ADAM WADE WILLIM
Jul 16, 2015
ADAM WADE WILLIM of Richmond, MO, formerly of Clarion, IA died July 16, 2015 at the age of 48. After working as funeral directors in Alaska, Adam and his brother Bart moved to Minnesota to own and operate the Willim Family Funeral Homes in Aitkin, Pequot Lakes and Pine River, which was later sold. He graduated from the Cincinnati College...
RAY ALLEN "RED" TUCKER
Jul 13, 2015
RAY ALLEN "RED" TUCKER of Mason, WV died July 13, 2015 at the age of 83. He was a longtime funeral director at Foglesong Funeral Home for 59 years and was during that time part of the first ambulance service in the Mason area.
REGINALD WILBUR GASKIN
Jul 12, 2015
REGINALD WILBUR GASKIN of Philadelphia, PA died July 12, 2015 at the age of 72. He began his cemetery employment at West Laurel Hill in Bala Cynwyd. He went on to manage the cemeteries at Chelten Hills, Washington Lane and Woolston Avenue; 20th Century Vault Co., Glenside; White Chapel Gardens, Feasterville; and Mount Peace, 31st Street and Lehigh Avenue, where...
DONALD JAMES "JIM" WALTERS
Jul 11, 2015
DONALD JAMES "JIM" WALTERS of Zeph-yrhills, FL died July 11, 2015 at the age of 76. He proudly served his country in the United States Air Force Medic Corp for 8 years as an embalmer in Viet Nam. He spent his entire career serving as a funeral director and embalmer. He served as the guest speaker at universities and professional...
WILLIAM PAUL THOMAS
Jul 11, 2015
WILLIAM PAUL THOMAS of Miami, OK died July 11, 2015 at the age of 91. He worked alongside his wife, Wanda Ingram as a licensed funeral director, owner and operator of the Paul Thomas Funeral Home in Picher, which they established in 1948. In 1991, they added a second location in Miami and another in Commerce in 2005. He graduated...
WILLIAM JAMES WILLIS
Jul 11, 2015
WILLIAM JAMES WILLIS, SR of Dalton, GA died July 11, 2015 at the age of 91. He and his wife, Dorothy Sprowl Willis, co-founded Willis Funeral Home in 1949. He graduated from the Atlanta College of Mortuary Science in 1947.
ARMAND LOUIS "BIG DADDY" CHARBONNET
Jul 9, 2015
ARMAND LOUIS "BIG DADDY" CHARBONNET of New Orleans, LA died July 9, 2015 at the age of 84. He was the vice president and co-proprietor of Charbonnet-Labat-Glapion Funeral Homes, which was founded by his grandparents in 1883 and is one of the oldest funeral homes in the country. An elaborate traditional funeral, complete with a level of pomp and circumstance...
DONALD RAY BELLMER
Jul 9, 2015
DONALD RAY BELLMER of Sedalia, MO died July 9, 2015 at the age of 83. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer at Ewing Funeral Home in Sedalia, Norman-Wagy Funeral Home in Chillicothe and later served as manager of the Hedges Funeral Home in Camdenton. He spent his retirement working at Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home in Columbia.
DALTON "DALE" MINERD
Jul 8, 2015
DALTON "DALE" MINERD SR of North Hills, PA died July 8, 2015 at the age of 87. He began his career as a mortician, including a brief stint running his own funeral home on the North Side before settling into a career as a sort of freelance embalmer, traveling among funeral homes to prepare people for their final rest. He...
DAVID G. STRANG
Jul 7, 2015
DAVID G. STRANG, a lifelong resident of Grayslake, IL died September 7, 2015 at the age of 85. He was a third generation funeral director and owner of Strang Funeral Chapel & Crematorium for over 50 years, which his grandfather, George E. Strang established in 1898 as Strang Furniture and Undertaking.