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O'NEIL D. SWANSON Detroit, Michigan

O'NEIL D. SWANSON of Detroit, MI died March 27, 2020 at the age of 86. He attended Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, graduating cum laude in 1956, and subsequently passing the National Conference of Funeral Services Examiners Board. Two years later, Swanson founded Swanson Funeral Homes, Inc. in Detroit. He was a former trustee of the National Foundation of Funeral Service, past treasurer of Michigan Selected Funeral Directors Association...

JOHN HARRIS HUDSON Troy, Alabama

JOHN HARRIS HUDSON of Troy, AL died March 26, 2020 at the age of 53. With a funeral service career spanning over 30 years, he most recently was manager of the Green Hills Funeral Home in Troy. He received his degree in Mortuary Science from Jefferson State Junior College.

CHARLES H. FARWELL. , Jr Nashua, New Hampshire

CHARLES H. FARWELL, JR. of Nashua, NH died March 19, 2020 at the age of 93. A second-generation funeral director, he joined his father at Farwell Funeral Service in 1949 and served as the executive director of the funeral home for over 50 years. A 1950 graduate of New England Institute of Anatomy, Sanitary Sciences, Embalming and Funeral Directing in Boston, he held membership the National Funeral Directors Association and the New Hampshire...

ROGER D. "ROCK" MCCOLAUGH Xenia, Ohio

ROGER D. "ROCK" MCCOLAUGH of Xenia, OH died March 16, 2020 at the age of 70. He joined his father, Robert S. McColaugh, in the family business, McColaugh Funeral Home, which was established in 1960. After his father's passing, he assumed ownership and continued to operate it as president. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1970.

EDDIE FOSTER ROBERTS Bay City, Texas

EDDIE FOSTER ROBERTS of Bay City, TX died March 15, 2020 at the age of 97. He was a funeral director and mortician at the Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home. It was reported that Mr. Roberts was the first Texan to succumb to Covid-19.

STEPHEN G TIRPAK Cleveland, Ohio

STEPHEN G. TIRPAK of Cleveland, OH died March 12, 2020 at the age of 82. He began working at Chambers Funeral Home in 1964, receiving his funeral directors licenses in 1966. He graduated with a degree in mortuary science from the University of Dayton and was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association and the Cuyahoga Funeral Directors Association.

THOMAS H. MCCARTHY Buffalo, New York

THOMAS H. MCCARTHY of Buffalo, NY died March 10, 2020 at the age of 85. He founded the Thomas H. McCarthy Funeral Home in South Buffalo in 1957 and in 1994 a second location was added in West Seneca. A 1956 graduate of the Simmons School of Mortuary Science, he served as president of the Erie-Niagara Funeral Directors Association, chairman of the New York State Funeral Directors Association's advisory board and was a member of the National...

RICHARD A. "DICK" WHETSTONE Vandalia, Ohio

RICHARD A. "DICK" WHETSTONE of Vandalia, OH died March 10, 2020 at the age of 78. He worked alongside his wife, Barbara in owning and operating the Morton & Whetstone Funeral Home for over fifty years.

RICHARD G. "DICK" BUMA Milford, Massachusetts

RICHARD G. "DICK" BUMA of Milford, MA died March 7, 2020 at the age of 74. A licensed funeral director since 1973, he purchased Sargeant Funeral Home in 1974. Today Buma Funeral Homes has locations in Milford, Uxbridge and Whitinsville. He graduated from the New England Institute in Boston.

FRANK M SCHMIDT Reading, Ohio

FRANK M. SCHMIDT of Reading, OH died March 6, 2020 at the age of 75. He was a licensed funeral director at Mihovk-Rosenacker Funeral Home.

CATHERINE LENA "KAY" SAGARINO New Britain, Connecticut

CATHERINE LENA "KAY" SAGARINO of New Britain, CT and Hallandale, FL died February 27, 2020 at the age of 97. In 1950, she and her late husband, Donald D. Sagarino established the Donald D. Sagarino Funeral Home in New Britain. She continued to own and operate it as a licensed funeral director until retiring to Florida, where she consulted for a local funeral home.

WILLIAM B. "BILL" SEARCY Enterprise, Alabama

WILLIAM B. "BILL" SEARCY of Enterprise, AL died February 27, 2020 at the age of 68. He was a licensed third generation funeral director, embalmer and cremationist at Searcy Funeral Home and Crematory for over 40 years. He graduated from the Kentucky School of Mortuary Science.

GLENN A STRUNK Vero Beach, Florida

GLENN A. STRUNK of Vero Beach, FL died February 26, 2020 at the age of 79. He was the owner and operator of Strunk Funeral Home and Crematory. He earned his Associate of Science Degree in Mortuary Science from the Miami-Dade Community College in 1966.

J.S. HENDERSON Norphlet, Arkansas

J.S. HENDERSON of Norphlet, AR died February 24, 2020 at the age of 84. A licensed funeral director, he worked alongside his uncle, A.C. Henderson, founder of Henderson's Mortuary in Magnolia.

JOHN MARX BUSCH Avon Lake, Ohio

JOHN MARX BUSCH of Avon Lake, OH died February 23, 2020 at the age of 87. A third generation funeral director, he was the former owner and operator of Busch Funeral Homes. He was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association and was the second generation to serve as secretary/treasurer of the Selected Independent Funeral Homes (NMS).

HARVEY ALLEN "H.A." ROBERSON Bethany, Missouri

HARVEY ALLEN "H.A." ROBERSON of Bethany, MO died February 23, 2020 at the age of 87. A licensed third generation funeral director and embalmer for over 61 years, he served his apprenticeship with his father, Orris Lee Roberson at the Roberson Funeral Home in Jamesport. He worked alongside his wife, Suzanne for 40 years, growing a fourth generation family business. In 1959, they purchased the Gromer Funeral Home in Pattonsburg and continued to...

JOHN DAVID REED , SR Webster Springs, West Virginia

JOHN DAVID REED SR of Webster Springs, WV died February 20, 2020 at the age of 70. A funeral director and embalmer, he was the former owner of Dodd & Reed Funeral Home in Webster Springs and Adams-Reed Funeral Home in Cowen. He graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, where he served as a past member of the board of trustees. Reed was past president of the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association and also the National...

MICHAEL WAYNE RANDOLPH Washington Court House, Ohio

MICHAEL WAYNE RANDOLPH of Washington Court House, OH died February 19, 2020 at the age of 39. He was a funeral director and embalmer at the McColaugh Funeral Home in Xenia for eleven years. Most recently, he worked at the Murray-Fettro Funeral Home in Greenfield. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science.

RALPH E. WAITE Medina, Ohio

RALPH E. WAITE of Medina, OH died February 18, 2020 at the age of 93. A funeral director, he worked alongside his father, Harold Elliot Waite at the Waite & Son Funeral Home. He continued to own and operate the family business for over 50 years. A graduate of the Cleveland School of Mortuary Science, he was president of the Tri County Funeral Directors Association.

RUTH MARIE PAUL Williamsburg, Kentucky

RUTH MARIE PAUL of Williamsburg, KY died February 14, 2020 at the age of 84. A funeral director for 40 years, she and her husband, Carl Paul purchased Ellison Funeral Home in 1971 and continued to own and operate it until 2014.

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