Blog
Jade Harper
Posted November 10, 2025
Jade Harper is a licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer Intern who also collaborates with our marketing team to support community outreach and education. With a background in hospitality, customer service, and merchandising management, Jade brings a unique blend of professionalism and empathy to every family she serves. Jade earned her...
Cassandra Mitzelfeld
Posted August 21, 2023
Cassandra Mitzelfeld is a Florida native and a family-oriented funeral director with a passion for helping others. She grew up in admiration of her grandfather that escaped Russian during times of economic hardship, before he took up residence in Long Island, NY and served in the United States Army during...
Ashley Bush
Posted November 1, 2016
Ashley manages the incredible paper flow in our office. She also supports our client families with custom memorial folders, prayer cards and videos. She graduated from Boca Ciega High School and is enrolled in St. Pete College working on an Associates degree in Funeral Service. She has two sons and...
Pam Amos
Posted November 1, 2016
Pam Amos retired in 2023 as our Operations Manager. We jokingly said that Pam is in charge of everything that moves at Veterans Funeral Care. She oversaw all funeral, crematory, preneed and business operations for the company. In addition to her managerial duties, she is a licensed funeral director and...
Blair Kriever
Posted November 1, 2016
Blair is a licensed funeral director and was the General Manager of the company for 22 years. He was a member of First Assembly of God in Clearwater. The son of a Marine, Blair was born in the Navy Hospital at Quantico, Virginia. Blair and his wife Joyce have 2...
Terry Platts
Posted November 1, 2016
Terry I. Platts, Chief, USAF-Retired has been working at Veterans Funeral Care since the beginning. He enlisted in the United States Air Force on September 17, 1962 and retired at Mac Dill AFB, Tampa, Florida on May 1, 1994. He was the Mission/Command/Wing Fire Chief. His duty assignments include basic...
Jimmy Rudolph
Posted November 1, 2016
Jimmy Rudolph is a 5th generation Clearwater native. He graduated from Clearwater High School in 2002, earned a B.S. from the University of South Florida in 2007 and his A.S. in Nursing from St. Petersburg College in 2012. He worked as a Registered Nurse at Largo Medical Center from 2012...
Fran Iosa
Posted November 5, 2014
Fran works with the President of the company on public relations, special projects and events such as our annual Clergy Breakfast, Clergy Golf Tournament, our Valentines Day Candy delivery program, our Caregiver Scholarship Program and our Honor Guard Fishing Tournament. She is a hospitality expert coming to us with more...
Kim Rudolph
Posted December 4, 2015
Kim Nelson Rudolph cofounded Veterans Funeral Care with her husband Jim. She served 18 years as the office manager handling much of the day-to-day operations. Kim was born and raised in Clearwater and is a proud member of a Clearwater family that spans seven generations. She graduated from Largo High...
