JOHN ROBERT BRABOY JR of Amarillo, TX died June 2, 2022 at the age of 75. A graduate of the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science, he was president of the Mid-America College, where he taught restorative art.
HUGH CONKLIN BELL of Shenandoah, IA died June 2, 2022 at the age of 98. He was a licensed funeral director in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Arizona for fifty-five years. During 1967-1968 Bell volunteered to be a civilian mortician under the Department of the Army, Mortuary Service. He was then assigned to the Air Base Saigon, Vietnam where he gave...
WILLIAM “BILL” E. MCVEIGH of Albany, NY died May 30, 2022 at the age of 87. He joined his father as a third-generation funeral director at the McVeigh Funeral Home, which he operated for over sixty years. A 1961 graduate of the Simmons School of Mortuary Science, he was a former president of the Albany-Rensselaer Funeral Directors Association as well...
JOHN FREDERICK KUMMER of Columbiana, OH died May 30, 2022 at the age of 87. He joined the Warrick Funeral Home in Columbiana as a licensed funeral director and embalmer in 1968. Kummer became a partner in 1973 and retired in 2018 after fifty years of service. A graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, he was a member...
LORENZO WRIGHT SR of Prattville, AL died May 30, 2022 at the age of 68. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer for over fifty years. Wright was a member of both the Alabama and National Funeral Directors and Morticians Associations.
MARY H. ROBERSON of Bradenton, FL died March 29, 2022 at the age of 100. In 1972 she joined the staff of Griffith-Cline Funeral Home where she worked as an attendant and secretary, retiring at the age of 96.
SANDRA (REID) SANTOS of Akron, OH died May 27, 2022 at the age of 81. A licensed funeral director since 1976, she was born into the Reid Funeral Home and with her husband Frank, she took over ownership of the McGowan-Reid and Santos Funeral Home in Cuyahoga Falls. She was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association, National Funeral...
MARY STELLA HASTINGS of Morgantown, WV died May 26, 2022 at the age of 95. In 1952 she and her husband, Dewey founded Hastings Funeral Home/ Omega Crematory, which they managed to present day.
FRED “FREDDIE” TEMPLETON JR of Prairie Grove, AR died May 24, 2022 at the age of 81. He worked for Rumph Mortuary in El Dorado as a licensed funeral director. Templeton graduated from the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science.
RICHARD “SKIP” WYCKOFF of Reno, NV died May 23, 2022 at the age of 89. A funeral director, he succeeded his father at Ross, Burke & Knoble Funeral Home. Wyckoff graduated from the San Francisco College of Moruary Science.