DAVID B. WALKER of Anderson, SC died November 8, 2017 at the age of 100. He was the owner of D. B. Walker Funeral Services and the co-owner of Robin-son-Walker Funeral Service.
THEODORE "TEDDY" TAYLOR YANDELL JR of Webster Groves, MO died November 7, 2017at the age of 69. He was a licensed funeral director of his father's business, Yandell Mortuary. He served numerous years in this position, establishing a second generation mortuary family legacy. He enrolled in Forest Park Community College's mortuary science program and was a member of the St....
ATTY. HARVEY I. LAPIN of Northbrook, IL and Boca Raton, FL died November 7, 2017 at the age of 79. One of the first attorneys to specialize in the death care industry, he was active in the FTC Funeral Rule proceedings and helped to write legislation for several states. Harvey's articles were published by many industry publications as well as...
JOHN C. ANDRADE of Lakewood, OH died November 7, 2017 at the age of 65. He was a licensed funeral director and owner of Nickels & Andrade Funeral Home. He was past president of the Embalmers Association of Cleveland and member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
JASON W. BARTON of Wyndmere, ND died November 6, 2017 at the age of 48. He worked for the Vertin Company for 14 years at Glende-Nilson Funeral Home in Fergus Falls, MN, Joseph Vertin and Sons Funeral in Breckenridge, MN and most recently at Vertin-Munson Funeral Home in Wahpeton.
LORETTA BIBBINS JOLLEY of Salisbury, MD died November 4, 2017 at the age of 97. A licensed funeral director, she was the owner and operator of Jolley Memorial Chapel in Salisbury, Deal Island and Berlin, MD for over fifty years. She continued to work for the business upon retirement seven years ago. She was a member of several local and...
CHARLES D "CHUCK" SIFERD of Lima, OH died November 2, 2017 at the age of 89. He was a licensed funeral director at his family's firm, Siferd Funeral Home for over 50 years, retiring in 1998.
JOE HIBLER of Beachwood, OH died November 2, 2017 at the age of 89. A retired Cleveland, OH funeral director, he graduated from the Cleveland College of Mortuary Science and was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
BERNARD R. STURM of Grayville, IL died October 29, 2017at the age of 97. He was a licensed funeral director, owner and operator of Sturm Funeral Homes, which he purchased from Josh Nash in 1944. The purchase of the funeral home came with a furniture store in downtown Grayville; it was sold a few years later. In 1972, Sturm built...
CHARLES R. LANIER, SR of Lakeland, FL died October 29, 2017at the age of 90. He served Polk county families for over 67 years as a licensed funeral director, beginning with Gentry-Morrison Funeral Homes and later the Lanier Funeral Home, which he established in 1982.