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MARTIN "MARTY" KEITH DUMAS Garland, Texas

MARTIN "MARTY" KEITH DUMAS of Garland, TX died April 8, 2021 at the age of 49. A funeral director for over 25 years, he worked at Rest Haven Funeral Home since 1998 and was a founding member of the Pet Memories Cremation Service. Dumas graduated from the Dallas Institute of Funeral Service in 1992.

PAUL MASTERSON ELVIG Seattle, Washington

PAUL MASTERSON ELVIG of Seattle, WA died April 2, 2021 at the age of 79. He began his career in the cemetery industry by working as a night caretaker for the Greenacres Memorial Park, in trade, for living in the upstairs apartment. He later became manager of the cemetery. Elving served as vice president and later president of the Evergreen-Washelli Cemetery and Funeral Home in Seattle. He retired in 2007 but remained active in the industry....

DONALD R KRAWZAK Palatine, Illinois

DONALD R. KRAWZAK of Palatine, IL died April 1, 2021 at the age of 69. A funeral director for 45 years, he was the owner and operator of the M J Suerth Funeral Home for 31 years.

RICHARD NEEL BAUCOM Carthage, Missouri

RICHARD NEEL BAUCOM of Carthage, MO died March 25, 2021 at the age of 73. He began his forty-two-year career at Knell Mortuary, eventually becoming the owner and operator until his retirement in 2018. A 1976 graduate of the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science, he was past president of the Missouri Funeral Directors Association eighth district.

JERRIT L CLAYTON Zionsville, Indiana

JERRIT L. CLAYTON of Zionsville, IN died March 24, 2021 at the age of 74. A funeral director for six decades, he was the senior vice president of Flanner and Buchanan until his retirement in 2012. Clayton returned shortly thereafter to a part-time role with Simplicity Funeral and Cremation Care. He graduated in 1966 from the Indiana College of Mortuary Science.

ERNIE HASKINS Goldsboro, North Carolina

REV ERNIE HASKINS of Goldsboro, NC died March 20, 2021 at the age of 55. A licensed funeral director since 2006, he was the owner and founder of Haskins Funeral Home & Cremations. A graduate of the Fayetteville Technical Community College, he was a member of the Funeral Directors and Morticians Association of North Carolina, North Carolina Funeral Di-rectors Association, National Funeral Directors Association, and the Eastern District Funeral...

KIP EVAN CASTOR Pendleton, Indiana

KIP EVAN CASTOR of Pendleton, IN died March 18, 2021 at the age of 42. He was the manager at Loose Funeral Homes & Crematory and was the lo-cation leader for the annual Wreaths Across America Ceremony. A 2001 graduate of the Mid-America College of Funeral Service, he was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, Indiana Funeral Directors Association and the Madison County Funeral Directors Association, where he served as vice...

JAMES "JIM" HAROLD MONG Columbiana, Ohio

JAMES "JIM" HAROLD MONG of Columbiana, OH died March 8, 2021 at the age of 75. A retired funeral director, he worked alongside George Seederly and later Mark Beck, owning and operating Seederly-Mong & Beck Funeral Homes. A graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.

TOMMY "T.L." HAYES III Fern Park, Florida

TOMMY "T.L." HAYES III of Fern Park, FL died March 6, 2021 at the age of 97. A Florida and Georgia licensed funeral director and embalmer, he was co-owner of the Hayes Bros. Funeral Home in Fern Park and Eustis, FL. A graduate of the College of Boca Raton School of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Academy of Graduate Embalmers of Georgia, Independent Funeral Directors Association of Florida, was president of the Florida Morticians...

JOHN "JACK" KELLY Lee, Massachusetts

JOHN "JACK" KELLY of Lee, MA died February 27, 2021 at the age of 83. A 1960 graduate of the New England Institute of Mortuary Science, he joined his family's business as a third-generation funeral director, owning and operating Kelly Funeral Home until his death.

THOMAS A MCPHERSON Shelby, Ohio

THOMAS A. MCPHERSON of Toronto, Ontario died February 25, 2021 at the age of 73. A native of Shelby, OH, Tom was the author several books that chronicled the histories of funeral coach and ambulance builders. American Funeral Cars and Ambulances Since 1900 was published in 1973. Subsequent publications included The Complete History of The Henney Motor Company, Flxbile, Eureka, Superior and Miller-Meteor. He also co-authored The Illustrated...

ROBERT E. "BOB" BROWN Essex Junction, Vermont

ROBERT E. "BOB" BROWN of Essex Junction, VT died February 24, 2021 at the age of 63. He was employed as a funeral director and embalmer from 1975 until 2011, serving families throughout the Vermont Catholic Diocese. In 1979 he graduated from Hudson Valley Community College with associates' degrees in both applied science and mortuary science. Brown was a member of the Vermont Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association, where he served on their...

KEITH E STOFFELS Lady Lake, Florida

KEITH E. STOFFELS of Lady Lake, FL formerly of Pontiac, MI died February 24, 2021 at the age of 93. A retired funeral director and embalmer, he worked at Harris Funeral Home in Pontiac for 25 years; Page-Theus Funeral Home in Leesburg; Banks, Page-Theus Funeral Home in Wildwood and Hamlin; Hilbish Funeral Directors in Eustis; and Steverson, Hamlin and Hilbish Funeral Directors in Tavares.

MARK STEPHEN STRICKLAND Elkview, West Virginia

MARK STEPHEN STRICKLAND of Elkview, WV died February 24, 2021 at the age of 72. He began his career in funeral service working part-time at the Hafer Funeral Home under the guidance of the late Ed and Henry Hafer. He founded and owned Strickland Funeral Home in Clendenin during the seven-ties and eighties. Strickland retired from Aurora Casket Company as a sales representative. A graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, he was a...

DEAN E TRENT Kingsport, Tennessee

DEAN E. TRENT of Kingsport, TN died February 22, 2021 at the age of 85. He began his career as a funeral director at Gate City Funeral Home in 1959. He worked alongside his wife, Martha, his three daughters Judy, Deana and Jodi, as well as his nephew, Brent Warner at the Carter-Trent Funeral Homes in Kingsport, Church Hill and Scotts County, which he owned and operated since 1991. He was a founding member of the Independent Funeral Directors...

THOMAS J RUECKL Luxemburg, Wisconsin

THOMAS J. RUECKL of Luxemburg, WI died February 20, 2021 at the age of 80. In 1972 he became an owner of McMahon Funeral Home in Luxemburg and served the community as a funeral director for fifty years. Rueckl retired in 2005. A 1963 graduate of the Wisconsin institute of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Fox River Valley Funeral Directors Association, Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral Directors Association.

JOE BEN TUCKER Central City, Kentucky

JOE BEN TUCKER of Central City, KY died February 20, 2021 at the age of 81. A licensed funeral director for 62 years, he was the owner and operator of Tucker Funeral Home since 1958. Tucker was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association policy board, president of the Funeral Directors Association of Kentucky from 1982–1983, and was a multi-year president and chairman of the Kentucky Funeral Directors Burial Association, having...

RICHARD "RICK" ALVIN RESCH Gonzales, Texas

RICHARD "RICK" ALVIN RESCH of Gonzales, TX died February 15, 2021at the age of 60. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he worked with Parkside Chapel Funeral Home in Hereford from 2006 to 2010, then he expanded his career to Levelland, where he began working for SCI at George Price Funeral Home until 2012. Resch later became the location manager and funeral director in charge for Buffington Funeral Homes in Gonzales and Shriner. In 2007 he...

GERALD W. "JERRY" VICKERY , JR Troy, Pennsylvania

GERALD W. "JERRY" VICKERY JR of Troy, PA died February 5, 2021 at the age of 82. He was the owner and operator of Vickery Funeral Home, which was established by his father, Gerald W. Vickery Sr in 1946. A 1962 graduate of the Simmons School of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association, National Funeral Di-rectors Association and was the former president of the Tri-County Funeral Directors Association. He...

TIMOTHY E PERINE Shinnston, West Virginia

TIMOTHY E. PERINE of Shinnston, WV died February 5, 2021 at the age of 58. A funeral director for over 35 years, he founded Perine Funeral Home in 2005. Perine graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science in 1985.

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