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THOMAS "TOM" ALEX BROUSSARD Beaumont, Texas

THOMAS "TOM" ALEX BROUSSARD of Beaumont, TX died March 18, 2019 at the age of 57. A fourth generation funeral director, Tom was co-chief executive officer for the six locations of Broussard's Mortuary.

MONROE JAMES EDWARDS Memphis, Tennessee

MONROE JAMES EDWARDS of Memphis, TN died March 15, 2019 at the age of 92. He was the founder and president of the M. J. Edwards Funeral Home, which he operated for nearly 40 years.

CHRISTINE RENEE JONES Elgin, Texas

CHRISTINE RENEE JONES of Elgin, TX died March 14, 2019 at the age of 46. She was a funeral director and operations manager of Providence Funeral Home in Bastrop and Taylor. She previously worked alongside her husband, Brad Jones at Jones Family Funeral Home in Elgin.

JAMES ALEXANDER SAPPENFIELD III Bermuda Run, North Carolina

JAMES ALEXANDER SAPPENFIELD III of Bermuda Run, formerly of Troutman, NC died March 13, 2019 at the age of 66. He worked in the funeral business for 45 years and owned Troutman Funeral Home for 30 of those years. He graduated from the Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service.

BENNETT GOLDSTEIN Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

BENNETT GOLDSTEIN of Philadelphia, PA died March 12, 2019 at the age of 86. He was a licensed funeral director and former president of Goldsteins' Rosenberg's Raphael-Sacks Funeral Home, which was established by his father and uncle in 1944. Under his guidance, the funeral home became one of the largest independently owned Jewish funeral homes in the nation. Goldstein served as president until his illness forced him to retire in 2016. He was...

ELAINE MCGAVRAN Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

ELAINE MCGAVRAN of Pittsburgh, PA died March 10, 2019 at the age of 76. A licensed funeral director, she worked alongside her husband, Earl McGavran in purchasing the Hammons Funeral Home in Oswego in 1969 and Quinn Funeral Home in Pittsburgh 1979. Both firms became known as McGavran Funeral Home.

CARLA HAMRE THOFTNE Lodi, Wisconsin

CARLA HAMRE THOFTNE of Lodi, WI died March 10, 2019 at the age of 62. She was the owner and operator of Hamre Funeral Home until her retirement in 2011.

CLARK W. "BILL" STOODLEY, SR Belleville, New York

CLARK W. "BILL" STOODLEY SR of Belleville, NY died March 3, 2019 at the age of 80. He served his apprenticeship with the Briggs Bros Funeral Home in Homer, NY. In 1961 he began working with his father, Ross in the operation of Carpenter-Stoodley Funeral Home in Belleville. For the next 39 years, he served as director, manager and president of the funeral home until the merger with Reed and Benoit Funeral Home in Watertown, which is owned by his...

THOMAS P. "TUCKER" O'CONNELL Hudson, Wisconsin

THOMAS P. "TUCKER" O'CONNELL of Hudson, WI died March 2, 2019 at the age of 91. A licensed funeral director, he founded the O'Connell Valley Funeral Home in 1985, which he operated alongside his sons Dan and Mike. He obtained his degree in mortuary science from the University of Minnesota.

THOMAS A. O'DONNELL Salem and Danvers, Massachusetts

THOMAS A. O'DONNELL of Salem and Danvers, MA died March 2, 2019 at the age of 76. A third generation funeral director, he joined his father in operating the family business, Henry J. O'Donnell & Sons in Salem. Tom acquired ownership of the firm upon the death of his father in 1970 and was one of the first funeral directors in the United States to begin accepting pre-arranged funerals. He acquired the Peterson Funeral Home in Danvers in 1987 and...

JOSEPH G. SALERNO Roselle, Illinois

JOSEPH G. SALERNO of Roselle, IL died March 2, 2019 at the age of 78. A third generation licensed funeral director, he was the owner and CEO of Salerno's Rosedale in Roselle and Salerno's Galewood Chapels in Chicago.

JOHN B. MONTS Ladoga, Indiana

JOHN B. MONTS of Ladoga, IN died March 1, 2019 at the age of 76. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he began working for First Funeral Home in Clinton until 1981, at which time, he began working for the Services and Morgan Funeral Home in Ladoga, where he remained working until his recent retirement. He graduated from mortuary school in 1962.

JUDITH KAY "JUDY" ANKROM Republic, Missouri

JUDITH KAY "JUDY" ANKROM of Republic, MO died February 28, 2019 at the age of 74. A licensed preneed agent, she served Meadors Funeral Home for 35 years as a licensed funeral director and general manager.

JANICE YVONNE GOFF Highland Park, Michigan

JANICE YVONNE GOFF of Highland Park, MI died February 24, 2019 at the age of 61. A licensed mortician and funeral director, she began her employment in 1980 with Wayne County Morgue and Thompson Funeral Home. She then spent 37 years with the Detroit Receiving Hospital and continued as a funeral director in the state of Michigan until her death. She graduated from Wayne State University.

JAMES "JIM" WILLIAM STOUGH Austin, Texas

JAMES "JIM" WILLIAM STOUGH of Austin, MN died February 24, 2019 at the age of 62. A licensed Minnesota and Iowa funeral director, he served his internship and continued to work at Henry-Olsen-Fuhrman Funeral Home in Estherville, IA until 1989 when he went to work at Olsen Funeral Home, which served several communities in the Fairmont area. In 2000, Jim started working at Worlein Funeral Home. A 1985 graduate of the Worsham College of Mortuary...

ROY ALOYSIUS BETZLER , JR Portage, Michigan

ROY ALOYSIUS BETZLER JR of Portage, MI died February 21, 2019 at the age of 74. A licensed funeral director, he purchased Donovan Funeral Home in Kalamazoo in 1975 and in 1999 the Thompson & Hawley Funeral Home in Paw Paw, creating Life Story Funeral Homes. He graduated from Wayne State University with a degree in mortuary science.

RONALD LEE KERCHEVAL Harrison, Ohio

RONALD LEE KERCHEVAL of Harrison, OH died February 19, 2019 at the age of 79. A retired funeral director, he was the owner and operator of Jackman-Kercheval Funeral Home in Harrison from 1975 until 1992. A 1961 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Embalming, he served as president of the Greater Cincinnati Board of Funeral Directors and was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.

THOMAS JAMES "T.J." LESTER Erie, Pennsylvania

THOMAS JAMES "T.J." LESTER of Erie, PA died Feb-ruary 18, 2019 at the age of 69. In 1979, he began working for the Deaton Kennedy Co and in 1989, he and his wife, Susanne purchased the Louis A. Pick Funeral Supplies Co, and renamed it Lester and Co. They continued to serve funeral directors throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan and New York.

DAVID JOHN CIZMADIA Castleton, Vermont

DAVID JOHN CIZMADIA of Castleton, VT died February 15, 2019 at the age of 66. A licensed funeral director, he worked at several funeral homes in Vermont prior to managing the Wilson-Cooper Funeral Home in Kittery, ME for 15 years. He graduated from the Simmons Institute of Funeral Service in 1992.

WILLIAM J LENNON Manchester, Connecticut

WILLIAM J. LENNON of Manchester, CT died February 10, 2019 at the age of 96. He worked with local funeral homes as a licensed funeral director and served as manager of Watkins Funeral Home.

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