East Hampton Funeral Director Re-Elected to Statewide Board

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.

Portelance became a licensed funeral director/embalmer in 2015 after receiving her professional schooling from Lincoln College Of New England. 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.

She lives in Portland, Conn. with her husband, Thomas J. Portelance III, and their son.

For information about the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association, call 860-721-0234 or visit www.ctfda.org or www.facebook.com/ConnFDA.