WILLIAM LEE SHANNON
Dec 20, 2015
WILLIAM LEE SHANNON of Shelbyville, KY died December 20, 2015 at the age of 96. He was a fourth generation funeral director at Shannon Funeral Service. He held the distinction of having the oldest funeral director and embalmer licenses in the commonwealth of Kentucky, having served 73 years as a funeral director and 69 years as an embalmer. Though in...
JOSEPH HERMAN MILLER
Dec 14, 2015
JOSEPH HERMAN MILLER, JR of Monroe, LA died December 14, 2015 at the age of 85. He owned and operated Miller Funeral Homes for nearly a century. His father, Joseph Miller Sr, founded the funeral home in 1935.
M. DOMER LEIBENSPERGER
Dec 14, 2015
M. DOMER LEIBENSPERGER of Hamburg, PA died December 14, 2015 at the age of 75. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer. In 1974, he established the former Naftzinger Funeral Home in Centerport, which closed after the opening of his Leesport facility in December of 2012. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1961 and served...
G. JAMES BOSMA
Dec 11, 2015
G. JAMES BOSMA of Tempe, AZ formerly of Fulton, IL died December 11, 2015 at the age of 86. In 1963, he purchased Sikkema Funeral Home in Fulton and established Bosma Funeral Home. In 1979, he purchased Tomlinson Funeral Home in Morrison and his son, James D. Bosma, joined him in partnership. In 1987, the Renkes-Reynolds Funeral Home of Morrison...
CATHERINE "CATHY" ANN CARTER
Dec 8, 2015
CATHERINE "CATHY" ANN CARTER of Muskogee, OK died December 8, 2015 at the age of 63. She worked alongside her husband, Mike Carter in operating Lynch Supply and Heartland Casket Company.
STEPHEN D. SUDDARTH
Dec 8, 2015
STEPHEN D. SUDDARTH of Lynn, IN died December 8, 2015 at the age of 73. He was a licensed funeral director, embalmer and a 1964 graduate of the Indiana College of Mortuary Science.
ALICE JEANETTE BUCKMAN
Dec 5, 2015
ALICE JEANETTE BUCKMAN of Wabasha, WI died December 5, 2015 at the age of 90. She and her hus-band, Harold "Bucky" Buckman, Jr., owned and operated Buckman Funeral Home from 1956 to 1989.
MERRILL CLINTON LUNSFORD
Dec 4, 2015
MERRILL CLINTON LUNSFORD of Milton, WV died December 4, 2015 at the age of 89. He worked as a funeral director at Heck Funeral Home and graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1953.
JOSEPH KELLY HOBBS
Dec 3, 2015
JOSEPH KELLY HOBBS JR of Versailles, KY and Lexington, KY died December 3, 2015 at the age of 65. He worked alongside his father, the late Joseph Kelly Hobbs Sr., as a licensed mortician and funeral director for several decades, operating the J.K. Hobbs Funeral Home in Versailles and Cunningham Funeral Home in Lexington. After the passing of his father,...
BILLY D. HINES
Dec 1, 2015
BILLY D. HINES of Albany, GA died December 1, 2015 at the age of 85. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer at Oaklawn Funeral Home for many years. Hines graduated from the Kentucky School of Embalming in 1958.