Special Announcements

(1)  Alert - The FDSA Board of Directors is asking all members to contact their local representatives to ask that they call on Governor Pat Quinn to reconsider the slashing of necessary funds to guarantee the citizens of Illinois the right to a burial with dignity.  Click here for more details.    

(2)  Click here for a registration form for an Evening with the Chicago Cubs.

(3)  Click here to obtain an order form for the new 2009 FDSA Reference Guide and Diary.  Members will be receiving their complementary edition by mid-January of 2009.    

(4)  The new EDRS Certificate of Death for the state of Illinois is now available on the FDSA website in the Members Only section.  Members of the association can access it by clicking here. 

(5)  An updated list of Chicago metropolitan local registrars is now available to FDSA members by clicking here.  You will need to log-in before you can access this file.  

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Welcome to the website for Funeral Directors Services Association of Greater Chicago (FDSA).  The following information is offered for your convenience. For further information, please contact the association.  

The FDSA was founded in 1880.  In 1962 it merged with an association of auto livery chauffeurs and took on its present name.

The four categories of membership are:

Regular Membership:  Includes entities which are funeral homes or those providing funeral service.  Membership Application

Associate Membership:  Includes entities providing merchandise and/or services to Regular Members.  Membership Application

Past Membership:  Includes persons who have retired from funeral service.  Please contact the association for further information.

Honorary Membership:  Includes persons who have been honored for their outstanding past service to the association.  Please contact the association for further information.

FDSA is governed by a nine member Board of Directors consisting of an Executive Committee (President, Executive Vice-President, 2 Vice-Presidents, and Secretary-Treasurer) and 4 Directors. The chief administrative officer of the association is the Executive Director, who is directly responsible to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors meets in January, March, April, June, July, September, October and December. The Executive Committee meets in February, May, September and November.  For a listing of the 2009 FDSA Board of Directors, click here.

You may see the association's Constitution and Bylaws by clicking here.

FDSA's mission is to provide services to its membership and to the public at large, to enhance the professionalism of funeral service and to maintain high ideals.

The FDSA provides a number of services for its membership.  Click here for more information on those services.

The FDSA Newsletter is published monthly and the FDSA Reference Guide and Diary, a compilation of membership, cemeteries, hospitals, churches, registrars, laws and rules is published every year.  A Subscription Service to the Newsletter is available to non-members and the Reference Guide and Diary can be purchased by anyone.  Click here for a subscription form to the Newsletter.  All FDSA members receive a copy of the Reference Guide as a benefit of membership.  

For access to the Members Only part of the FDSA website, click here.