JOHN ROBERT DAVIS
Jan 3, 2026
JOHN ROBERT DAVIS of Greenville, TX died January 3, 2026 at the age of 77. Since 1966, he dedicated 60 years of service to Coker-Matthews Funeral Home, serving as a funeral director, embalmer and senior vice president. Davis remained active in the funeral home following his retirement in 2020.
FINDLAY C. WYLIE III
Jan 2, 2026
FINDLAY C. WYLIE III of Penn Hills, PA died January 2, 2026 at the age of 73. A licensed funeral director since 1976, he worked alongside his family at the Findlay C. Wylie Funeral Home, which was established by his father, Findlay C. Wylie, in the 1950s. A graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, he was a former...
STEVE SCHACHT
Dec 28, 2025
STEVE SCHACHT of Anaheim, CA died December 28, 2025 at the age of 81. A funeral director and embalmer for 63 years, he worked for Hilgenfeld Mortuary prior to his partnership with Don Baggott in what would become Baggott and Schact Mortuary and later part of the SCI family. Through his work in governmental affairs, Schacht helped shape laws and...
PHILLIP C. CAULDER, JR
Dec 22, 2025
PHILLIP C. CAULDER, JR of Chesterfield, SC died December 22, 2025 at the age of 68. A retired funeral director, he served his mentorship at Miller-Rivers Funeral Home under the direction of Tom Martin and Don Rivers in 1971. Upon their retirement in 1988, Caulder and his wife, Yetive, purchased the funeral home, renaming it Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home. They continued to own...
LARRY GENE CRATES
Dec 16, 2025
LARRY GENE CRATES of Arlington, OH died December 16, 2025 at the age of 82. A retired funeral director and embalmer since 2019, he began his career working and living at the Rutherford Funeral Home in Columbus prior to establishing the Crates Funeral Home in Arlington in 1968. Crates then purchased the Goff Funeral Home in Carey, which was sold...
MARGARET DUPREE
Dec 15, 2025
MARGARET DUPREE of Philadelphia, PA died December 15, 2025 at the age of 104. A licensed funeral director since 1949, she co-founded Dupree Funeral Home alongside her husband, Troy in 1955 and became sole owner and president upon his death in 1987. Her son, Kenneth, joined her as supervisor, and together, for nearly 40 years, they conducted thousands of funerals...
LEROY “LEE” DALE WILLIM
Dec 11, 2025
LEROY “LEE” DALE WILLIM of Fort Myers, FL, formerly of Clear Lake and Clarion, IA, died December 11, 2025 at the age of 85. A retired Iowa funeral director, he worked at Pursel-Davis Funeral Home in Marshalltown from his sophomore year of high school until 1962. In 1968, he and his wife, Janice, purchased funeral homes in Dows and Latimer...
BERNARD G. “BERNIE" NAEGELE
Dec 10, 2025
BERNARD G. “BERNIE” NAEGELE of Norwood, OH died December 10, 2025 at the age of 85. A licensed Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana funeral director, he owned and operated Naegele, Kleb & Ihlendorf Funeral Home for over 50 years. Bernie graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science.
EILEEN L. CLEMENTE
Dec 9, 2025
EILEEN L. CLEMENTE of Poland, OH died December 9, 2025 at the age of 82. She and her late husband Sam Clemente opened Clemente Funeral Home in 1966. They opened an ambulance service shortly afterwards and established a second funeral home in New Middletown in 1976. Upon the death of her husband, Eileen took over the ambulance service, which closed...
JOHN WILLIAM MUSTER, IV
Dec 3, 2025
JOHN WILLIAM MUSTER, IV of Calhoun, KY died December 3, 2025 at the age of 78. A licensed funeral director and embalmer since 1971, his professional journey was deeply rooted to his family’s legacy, as he joined Muster Funeral Homes in 1969, becoming the fifth generation.
He was also installed as a deputy coroner under his father, Bill Muster, in 1970. John...