RICHMOND, Va. – The Virginia Funeral Directors Association (VFDA) welcomes its 2017-18 Board of Directors, including new president and Lynn native Robert J. “Bob” Gallagher.
Gallagher is a funeral director at Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home, in Fairfax, Va. He attended Breed Junior High School and Lynn Classical High School and graduated from New England Institute of Applied Arts and Sciences in Boston where he received his funeral service license.
He is also licensed in Virginia and the District of Columbia. Gallagher has been a funeral director of Fairfax Memorial Funeral Home for 14 years. He began his career at Cuffe-McGinn Funeral Home in Lynn and subsequently worked for Weir Funeral Home in Malden and Joseph Gawlers Sons Funeral Directors in Washington, DC, where he worked for 10 years prior to coming to Fairfax.
The association held its 129th convention in Williamsburg, Virginia from June 25 to 28. The Association’s inaugural banquet and installation of officers took place on Tuesday, June 27, where the association introduced the new board members.