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EDWARD W RHODES Peabody, Massachusetts

EDWARD W. RHODES of Peabody, MA died November 13, 2018 at the age of 91. He worked alongside his father, Edward W. Rhodes, Sr at the Rhodes Funeral Home for many years before taking over operation of the business after his father passed. He owned and operated the funeral home as a licensed funeral director until 1984, when he sold the business to David J. Solimine. A graduate of the New England Institute of Funeral Service in Boston, he was a...

WILLIAM WILLIAM E. "BILL" BURDAN Cedar Lake, Indiana

WILLIAM E. "BILL" BURDAN of Cedar Lake, IN died November 10, 2018 at the age of 78. A licensed funeral director, he founded Burdan Funeral Home in the late 70's. A 1960 graduate of the Worsham College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Indiana Funeral Directors Association.

DONALD LAMAR "DON" DANIELS Greenville, Alabama

DONALD LAMAR "DON" DANIELS of Greenville, AL died November 5, 2018 at the age of 65. A licensed funeral director, he was the former owner of Dunklin and Daniels Funeral Home. He began working at Mack Funeral Home in Robertsdale in 1969 and later at the Dunklin's Funeral Home in downtown Greenville. In 1992, Don and Carolyn Herndon purchased the company from the Dunklin family. Dunklin-Herndon Funeral Home was later sold to Prime Succession and...

SHIRLEY RAE CONAWAY Uniontown, Pennsylvania

SHIRLEY RAE CONAWAY of Uniontown, PA died November 2, 2018at the age of 81. She and her husband, John "Dick" Conaway founded Conaway Enterprises, a distributor of specialty vehicles, funeral coaches, limousines, ambulances, transit buses, and recreational vehicles, in Uniontown, PA in 1969.

GARYTON COLVARD ECHOLS, JR LaPlata, Maryland

GARYTON COLVARD ECHOLS, JR of LaPlata, MD died October 26, 2018 at the age of 85. A third generation funeral director, he and his wife, Carol purchased the Arehart Funeral Home, now the Arehart-Echols Fu-neral Home, now operated by his son David. He co-founded with his sons the Brinsfield-Echols Funeral Home and Crematory in Charlotte Hall.

FRANCIS G OZOG Johnstown, Pennsylvania

FRANCIS G. OZOG of Johnstown, PA died October 25, 2019 at the age of 75. He served the Johnstown community as owner and funeral director of the Francis G. Ozog Funeral Home Inc., in Cambria City.

STEPHEN "STEVE" CHARLES TAYLOR , SR Metter, Georgia

STEPHEN "STEVE" CHARLES TAYLOR SR of Metter, GA died October 24, 2018 at the age of 75. A licensed funeral director, he worked alongside his father for many years at the Taylor Funeral Home. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science.

ROSALIA "SALLY" WEMPE SMITH Saint Joseph, Missouri

ROSALIA "SALLY" WEMPE SMITH of St. Joseph, MO died October 22, 2018 at the age of 98. A licensed funeral director, she worked alongside her late husband, Garth H. Smith, in owning and operating funeral homes in Seneca, Axtel and Marysville, KS as well as North Kansas City, MO. In 1956 they moved to St. Joseph and purchased the Heaton-Bowman Funeral Home and in 1962, they acquired H.O. Sidenfaden to form what is currently known as, Heaton-Bowman...

RICHARD DEAN "DICK" SCHWARTZ Las Vegas, Nevada

RICHARD DEAN "DICK" SCHWARTZ of Las Vegas, NV, formerly of Parkersburg, IA died October 21, 2018 at the age of 78. A licensed funeral director, he served his apprenticeship at the White Funeral Home in Independence, IA and then worked for Parrott & Wood Funeral Home in Waterloo. In 1975, he and his wife, Linda purchased Redmond-Schwattz Funeral Home in Aplington and Parkersburg. He continued to own and operate the funeral home until his...

DONALD RAY VARNER Macks Creek, Missouri

DONALD RAY VARNER of Macks Creek, MO died October 21, 2018 at the age of 84. A licensed funeral director since 2000, he joined the staff of Hedges-Scott Funeral Homes in 1999 and continued to operated the Macks Creek location for many years.

WILLIAM V. "BILL" HOCKER Albuquerque, New Mexico

WILLIAM V. "BILL" HOCKER of Albuquerque, NM died October 19, 2018 at the age of 85. A licensed funeral director, he joined his father, Tony Frkovich at Grants Mortuary, which his parents founded in 1947. He later acquired ownership of the firm and operated it alongside his wife, Kathy and sons Bill Jr., Robert, Stephen and John, and friend James Martinez. Hocker wrote two papers, The Parental Loss of an Adult Child and Unsanctioned and...

CAROLE JEAN BOYD Marion, Ohio

CAROLE JEAN BOYD of Marion, OH died October 13, 2018 at the age of 77. She was the owner of the Boyd-Born Funeral Home.

TIMOTHY MARK KILGORE Hillsboro, Tennessee

TIMOTHY MARK KILGORE of Hillsboro, TN died October 4, 2018 at the age of 59. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he worked for the Memorial Park Funeral Home in Memphis, Moore-Cortner Funeral Home in Winchester, Tullahoma Funeral Home, Manchester Funeral Home and Coffee County Funeral Chapel. He attended the John A. Gupton College of Mortuary Science.

MARTHA JO BROWN RAGLAND Chattanooga, Tennessee

MARTHA JO BROWN RAGLAND of Chattanooga, TN died October 4, 2018 at the age of 89. A licensed funeral director, she served as secretary-treasurer with Chattanooga Funeral Home for more than 50 years.

JOHN W. SALLEE, JR Stanford, Kentucky

JOHN W. SALLEE JR of Stanford, KY died October 3, 2018 at the age of 75. After retiring from the Navy in 2011 he received his funeral directors license. He worked at Spurlin Funeral Home for 13 years.

GILBERT P. "Gil" HANNA Westlake, Ohio

GILBERT P. "GIL" HANNA of Westlake, OH died September 30, 2018 at the age of 78. He was a licensed funeral director at the McGorray-Hanna Funeral Home for many years.

ROBERT HENRY "BOBBY" THOMAS, JR Granite City, Illinois

ROBERT HENRY "BOBBY" THOMAS JR of Granite City, IL died September 30, 2018 at the age of 55. He began working as a third generation funeral director at his family's business, Thomas Mortuary in Granite City. Bobby also worked for several other funeral homes throughout his career, most recently with Bucholz Mortuary in St. Louis, MO. He graduated from the St. Louis Community College at Forest Park with a degree in mortuary science.

JAY R ADDISON Angola, New York

JAY R. ADDISON of Angola, NY died September 26, 2018 at the age of 71. A licensed funeral director, he worked for the O'Rourke & O'Rourke Funeral Home in Salamanca, NY before taking a position with the W. S. Davis Funeral Home in Arcade, NY. In 1981, he and his wife, Mary Margaret (Buchner) Addison purchased the Heimburg Funeral Home presently known as the Addison Funeral Home in Angola. They owned operated the business for over 30 years before...

GREGORY DEAN "GREG" ANDERSON Burnsville, Minnesota

GREGORY DEAN "GREG" ANDERSON of Burnsville, MN died September 25, 2018 at the age of 65. He was a licensed funeral director for the majority of his working career and graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in mortuary science.

WILLIAM E. SCHULTZ, JR Mount Laurel, New Jersey

WILLIAM E. SCHULTZ JR of Mount Laurel, NJ died September 22, 2018 at the age of 84. He had a long distinguished career in the funeral supply industry, most recently working for Messenger Funeral Supplies.

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