Choose your funeral home
with confidence
At your difficult time, it's important to know that the firm you are choosing represents the highest of standards and professionalism. By the very nature of their association with ODFSA, they have shown their deep compassion towards attaining the highest standards for their families and communities. Their constant dedication to keeping themselves up to date on all of the latest legislative, consumer protection, advanced learning and caring practices is why you can choose an ODFSA Member firm with confidence.
Strength in Membership
The strength in membership comes in the form of strength in numbers. ODFSA represents a coalition of professional family owned funeral homes who believe that a solid future for funeral service is based on the collective insight and dedication from caring professionals. This unified voice helps to shape and provide the professional standards that families and communities count on in their time of need.
Past Presidents
1928-30 Unknown
1930-31 Roy Harris Ottawa
1931-32 Roy Harris Ottawa
1932-33 Roy Harris Ottawa
1933-34 Joe Patterson Carleton Place
1934-35 Joe Patterson Carleton Place
1935-36 C.L. Dickinson Kemptville
1936-37 T. Eldon Veitch Ottawa
1937-38 D. M. McPhail Renfrew
1938-39 Jack Whelan Ottawa
1939-40 Keith Playfair Ottawa
1940-41 Unknown
1941-42 A.J. McEvoy Ottawa
1942-43 Jack Whelan Ottawa
1943-44 Charles V. Wellington Ottawa
1944-45 Robert McMeekin Ottawa
1945-46 Forrest Wallace Ottawa
1946-47 Forrest Wallace Ottawa
1947-48 Horace Racine Ottawa
1948-49 A.L. Tubman Ottawa
1949-50 A.L. Tubman Ottawa
1950-51 Keith Playfair Ottawa
1951-52 Henri Gauthier Hull
1952-53 Michael Shields Ottawa
1953-54 Samuel Stewart Ottawa
1954-55 Joseph Tubman Ottawa
1955-56 R.K. Cochrane Renfrew
1956-57 Marcel Robert Ottawa
1957-58 Kenneth Draper Ottawa
1958-59 Laird Barkley Ottawa
1959-60 Lorne Kelly Ottawa
1960-61 Harold Dunn Ottawa
1961-62 Wilson Colqahoun Perth
1962-63 Ivan Lemieux Ottawa
1963-64 Clifford Lloyd Ottawa
1964-65 Clifford Lloyd Ottawa
1965-66 Lloyd Tubman Ottawa
1966-67 Roch Lalonde Ottawa
1967-68 Léo Bélanger Ottawa
1968-69 Keith Rolston Kemptville
1969-70 Clem Smith Arnprior
1970-71 Keith Shaver Ottawa
1971-72 Hector Vaillancourt Ottawa
1972-73 Patrick Whelan Ottawa
1973-74 Duncan Lunam Ottawa
1974-75 Stanley Blair Smith Falls
1975-76 Robert Madore Ottawa
1976-77 James Purcell Spencerville
1977-78 Clive Weagant Ottawa
1978-79 Alan Barker Carleton Place
1979-80 Rob Lavern Ottawa
1980-81 Brian Kelly Ottawa
1981-82 Don Derry Cornwall
1982-83 Alex Caldwell Ottawa
1983-84 Maurice Prudhomme Ottawa
1984-85 Reg Gamble Almonte
1985-86 Mike Riopelle Brockville
1986-87 Peter Vallee Ottawa
1987-88 Lorne Dewan Ottawa
1988-89 Julie Tubman Ottawa
1989-90 Phillippe Robert Embrun
1990-91 Doug Kennedy Ottawa
1991-92 Don Goulet Renfrew
1992 Eldon Smith Arnprior
1993 Michael Sheedy Ottawa
1994 Dan Albert Ottawa
1995 Dan Sullivan Ottawa
1996 Al Wilson Cornwall
1997 Paul Lindsay Ottawa
1998 Allan Wilson Cornwall
1999 Bruno Carchidi Ottawa
2000 Bruno Carchidi Ottawa
2001 Sean Copeland Ottawa
2002 Kevin Costello Perth
2003 Benoit Bazinet Ottawa
2004 John Bowes Ottawa
2005 Stacey Streng Ottawa
2006 Patrick Larkin Ottawa
2007 Barry McNulty Ottawa
2008 Benoît Robert Ottawa
2009 Matthew Wren Brockville
2010 David Craig Ottawa
2011 Matthew Brydges Renfrew
2012 Matthew Irvine Kingston
2013 Paul Raymond Ottawa
2014 Graham MacDonald Ottawa
2014-16 Curtis Hudson Ottawa
2017 Brent Hill Alexandria