RICHARD M. OBADIAH of Genoa City, WI died Au-gust 16, 2015 at the age of 66. He was the president of Star Legacy Funeral Network in McHenry, IL.
WALLACE M. LONG JR of Bethlehem, PA died August 12, 2015 at the age of 84. He was a funeral director for 60 years and former owner of the Long Funeral Home in Bethlehem and Oley. He was a member of the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral Directors Association.
HERBERT ULYSSES GAILLARD FIELDING of Charles-ton, SC died August 10, 2015 at the age of 92. He served as the vice president and director of operations for South Carolina's largest black-owned funeral home, Fielding Home for Funerals, which was established by his father, Julius P. L. Fielding in 1912. He graduated from the West Virginia State University.
WILLIAM "MIKE" SMITH of Woodbury, TN died August 9, 2015 at the age of 72. He worked for Hunter Funeral Home in Sparta before establishing Smith Funeral Home in 1971. In 1981, the firm burned to the ground, and with help from his family and friends, he was quickly able to rebuild it. A graduate of the Kentucky School of...
RAYMOND CLINTON GARBER of Versailles, OH died August 8, 2015 at the age of 94. He was the owner and operator of Kidwell-Garber Funeral Homes, Kidwell Granite Works and Garber Memorial Estates in Versailles, Gravois Mills, Laurie and Sunrise Beach for over 70 years. He was previously the owner of Wilbert Vault and Sedalia Monument Company. He graduated from the...
RAYMOND CLINTON GARBER of Versailles, MO died August 8, 2015 at the age of 94. He was the owner and operator of Kidwell-Garber Funeral Homes, Kidwell Granite Works and Garber Memorial Estates serving the communities of Versailles, Gravois Mills, Laurie and Sunrise Beach for over 70 years. He was previously the owner of Wilbert Vault and Sedalia Monument Company. He...
MARK LIGGETT HALL of Warren, OH died August 4, 2015 at the age of 87. He was a licensed funeral director for over 50 years and served as president of the Carl W. Hall Funeral Service, Inc for 28 years. He graduated from the Cleveland College of Mortuary Science.
ALFRED D. THOMAS of Milton, MA died August 4, 2015 at the age of 91. He was the late owner, operator and funeral director of the Alfred D. Thomas Funeral Home, where he had lived since 1979. Before establishing his first funeral home in Mattapan in the early 1950s, he worked with his brother, Alexander F. Thomas, Sr., at the...
DAVID W. CALDWELL of Greenwood, AR died August 3, 2015 at the age of 64. He was a funeral director at Hot Springs Funeral Home and later at the McConnell Funeral Home. He retired in 2012.
JIM WARD of Klamath Falls, OR died July 28, 2015 at the age of 72. He was a third generation funeral director and owner of Ward's Klamath Funeral Home Inc, which was established in the 1920s. He was a member and served as president of the Oregon Funeral Directors Association. He was appointed to a four year term to the...