Job Details

Funeral Director / Internship

Independence, IA

Send resume to Reiff Family Center, Inc.
Funeral Home & Crematory
216 3rd Ave SE
Independence, IA 50644
319-334-2501

Or E-mail to ben@reifffamilycenter.com​


Reiff Family Center, Inc. – Funeral Home & Crematory is looking for a Funeral Director/Intern for a family-owned funeral home and crematory in Independence and, Winthrop, IA. Individuals must be a licensed funeral director or in the state of Iowa or have completed schooling to become a licensed intern. Must have the ability to multitask, set priorities, and be detail-oriented.

A Funeral Director with our firm must value and be able to accomplish the following:
· He/she must be sensitive to the feelings of others and be able to feel empathy for the grief and stress others are experiencing.
· Meet with clients to explain services, and to make funeral, cremation, and interment arrangements.
· Provide clients with pricing information and prepare contracts.
· Arrange transport of deceased people.
· Obtain documents and permits related to embalming, cremations, and funerals.
· Embalming, dressing, cosmetically enhancing, and casketing deceased people.
· Arranging flowers, religious leaders, pallbearers, and others for funerals.
· Provide wake, graveside, funeral, and interment services.
· Driving hearse, limousines, and removal vehicles as needed.
· Personalize every service.
· Practice exceptional customer service
· Be detail-oriented.
· Possess the ability to work in a fast-paced environment but take the initiative to keep busy when the business is slow.

The employment package includes a competitive salary with full benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and housing.
Independence and Winthrop is a great place to live and raise a family. It is close to several large metro areas in eastern Iowa, Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, University of Northern Iowa, Iowa Hawkeyes, Amana Colonies, Cedar Rock State Park, and Backbone State Park.


Posted January 31, 2024