2025 MFDA Convention and Trade Show

SCHEDULE

9:00 am-11 am MFDA Board Meeting, Northern Enterprise Boardroom

11 am MFDA Annual Golf Tournament. Vendors are welcome to attend and meet the funeral directors

Pryor Creek Golf Course - 1292 Pryor Creek Rd, Huntley, MT

11:00 am Tour the Montana Forensic Science Division Office - 1516 4th Ave. N. Suite 1, Billings

11:00 am Zoo Montana open 10 am - 4 pm Visit on your own

4 pm-6 pm Convention Registration - Pre-function West

4 pm- 5:30 pm Vendor set up Grand Ballroom

6-9 Welcome Reception Grand Ballroom

- Sponsored by US Alliance

8 am-9 am Registration Pre-function West

8:30-9:00 am Vendor Breakfast Grand Ballroom - Sponsored by Memorial Monuments

9 am -9:45 am Kevin Bragg, Licensing Bureau Chief at the Montana Department of Labor & Industry 1 CE Babcock

10 am-12 pm Membership Meeting/Election 2 CE Babcock - Open to funeral directors who are members only

12-1 pm Vendor lunch Grand Ballroom - Sponsored by Garfield Refining

1-3 pm Leili McMurrough – 2 CE Babcock - Sponsored by Batesville

3:15-4:15 pm Holley Johnson, Crime Victims Compensation Program 1 CE Babcock

5-6 pm Vendor reception Grand Ballroom

Sponsored by Medallion Vault and Casket

Visit the vendors for a chance to win prizes

6 pm Vendor giveaways, awards, prizes -

7 pm President’s Gala Reception Grand Ballroom

- Sponsored by Precoa

Guest speaker B. Steven Spann, Secretary NFDA Board of Directors Grand Ballroom

New officers announced

7:30-8:00 am Breakfast Grand Ballroom -

Sponsored by Precoa

8 am Service of Remembrance Grand Ballroom

Sponsored by Ballyhoo Printing and Design

Service by Deacon Tom Laundry

Music by Adessa Campbell

Memorial Video sponsored by Axelson Funeral and Cremation

Malstrom AFB Honor Guard

Cameron Axelson-Compassus Hospice

9 am-10 am Donnie Wetzel, Jr., Tribal Liaison, MT Dept. of Labor and Industry 1 CE Babcock

10 am-10:45 am Willy Kemp, State Medical Examiner 1 CE Babcock

10:45-11:15 Teague McChesney, Madison Martinez, Psychological Research Team, MSU-Northern Babcock

11:15 am Vendor meeting Grand Ballroom

11:00 PM Teardown