32 times • JUNE 9, 2016 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.qns.com obituaries IN MEMORIAM ALL FAITHS MONUMENTS, INC. “Dedicated to Quality” Serving All Cemeteries In The Tri-State Area • Open 6 Days A Week (Closed Sundays) • Courteous Personal Service • Finest Quality Monuments • Custom Design Service Jim Stagnitta P: 718-628-9671 F: 718-628-9685 • email: [email protected] We really do care Families have been relying on us for the last 40 years Gene Pedersen June 11, 2016 20th Anniversary In Heaven Dad, so many days, weeks, months and years have passed since God called you home. Our hearts still ache from losing you and we continue to love you and miss you more each and every day. Although our lives go on, they have never been the same without you here with us. Please keep watching over and praying for us. All Our Love Bev, Susan, Ellen, Judy and your grandsons, Jonathan, Justin and Christian Papavero Funeral Home n Newly Renovated Facilities On One Level n Handicapped Accessible—Ample Parking n Cremation And Direct Burial Service n Guidance With Pre-Planned Funeral Arrangements n 24 Hour-A-Day Personal Service n Resource Center With Information On Coping With Grief And Explaining Death To Children Family Owned And Operated For 4 Generations 72-27 Grand Avenue Maspeth, N.Y. 11378 1-718-651-3535 Seneca Chapels • Pre-Planning • Serving the Financial Burden of all Families in their Time of Need • A One Level Concept of a Modern Funeral Home • Large Chapels • Newly Renovated • Large Parking Facility on Premises Seneca Chapels, Ltd. 494 SENECA AVE. • RIDGEWOOD, NY 11385 718.366.1900 • www.senecachapelsltd.com Hess-Miller Funeral Home • Pre-Arrangement And Pre-Funded Funerals Available • Convenient To All Major Highways And Public Transportation ANTHONY J. MARTINO, Lic. Mgr. DAVID L. MARTINO, Director Owned By Martino F.H., Inc. Since 1982 1-718-821-6660 or 1-800-479-6419 Serving Ridgewood, Maspeth, Middle Village & Glendale ~With~ • Affordable Cremations And Burials • Parking Facilities • Handicapped Facilities 64-19 Metropolitan Ave., Middle Village, N.Y. www.hessmillerfuneralhome.com ‘CODE OF ETHICS’ FOR FUNERAL DIRECTORS The New York State Funeral Directors Association (NYSFDA) has adopted an enforceable Code of Ethics, which will apply to all members of the statewide trade association. Individuals will be required to sign a pledge to adhere to the code when they apply for NYSFDA membership. According to NYSFDA’s executive director Bonnie McCullough, the code was passed overwhelmingly by the board of directors after extensive research into the nature and structure of existing codes in a variety of sectors as well as that in use by the National Funeral Directors Association. McCullough said, “Although we are well aware that NYSFDA members already observe the highest standards of professional and ethical conduct, we believe that the adoption of a Code of Ethics will both set NYSFDA members apart and send a strong message to consumers that NYSFDA members take their responsibility to serve the public as funeral directors very seriously.” Included in the code is a list of preferred behaviors in five categories: Service to Families, Care of the Decedent, Obligations to the Public, Obligations to the Government and Obligations to NYSFDA. Specific guidelines in the code are already being followed by NYSFDA members throughout their careers and include such things as not engaging in “any unprofessional conduct which is likely to defraud or deceive the public,” or to not “knowingly make or file false records or reports in the practice of funeral directing.” Enforcement procedures spell out in detail all the steps the Ethics Committee will take if a complaint is properly filed. If it is determined, that further investigation is warranted, one of five actions, or a combination, could result – dismissing the case, reprimand, probation, suspension or termination of NYSFDA membership. There is also an appeals process in place. Reinforcing the focus on the consumer is a stipulation that the person filing the complaint “cannot be a member of NYSFDA, an employee of an NYSFDA member, or any other licensed or registered funeral director in the State of New York, a member of their immediate family, or an agent acting on their behalf.” The second stipulation addresses instances where the complaint that is filed with the Ethics Committee is a clear allegation of a violation of New York State law or regulations, or is the subject of a current case within the courts. In these cases, the Ethics Committee would dismiss the complaint until a decision in the case has been reached by the NYS Bureau of Funeral Directing or the judiciary. After a decision has been issued, the Ethics Committee could still choose to conduct its own investigation and decide on an appropriate penalty. The Code of Ethics and Enforcement Procedures went into effect on January 1, 2009. – Courtesy of the NYSFDA Dr. Lois M. Burns September 11, 1942 – June 13, 2015 Her Journey’s Just Begun Don’t think of her as gone away – Her journey’s just begun, life holds so many facets- This earth is only one. Just think of her as resting From the sorrows and the tears in a place of warmth and comfort Where there are no days and years. Think how she must be wishing that we could know today how nothing But our sadness can really pass away. And think of her as living in the hearts of those she touched…for nothing Loved is ever lost and she was loved so much. We Miss You Very Much.
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