2026 District Meetings
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*SEPTEMBER 22 Procopios
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SEPTEMBER 29 Geisen Funeral, Cremation & Reception Centre |
OCTOBER 6 Fusion 54
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SEPTEMBER 23 Fort Branch Senior Center |
*SEPTEMBER 30 The REES |
OCTOBER 7 The Gathering |
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SEPTEMBER 24 Scott Funeral Home |
OCTOBER 1 Parkview Mirro Center for Research and Innovation |
OCTOBER 8 Celebration Hall at Crown Hill |
Andy Clayton, CFSP
Executive Director, Indiana Funeral Directors Association
Pre-Need Requirements, Best Practices and Pitfalls (1 Law CE Hour)
Hoosier Funeral Service (1 General CE Hour)
Your Voice, Your Future, IFDA Member Feedback from 2026 Member Survey & Our Path Forward (1 General CE Hour)
Andy Clayton, CFSP, is a second-generation licensed Indiana funeral director and current Executive Director of the Indiana Funeral Directors Association. A graduate of Mid-America College of Funeral Service and Indiana University, he has been actively involved in funeral service since 1991.
Andy is a Past President of IFDA, 2013-14; a past member of the Indiana State Board of Funeral and Cemetery Service; past Indiana Policy Board Representative to the National Funeral Directors Association; and a lifetime Certified Funeral Service Practitioner, CFSP, through the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice since 2002.
Linda Znachko
Founder & Visionary of He Knows Your Name
Dignity for All, Claimed and Unclaimed (2 General CE hours)
What do you do when decedents are never picked up? What do you do when an unclaimed baby comes into your care? How can you keep individuals off shelves, and given honor and dignity in death?
In 2009, Linda Znachko unexpectedly had her life turned upside down after watching a news report about the tragic death of a young infant abandoned in a trash dumpster, the heartbreaking report made Znachko resolve that she would do everything in her power to ensure no infant would ever again die without a name or a proper burial. Linda founded the organization, He Knows Your Name. Today, Linda works with coroners, funeral homes, and hospitals to give honor and dignity to unclaimed children and adults. To date, Linda has claimed 67 babies. Through Funeral Homes alone, HKYN has honored the lives through burial/headstone dedication of 499 adults. Through Coroner's Offices alone, HKYN has honored the lives through burial/headstone dedication of over 475 adults.
In this session, Linda will show you what it can look like to give dignity for all. We will conclude with a Q & A session so we invite you to bring your questions!
In 2009, Linda Znachko unexpectedly had her life turned upside down after watching a news report about the tragic death of a young infant abandoned in a trash dumpster, the heartbreaking report made Znachko resolve that she would do everything in her power to ensure no infant would ever again die without a name or a proper burial. Today, Linda works with coroners, funeral homes, and hospitals to give honor and dignity to unclaimed children and adults.
Znachko partners with the organization “Safe Haven Baby Boxes” and has spent the last 11 years raising awareness and educating others about the Safe Haven Law and the Safe Haven Baby Box SHBB) program, whose logo bears the footprint of baby Amelia, found deceased and abandoned at Eagle Creek Park (Indiana) in 2014. In 2025, Baby Haven was found deceased and abandoned in Brookside Park (Indiana). Baby Haven's legacy is the promotion of the Safe Haven Law in classrooms. Linda named, claimed, and laid both babies to rest.
She and her high school sweetheart, husband Steve, launched a Foundation, funding ministries around the globe. Steve and Linda attend Antioch Church in Indianapolis where they raised their 4 children. One of Linda’s greatest joys is being called “Honey” by her grandchildren.
Linda & Steve adopted their 5th child, Abigail, in 2020. Abigail lived 1 week in the NICU before going to heaven.
Today, Linda works to give honor and dignity to every human life.
