Julie Williams Promoted to Director of Advance Planning

Julie Williams Promoted to Director of Advance Planning by Milestone Funeral Partners

Auburn, ME — Milestone Funeral Partners, LLC has announced the promotion of Julie Williams to the position of Director of Advance Planning. In this new capacity, Williams will be acting as Milestone’s preneed specialist. Some of her responsibilities include; creating a team that will assist with informational sessions and seminars, meet clergy

and their congregations, discuss burial benefits with Veteran communities and help with Medicaid spenddowns, to name a few.

Julie joined Milestone Funeral Partners in April of 2024, coming from a background that was not always in funeral service. She is a certified court stenographer, having worked in the court system for many years in her home City of Toronto, Ontario. It wasn’t until her children completed college that she found her calling in death care. In pursuit of a second career, Julie attended Humber College, receiving her funeral jurisprudence. She was quickly hired by a large cemetery and funeral home on the West Side of Toronto where she realized her love for helping the living to prepare themselves and their loved ones for the inevitable. Her passion is to provide a solution to a topic that is not always easy to discuss. She is a welcoming presence in a room often filled with dread and uncertainty. Julie remarked that the gratitude received for “making this so easy to do,” is worth every moment spent.

Julie emigrated to the United States in 2018. Her tenure in the funeral industry spans 12 years, having most recently managed a team of advanced planning funeral directors in 16 funeral homes across New England. Back in Toronto, she was employed as a cemetery director and funeral preplanning director, where she found her “professional niche.”

In her spare time, Julie volunteers at a local Hospice and is a Certified Celebrant. She maintains dual citizenship between the United States and Canada. She is happily married and is the very proud Mom of two sons who reside in Toronto (for now) as well as a bonus daughter and son.

Milestone Funeral Partners’ is founded, and led by funeral directors. With Julie’s extensive knowledge in preplanning and compassionate nature, she makes a great addition to the Milestone Team.

*Submitted to Massachusetts FDA 1/16 & ICCFA 1/24/25