Schneider named president of state funeral association
- Press release
- Aug 19
- 3 min read
Press release
TOPEKA – Kansas Funeral Directors Association (KFDA) the only organization in the state dedicated to promoting and supporting funeral professionals in Kansas, announced new leadership for its Board of Directors as of May 6, 2026. The new executive officers include:
President: Todd Schneider – Pleasanton, Kansas
President Elect: Lisa Manley – Lawrence, Kansas
Secretary/Treasurer: Todd Wilson – Minneapolis, Kansas
Immediate Past President: Chris Holland – Olathe, Kansas
“I'm pleased to welcome our new executive officers and excited to see where they lead the KFDA in the coming year," said Tiffany Fisher, KFDA Executive Director. "In particular, I'm delighted for Todd Schneider to lead as president. Todd has demonstrated exceptional commitment to promoting and supporting funeral professionals in Kansas. We look forward to his stewardship.”
Schneider is a licensed funeral director and embalmer and is the owner of Schneider Funeral Homes and Crematory in Pleasanton, Mound City and LaCygne and Eddy-Bichard in Osawatomie. He attended Pittsburg State University and graduated with a Mortuary Science degree from Kansas City Kansas Community College.
He has served on the KFDA Board of Directors since 2021 and on various KFDA committees. He has spent more than 40 years in the funeral service and enjoys helping families in his community through the grieving process. Todd lives in Mound City with his wife Tracy and is the father of four children.
Manley has served as a funeral director and embalmer at Warren-McElwain Mortuary in Lawrence for 24 years. She was raised in Scandia, Kansas, and graduated from Pike Valley High School. She earned her Mortuary Science degree from Kansas City Kansas Community College.
With nearly 30 years of experience in funeral service, Manley has worked as a Kansas Insurance Licensee for funding prearranged funerals. She has served on the KFDA Board of Directors since 2022. Lisa lives in Eudora with her husband Colby and is the mother of two children.
Wilson is a1993 graduate of Minneapolis High School and a 1996 graduate of the Mortuary Science program at Kansas City Kansas Community College. Wilson's passion for funeral service began at an early age. At just 6 years old, he knew he wanted to become a funeral director, and by age 12 he was washing cars and learning the funeral business from Bruce and Sandy Shields at Shields Funeral Home in Minneapolis, where his career in funeral service first began.
Following mortuary school, Wilson completed his apprenticeship at Harrison Chapel in Colby, where he met his future wife, Shelly. While Shelly attended nursing school at the University of Kansas, Todd gained experience working for several funeral homes in the Kansas City area before joining Schmitt Funeral Homes in WaKeeney and Quinter. In 2002, the couple returned to Minneapolis, and in 2007 they purchased Shields Funeral Home, which today operates as Wilson Family Funeral Home.
The Wilsons are blessed to work together serving families. Todd has served on the Kansas Funeral Directors Association Board of Directors since 2022 and is honored to continue serving the profession in his new role as secretary/treasurer. Todd and Shelly have two sons, Landon and Reece, and a daughter-in-law, Carli.
Holland has spent more than 20 years in funeral service and is a licensed funeral director and embalmer and manages funeral homes for the Newcomer Funeral Service Group in the Kansas City area. He graduated from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, received a Business Administration and Leadership degree from Kansas State University and graduated with a Mortuary Science degree from Kansas City Kansas Community College.
He also serves as an adjunct instructor in the Mortuary Science department at Kansas City Kansas Community College. He has served on the KFDA Board since 2018 and the KFDA Disaster Committee. Holland lives in Olathe with his wife and three children.
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