
NFDA: Jessica Koth, 262-814-1536, or Emilee High, 262-814-1547
NFD&MA: Gayle Graham, 502-458-6214
CANA: John Ross, 312-245-1077
CFSA: Mark Allen, 847-295-6630
MBNA: Kim Fantaci, 800-233-4472

A Joint Statement From: National Funeral Directors Association; National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association; Cremation Association of North America; Casket and Funeral Supply Association of America; Monument Builders of North America

Brookfield, Wis. – The members of the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA), the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association (NFD&MA), the Cremation Association of North America (CANA), the Casket and Funeral Supply Association of America (CFSA) and the Monument Builders of North America (MBNA) express their heartfelt sympathies to those affected by the earthquake that devastated Haiti on January 12. The associations' members also wish to express their deepest concerns over the treatment of those who died in the earthquake.