Members of the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association (PFDA) elected Bruce Parthemore, of Parthemore Funeral Home & Cremation Services as the 2022-23 President at the association’s convention. Organized in 1881, PFDA is one of the largest state funeral director associations in the nation.

Bruce Parthemore is a licensed funeral director and certified preplanning consultant. He attended West Virginia University and the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science and holds a Pennsylvania insurance license in life, annuities, accident and health. In addition to PFDA, Bruce is a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, Capital City Funeral Directors Association and the Order of the Golden Rule.

Along with being active in his local church, he is a member of the Harrisburg Kiwanis Club and the New Cumberland Olde Town Association. A long-time member of Caring Hearts Pet Therapy and Alliance of Therapy Dogs, Bruce and his certified therapy dogs Jasper and Maggie, regularly visit patients at the Penn State Children's Hospital.

He has been married to his wife, Becky, for 35 years. They have two adult children, a grandson and a granddaughter.