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http://www.jferryfh.com
88 East Main St.,
Meriden, CT 06450
Tel: (203) 235-3338
Fax: (203) 686-1676
Fifth Generation Family owned and operated Funeral Home serving the families of the Greater Meriden area for over 135 years.
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2 of Meriden's Funeral Directors Re-Elected to CFDA
January 26, 2026
Meriden, Connecticut funeral directors Jonathan Erickson and Patrick L. Ferry have been elected to their second one-year terms as members of the Executive Committee of the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association (CFDA).Jonathan Erickson is a licensed funeral director at Beecher & Bennett Funeral Service, Inc. in Meriden and Hamden, Conn., his family-owned funeral firm that was founded in 1894. A graduate of North Haven High School, Erickson received his professional education from Lincoln College of New England in Southington, Conn. (now Goodwin University), and became a licensed funeral director/embalmer in 2013. Erickson is a member of Board of Directors of the Midstate Chamber of Commerce in Meriden, Conn.
Patrick L. Ferry is a licensed funeral director and a Vice President at John J. Ferry & Sons Funeral Home in Meriden. He is a fifth-generation funeral director in his family's firm that was founded in 1890 by his great-great-grandfather John J. Ferry. Ferry became a licensed funeral director/embalmer in 2013 after receiving his professional schooling from American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service in New York City. He also holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from the University of Hartford, and a Bachelor's degree in Accounting from the University of Connecticut. A graduate of Maloney High School in Meriden, Ferry is President of the Board of the Boys & Girls Club of Meriden, and is a member of Meriden Elk Lodge 35 and the Meriden Lions Club.
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