The SDFDA Convention will be held May 8-10, 2024, in Sioux Falls at the Best Western Plus Ramkota.
Tentative Convention Schedule
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
2:00 pm - SD State Board of Funeral Service Board Meeting.
Following State Board Meeting- SDFDA Board Meeting
Dinner on our own & open for all
Thursday, May 9, 2024
7:30 - Registration opens
8:00- 9:00 - SDFDA Membership Meeting
9:00-10:00 - DOH Vital Records Update
10:00- 11:30 - “What your families may not tell you about your funeral home… But the
hairdresser and your clergy would.” Wallace P. Hooker, CFSP MBIE
11:30-1:45 - Exhibit Hall Open & Lunch
2:00- 3:00 - “Right of Disposition.” SDFDA Legal Counsel Michael Sharkey
3:00-4:00 - “The Final Touch (How Not to Mess Up a Good Embalming) - How to Overcome a Poor Embalming.” Wallace P. Hooker, CFSP MBIE
4:00-5:30 - "Case Studies in the Dismal Trade." SDFDA Legal Counsel Michal Sharkey
5:30 -6:30 - Social Hour in Exhibit Hall
6:30 - Dinner, Awards Presentation & Top Down Band
Friday, May 10, 2024
8:00-10:00 - Topic TBA, Jack Mitchell, Past President NFDA
10:00-11:00 - OSHA, Mark Arnold