OCFDA MEMBERS

ASMS, BSFS, CSFP, Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer

Yvonne became a board member in 2020. She has been Secretary and Vice President for OCFDA. She works as a Funeral Director and Arranger for McAulay and Wallace Mortuary in Fullerton. She graduated from Cypress College of Mortuary Science with her Associate Science in Mortuary Science degree in 2017 and went back to school to obtain her Bachelor Science in Funeral Service degree in 2020. She has been in the funeral industry for 8-years.

ASMS, Licensed Funeral Director, and Embalmer

Kimberly became a board member in 2018. She comes to us with 17-years of experience in the funeral industry. She currently supports Westminster Memorial Park, Westminster Memorial Park Mortuary and Peek Mortuary as Office Manager. She graduated with her ASMS from the Cypress College Mortuary Science Program in 2017, and then completed the Bachelor of Science in Funeral Service program in 2022. Kim was awarded the Student of the Year Award, Rosalind R. Ragsdale Award and Elizabeth “Ma” Green Award. She currently holds seat as Immediate Past President for OCFDA and Board Member for CFDA. She previously served OCFDA as Secretary, Treasurer, Vice President and President.

ASMS, BFA, Licensed Funeral Director

Liz became a board member in 2019. She is the Location Manager of McAulay & Wallace Mortuary in Fullerton and Yorba Linda. She was the recipient of the 2020 and 2019 SCI ACES award. Liz graduated with her ASMS from the Cypress College Mortuary Science Program in 2018 and was awarded the Elizabeth “Ma” Green award and Robert A. Baughman Award.

Donna became a board member in 2022. She and her husband, Captain Doug, own Prince Charters, LLC and have provided ash scattering at sea services for families since 2010. Prince Charters was originally founded in 1965 by Captain Doug’s grandfather, Reverend Gilbert Prince, who was a pioneer in the ash scattering at sea industry. Donna has her RN license and previously spent over 20 years in the insurance industry.

ASMS, Licensed Funeral Director and Licensed Embalmer

Ashley became a board member in 2020. She is a graduate from Cypress College's Mortuary Science program, shortly following graduation she began and then completed her embalming apprenticeship in Anaheim, CA. In 2020 she made a new career decision and became self-employed as a trade embalmer.

When she is not working, Ashley enjoys spending time with her friends, family and her cat. She spends a lot of her free time hiking and backpacking, collecting houseplants and riding her motorcycle - she loves traveling and always looks forward to visiting cemeteries in her travels.

Board Member since 2024

ASMS, Licensed Funeral Director, Licensed Embalmer and Crematory Operator

I am currently serving as a Crematory Operator at Pacific View Memorial Park & Mortuary; I have been here about a year, but started with SCI at Fairhaven Memorial Park & Mortuary in Santa Ana. I performed several duties there, but was trained as a Crematory Operator to perform the Attended Cremations. My Funeral Service career began following my graduation from the Mortuary Science program at Cypress College in 2014. I did my Embalming apprenticeship at Forest Lawn, Cypress and am currently licensed as a Funeral Director and Embalmer. I served as a Service Director at O' Connor Mortuary prior to coming to Fairhaven. I was a Fingerprint Technician ( examining fingerprints for the Coroner and other agencies as well as maintaining the AFIS database) for the Orange County Sheriff's Department before entering the Funeral industry. My focus shifted from Forensic interests due to the wonderful care I received in memorializing my parents following their deaths

Board Member since 2021

Licensed Funeral Director

Julie started in the industry in 2015 after she hit the ground running away from her boring sales job and she has never looked back. Julie holds an Associate Degree in Business, and was a teacher for 3 -years which she found was not her calling. She is a Licensed FD and a Licensed Insurance Agent. Her hobbies include sweating it out stress - she runs 6-7 miles at 6am almost daily. She also loves watching/reading true crime, and being treasurer/ board member of her high school aged son’s baseball program and PTA. She loves food, all of it. Julie has found her purpose in helping people in this industry and says it is the most rewarding career she has ever experienced!!

ASMS, Licensed Funeral Director and Licensed Embalmer

Raymundo Perez-Plascencia is a compassionate and dedicated Funeral director and Embalmer with six years of invaluable professional experience. From a young age, Raymundo possessed a deep sense of empathy and an unwavering desire to help others during grief, which led him to pursue a career in funeral Profession.

After completing his formal education and acquiring an associate in Mortuary Science in 2019, Raymundo embarked on his professional journey, quickly proving himself to be a proficient and empathetic funeral director and an accomplished Embalmer at Rose Hills. Currently, he is the Mortuary office supervisor at Rose Hills.

Throughout his six years in the industry, Raymundo has demonstrated exceptional skill in all aspects of funeral services, including embalming, funeral arrangements, and grief counseling. Other accolades include being a member of the California Funeral Directors Association, Los Angeles County Funeral Directors Associates board member, and Orange County Funeral Directors Associates board member and being named Young Funeral Director of the Year for 2021.

Board Member since 2022

Board Member since 2022

Board Member since 2010

Joe is the owner of Southand Motor Escort Co.

Board Member since 2014

John is the VP/Owner of American Crematory Equipment Co in Southern CA where he manufactures, services, supplies and repairs both Human and Animal cremators throughout the USA and beyond. He holds a Crematory manager License and has trained Crematory operators with ACC and CANA for years. He is am a member of the OCFDA, LACFDA, CFDA, OBFDA, CANA, NFDA, ICCFA and many other state associations throughout the US. Reach him 24-7 for a your cremations needs at 562-755-1244

Carla Catalina Lynch originally from the Philippines received her Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts in 2006. She immigrated to San Francisco in 2007 as a single mother, where she focused on creating art and building a new life. She became an Art/Life Counselor, Program Coordinator, and a Mental Health Rehabilitation Specialist for a single non-profit for 10 years. Unfortunately she was let go, 6 months before COVID hit. This is where she had the opportunity to pursues a new career that she always wanted to explore, where art and science meet in the lab, and decedents were the canvas. 2020 she worked in her first funeral home, 2021 became an Apprentice Embalmer at Cypress Lawn Colma (a necropolis, where the dead outnumber the living). 2023 she relocated her and her family to the OC to attend Cypress College in pursuits of an embalming license and exploring other death care opportunities.

Board Member since 2019

Don is a visionary and the owner of Steri-Clean SoCal, a full crisis, trauma, and extreme cleaning company dedicated to helping clients get beyond the trauma of their worst day ever. Don’s passion is based on his own family suffering of two life-altering personal tragedies; experiences that changed his perspective forever. Above all else, Don recognized the fragility and vulnerability that he and his family experienced during these tragic times. It is those first-hand experiences that propelled Don to build an empathetic team of industry professionals to professionalize the industry and tie it to funeral service. As a director on funeral and first responder agency boards at both regional and state levels, Don combines his unique background to clear the path to biohazard repair and the effects of hoarding on property so that families can begin to heal. Don and the team at Steri-Clean SoCal are dedicated to keeping dignity and empathy at the foremost ethos in the company to prove clients with the utmost in care during their most critical time of need.

Currently the OCFDA OC Coroner Liaison, Lesley has previously served the Board as Secretary and Vice President.

After obtaining her BA in Biological Sciences from CSUF and Mortuary Science Program Certificate from Cypress College, Lesley has been with the OC Coroner’s Office for 30+ years, serving as the Supervisor of Forensic Operations since 2010. Additionally, she works every weekend at O’Connor Mortuary, has been a long time member of the Cypress College Mortuary Science Advisory Committee, and provides Coroner site visits and trainings for the Cypress College embalming lab students, Fullerton College students, OneLegacy and OCSD personnel, and the general public.