GEORGE MARION McFADDIN
Dec 1, 2015
GEORGE MARION McFADDIN SR of Sumter, SC died December 1, 2015 at the age of 85. He worked for several funeral homes, most recently the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home.
PETER P. HORVATH
Nov 28, 2015
PETER P. HORVATH of Sussex, NJ died November 28, 2015 at the age of 76. In 1974, he purchased the Pinkel Funeral Home in Sussex and continued to operate it for the past 31 years as a licensed Pennsylvania and New Jersey funeral director. He also owned the Horvath Funeral Service of Passaic and the Horvath Funeral Home in Clinton....
DENTON E. HARDISON
Nov 26, 2015
DENTON E. HARDISON of Ransomville, NY died November 26, 2015 at the age of 86. He was a licensed funeral director and operator at his family's business, Hardison Funeral Homes, Inc. He graduated from the Simmons Institute of Funeral Service in 1949. Hardison was a member of the New York State Funeral Directors Association, Erie Niagara Funeral Directors Association and...
ALLAN ABBOTT
Nov 26, 2015
ALLAN ABBOTT of Monterey, CA died November 26, 2015. He was the co-founder of Abbott and Hast Company. It was Allan's interest in geology that unwittingly led him and the late Ron Hast into the funeral industry after they purchased an old hearse as teenagers to use as their field lab vehicle. That hearse started them in a mortuary accommodation...
JAMES ELLIOTT COOPER
Nov 26, 2015
JAMES ELLIOTT COOPER, JR of Hemingway, SC died November 26, 2015 at the age of 86. He was a licensed funeral director and co-owner of the Nesmith-Pinckeny Funeral Home for 40 years.
KATHARINE CARLSON
Nov 23, 2015
KATHARINE CARLSON of Brunswick, OH died November 23, 2015. She and her husband, Earl Carlson founded Carlson Funeral Home in Brunswick, Garrettsville and Medina.
DINO P. CANTELMI
Nov 22, 2015
DINO P. CANTELMI of Fountain Hill, PA died November 22, 2015 at the age of 79. He was a licensed Pennsylvania funeral director and owner of the Cantelmi Funeral Home, which he established in 1963 at his parents' home in Bethlehem. In 1964, he moved the business to Fountain Hill. He previously worked at Joseph Levine & Sons in Philadelphia...
ROBERT L "BOB" KILBURN
Nov 21, 2015
ROBERT L "BOB" KILBURN of Deming, NM died November 21, 2015 at the age of 91. He was a licensed funeral director at Adair Funeral Chapels in Tucson, AZ for many years and later the Baca's Funeral Chapels in Deming until his retirement. He was also an entrepreneur and over the years always had ideas creating and developing products beneficial...
SAMUEL RITONDARO
Nov 21, 2015
SAMUEL RITONDARO of Chardon, OH died November 21, 2015 at the age of 60. He and his wife, Theresa purchased the Ritondaro Funeral Home from his retired father, John. They owned and operated it as licensed funeral directors until 2012, when it became DeJohn Funeral Homes & Crematory. Samuel graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science.
BRETT D. GRANDAW
Nov 18, 2015
BRETT D. GRANDAW of Potsdam, NY died November 18, 2015 at the age of 55. In 2006, he joined the staff at Seymour Funeral Home as a licensed funeral director. He graduated from the State University of New York at Canton with a degree in mortuary science.