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DEAN W. "DEANO" ROGERS Trotwood, Ohio

DEAN W. "DEANO" ROGERS of Trotwood and Brookville, OH died January 9, 2020 at the age of 68. A licensed funeral director for 45 years, he joined his father, Emerson "Lee" Rogers in the family business, Rogers' Funeral Homes. He retired in 2012. Rogers graduated from the Indiana College of Mortuary Science.

STEPHEN J BECKER Hamilton, Ohio

STEPHEN J. BECKER of Hamilton, OH died January 7, 2020at the age of 69. He was a retired sales representative in the funeral industry, having worked at Aurora Casket Company and Deaton Kennedy Stationary. He was president of the St. Stephens and St. Marys Cemetery board for 20 years.

LARRY PAUL MUIR Lapeer, Michigan

LARRY PAUL MUIR of Lapeer, MI died January 3, 2020 at the age of 82. A licensed funeral director for 60 years, he was a third generation owner and operator of Muir Brothers Funeral Home. He graduated in 1959 from Wayne State University with a degree in mortuary science.

DAVID FRANCIS MASON Akron, Ohio

DAVID FRANCIS MASON of Akron, OH died January 2, 2020 at the age of 78. A funeral director for 36 years, he served his apprenticeship at a funeral home in Marshalltown, IA before he and his wife, Linda purchased funeral homes in Independence and Quasqueton, IA. They later purchased Parker Funeral Home in Jesup, IA, which they owned and operated for 10 years. In 1984, the Adams Funeral Home in Akron, OH was purchased. He continued to operate it...

CHARLES J O'SHEA, JR Point Lookout, New York

CHARLES J. O'SHEA JR of Point Lookout, NY died December 30, 2019 at the age of 85. A funeral director for more than a half-century, he was the founder of the Charles J. O'Shea Funeral Homes in East Meadow and Wantagh. He was also part owner in the Albrecht, Bruno, and O'Shea Funeral Home in East Islip. O'Shea served on the New York State Funeral Directing Advisory Board from 1974-2014 and was elected chairman from 1978-1990. He was a member of...

WILLIAM F RUPP , JR Lancaster, Pennsylvania

WILLIAM F. RUPP JR of Lancaster, PA died December 26, 2019 at the age of 92. He served his apprenticeship with the George N. Young Funeral Home in Lancaster. Rupp continued to work for the former Young Funeral Home as a funeral director for 30 years, retiring in 2005. A 1949 graduate of the Eckels College of Mortuary Science, he received his 50 year pin from the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association.

RAYMOND V BRUNNER Lake County, Ohio

RAYMOND V. BRUNNER of Lake County, OH died December 25, 2019 at the age of 93. A retired funeral director, he was the former owner of Brunner Sanden Deitrick Funeral Home and Cremation Center in Mentor, which he opened alongside his wife, Helen in 1949. He previously worked at the former Nixon Funeral Home in Painesville and the Prentice Funeral Home in Akron. A graduate of the Cleveland College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Tri...

SHERYL ANDERSON GREEN RIGGS Toledo, Ohio

SHERYL ANDERSON GREEN RIGGS of Toledo, OH died December 24, 2019 at the age of 73. She was the manager of the Dale-Riggs Funeral Home in Central Toledo, where she had worked since 1992. She previously worked as a funeral director in the late 1980s through the early 1990s at Dale-Riggs' James H. Cole and Peace Chapel and at Peace Chapel Funeral Home, both in Detroit. Prior to that, she owned and operated the Sheryl. A Riggs Funeral Home in...

HARRY CLARKE "DUKE" CURTIS Roanoke, Virginia

HARRY CLARKE "DUKE" CURTIS of Roanoke, VA died December 23, 2019 at the age of 63. He was the former president of the Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home and Crematory, which his father, Harry Cecil Curtis, founded in 1952 alongside Lawrence Harrison Hamlar. He worked at the funeral home for more than 35 years and served as its president for 16 years. He retired in 2019. Duke was president of the Virginia Morticians Association.

JESSIE ALENOR "PATSY" YOUNG Auburn, Kentucky

JESSIE ALENOR "PATSY" YOUNG of Auburn, KY died December 20, 2019 at the age of 92. She was a licensed funeral director and co-owner of Young Funeral Home, which she established alongside her husband, Joseph Perry Young, Sr. in 1959.

GEORGE G. MOELLER Valparaiso, Indiana

GEORGE G. MOELLER of Valparaiso, IN died December 19, 2019 at the age of 92. He was a licensed funeral director and owner of Moeller Funeral Home in Valparaiso. He graduated from the St. Louis College of Mortuary Science in 1949.

MYRON D. "MIKE ERICSON Fremont, Ohio

MYRON D. "MIKE" ERICSON of Fremont, OH died December 12, 2019 at the age of 89. A licensed funeral director and embalmer for 36 years, he served 25 years with Service Corporation International, retiring in 1992. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1956.

E. HAAS GALLAWAY , JR Boynton Beach, Florida

E. HAAS GALLAWAY JR of Boynton Beach, FL died December 11, 2019 at the age of 79. Gallaway began working at Gallaway and Crane Funeral Home as a young boy, working alongside his father learning the trade. Gallaway later purchased the funeral home from his father and Mr. Crane and continued to serve his community until his retirement in 2012. He graduated from the American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Services.

RICHARD C ARMSTRONG Seville, Ohio

RICHARD C. ARMSTRONG of Seville, OH died December 8, 2019 at the age of 76. He preceded his father and grandfather in owning and operating the Armstrong Funeral Home for a combined total of over 100 years. Armstrong was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.

JOHN RYLAND GARRETT Appomattox, Virginia

JOHN RYLAND GARRETT of Appomattox, VA died December 8, 2019 at the age of 83. A Certified Funeral Service Practitioner, he worked at Robinson Funeral Home and later the Whitten Funeral Home. Garrett had been a sales representative for the Dodge Company for over 30 years. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the British Institute of Embalmers, Academy of Funeral Service Practice, South West Virginia...

SHIRLEY P GRAUMLICH Worthington, Ohio

SHIRLEY P. GRAUMLICH of Worthington, OH died December 7, 2019 at the age of 84. A funeral director for more than fifty years, she was the owner and president of Graumlich Funeral Home. She was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association, Central Ohio Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral Directors Association.

NEIL GRANT MACKENZIE Springfield, Massachusetts

NEIL GRANT MACKENZIE of Springfield, MA died December 5, 2019 at the age of 73. He worked alongside his parents in his family's business, MacKenzie Vault, Inc. He owned and operated the business for thirty years, proudly working alongside his son, Scott, until his retirement.

FRANK STEVENS "STEVE' BRYAN, JR Columbia, North Carolina

FRANK STEVENS "STEVE' BRYAN JR of Columbia, NC died November 30, 2019 at the age of 77. He was the president and owner of Bryan Funeral Service. In 1977, Bryan partnered with Alex Lee and a group of family and friends to create the Bryan Lee Funeral Home in Garner and in 1986 he purchased the former Owens Funeral Home in Swan Quarter. He graduated from the Eckels College of Mortuary Science in Philadelphia.

KEITH MARLIN JENSEN Chubbuck, Idaho

KEITH MARLIN JENSEN of Chubbuck, ID died November 30, 2019 at the age of 89. He worked alongside his wife, Marian as a funeral director, owner and operator of the Shaffer-Jensen Mortuaries in Payette, New Plymouth and Fruitland. He also owned and operated funeral homes in Bonners Ferry and Burley as well as many other business enterprises around the country.

RANDY L. KISTLER Olney, Illinois

RANDY L. KISTLER of Olney, IL died November 26, 2019 at the age of 69. A funeral director for nearly 50 years, he was the lifelong owner of Kistler-Patterson Funeral Home, formerly Summers-Kistler Funeral Home. He served as coroner of Richland County for the past 32 years.

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