
Moving Forward with Mia and Julia
Season 2, Episode 11: Tim Schramm on From Crisis to Closure
Tim began his career at Howe-Peterson in 1988 as a Funeral Service Associate. Following his graduation from the Wayne State University Mortuary Science Program in 1989, he completed his residency and became a licensed funeral director in 1990. Tim became the Taylor Location Manager in 1994, was named Vice-President Director of Operations in 2005 and became COO in 2011. After working for three generations of the Peterson family, in 2015 Tim began an ownership transition and in 2017 became the owner and CEO of Howe-Peterson Funeral Homes. Tim currently serves as Commander of MI-MORT (Michigan Mortuary Operations Response Team) and is a DMORT-Team VIC (Disaster Mortuary Operations Response Team – Victim Information Center) Victim Advocate. Tim currently serves as a Trustee for the Funeral Service Foundation (FSF), Wayne State University (WSU) Alumni Association Board of Directors, WSU-EACPHS Board of Visitors and WSU Mortuary Science Program Advisory Board. Tim is also Past-President of the Michigan Funeral Directors Association and the Michigan Mortuary Science Foundation. Tim is also a spokesperson for the National Funeral Director Association (nfda.org). You can learn more about planning and finding a funeral to help with questions at https://www.rememberingalife.com/.






