Joshua J. McManigal

President

Joshua was born and raised in Nebraska. After attending Minnesota State University, he moved to Houston, Texas to attend Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Services in 2005. He worked in the Houston area until joining the Daniels family in 2018. He is the Director of Operations for all locations in Albuquerque and Rio Rancho. He is currently the President of the New Mexico Funeral Service Association.

Joshua loves to spend time with his two young children, Emma and Judah. They enjoy camping, fishing and exploring New Mexico together.

Michael B. McIntire

Vice President

Michael is married and a father of three wonderful children. He graduated college in 1993 and has been in the funeral industry ever since. Michael has had the opportunity to work in Southern California, Colorado, and New Mexico and has observed and learned from every place he has worked. He is currently employed at Terpening & Son Mortuary in Artesia, New Mexico since starting there in 2000. Michael is an active member of First Baptist Church and when not working, he enjoys golfing and spending time with his family.

Lisa Dalton

Secretary/Treasurer

Lisa graduated from St. Pius X High School in Albuquerque. She graduated from UNM with a B.S. in Elementary Education and completed the accelerated B.S.N. program at UNM as well. She began her career in the funeral profession with Daniels in 2009 as a pre-need counselor. She began an internship in preparation/embalming and received her license in 2012. Lisa has a son, Anthony, who is a junior at UNM and a son, Brandon, who is a junior at La Cueva.

Lisa currently manages Albuquerque Central Care Center and oversees the transfer, preparation and/or cremation of the loved ones. Lisa says trying emotional times and challenges are an everyday occurrence at the care center. She feels that is why the team appears to be more like family than just co-workers. Lisa strives for perfection and upmost dignity the entire time the loved one is in her care. This work can only be explained as a calling from above. The care center employees are the “behind-the-scenes” angels truly devoted to giving grieving families an opportunity to exhale knowing their loved one was protected and taken care of with love.

J. Buck Dyck

Director at Large

Buck arrived in New Mexico in 2001 from Reno, Nevada to attend the University of New Mexico. After earning a BA in Education, FRENCH Funerals – Cremations offered Buck a part-time position where he later found his true calling, serving the needs of New Mexico’s bereaved families. He graduated from Amarillo College – Mortuary Science in 2010, the same year he received his license. Currently he serves as the General Manager at FRENCH Funerals - Cremations. With his wife, Stephanie Sena Dyck, he has two wonderful children, Dimitri and Reina. Buck is honored for the opportunity to serve fellow funeral service professionals in New Mexico formerly as Vice President of the NMFSA and now as Director at Large. He hopes to continue the great work this organization has been doing for the betterment of funeral service in our great state.

Robert Noblin

Immediate Past President

Robert is originally from Fredericksburg, Virginia where he started his career in funeral service during high school. He purchased the former Riverside Funeral Home in Belen in 2005, expanding to Los Lunas in 2011, and adding a crematory facility in 2015. Robert has served on the Boards of the University of New Mexico Valencia Campus, Greater Belen Chamber of Commerce, Hub City Kiwanis Club, and the Belen Rotary Club. In addition, he earned his CFSP in 2017. Robert is an active musician, providing music to many local churches and other venues. He and his daughter, Karlie, also enjoy karaoke.

Gabriel Casaus

Past President 2016-2108