Jose L. Tovar
San Luis
Summary
Dedicated Funeral Arranger at Yuma Mortuary, skilled in compassionate communication and meticulous funeral planning. Successfully coordinated logistics for services while ensuring cultural sensitivity and adherence to family wishes. Proficient in body preparation and cremation processes, delivering exceptional support to grieving families during their most challenging times.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Funeral Arranger
Yuma Mortuary
Yuma, AZ
01.2023 - Current
- Assist families in selecting appropriate funeral services and merchandise.
- Coordinate logistics for funeral arrangements, ensuring timely execution of services.
- Provide compassionate support to grieving families during pre-need and at-need consultations.
- Manage administrative tasks, including documentation and scheduling of services.
- Responsible for identifying the decedent. Making sure the correct decedent is transported into our care.
- Responsible for body pickups and transports from the hospital, houses, nursing homes.
- Transport bodies to the Phoenix area airport and other out of state transports.
- Responsible for body cremations, making sure body is properly cremated at the right temperature according to the body weight and size. Also, fingerprint the decedent before all cremations.
- Assist funeral director with embalming. I am responsible for bathing, suturing bodies, and cosmetizing and dressing bodies after embalming, and taking inventory of the decedent's property.
- Assist with making arrangements and transport the decedents to the funeral service, chapel and cemetery. Making sure all arrangements are met according to the family wishes.
Correctional Officer
Arizona Department of Corrections
San Luis, AZ
10.2001 - 10.2021
- Enforced facility rules and regulations to maintain order and safety.
- Conducted regular security checks to identify potential hazards and ensure inmate compliance.
- Monitored inmate behavior, documenting incidents for review by supervisory staff.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to develop rehabilitation programs for inmates.
- Conducted the initial investigations, secure crime scenes, take photographs and collect evidence. I would gather, analyze and document information related alleged incidents, complaints and violations.
- Conducted interviews, review records and evidence, identifying relevant facts, and ensuring findings were accurate, objective, and well supported.
- Organized and prioritized multiple investigations during a riot/disturbance. I would prepare and complete accurate reports and records dealing with attempted homicides, weapon findings, and drug paraphernalia findings.
- Reviewed videos and audio of any and all suspicious activity in the inmate units. I would generate investigations report with all of the information gathered including any use of force and any other findings associated with the incident.
Education
Certificate - Embalming And Restoration of Deceased
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico04-2008
Skills
- Compassionate communication
- Funeral planning and arrangements
- Body preparation and cremations
- Crematory maintenance
- Embalming techniques
- Death certificate processing
- Initial investigations and secure crime scenes
- Review records and evidence
- Prepare accurate investigation reports
Languages
Spanish
Professional Working
Timeline
Funeral Arranger
Yuma Mortuary
01.2023 - Current
Correctional Officer
Arizona Department of Corrections
10.2001 - 10.2021