EDDIE FOSTER ROBERTS
Mar 15, 2020
EDDIE FOSTER ROBERTS of Bay City, TX died March 15, 2020 at the age of 97. He was a funeral director and mortician at the Duncan-Roberts Funeral Home. It was reported that Mr. Roberts was the first Texan to succumb to Covid-19.
MARQUIS DELAFAYETTE DOTSON
Mar 12, 2020
MARQUIS DELAFAYETTE DOTSON SR of Franklin, TN died March 12, 2020 at the age of 94. He founded Dotson's Funeral Home in Athens, TN and later expanded into Cleveland, TN. A 1948 graduate of the Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science, he served as president and chairman of the Tennessee State Funeral Directors and Morticians Association.
STEPHEN G TIRPAK
Mar 12, 2020
STEPHEN G. TIRPAK of Cleveland, OH died March 12, 2020 at the age of 82. He began working at Chambers Funeral Home in 1964, receiving his funeral directors licenses in 1966. He graduated with a degree in mortuary science from the University of Dayton and was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association and the Cuyahoga Funeral Directors Association.
THOMAS H. MCCARTHY
Mar 10, 2020
THOMAS H. MCCARTHY of Buffalo, NY died March 10, 2020 at the age of 85. He founded the Thomas H. McCarthy Funeral Home in South Buffalo in 1957 and in 1994 a second location was added in West Seneca. A 1956 graduate of the Simmons School of Mortuary Science, he served as president of the Erie-Niagara Funeral Directors Association, chairman...
RICHARD A. "DICK" WHETSTONE
Mar 10, 2020
RICHARD A. "DICK" WHETSTONE of Vandalia, OH died March 10, 2020 at the age of 78. He worked alongside his wife, Barbara in owning and operating the Morton & Whetstone Funeral Home for over fifty years.
RICHARD G. "DICK" BUMA
Mar 7, 2020
RICHARD G. "DICK" BUMA of Milford, MA died March 7, 2020 at the age of 74. A licensed funeral director since 1973, he purchased Sargeant Funeral Home in 1974. Today Buma Funeral Homes has locations in Milford, Uxbridge and Whitinsville. He graduated from the New England Institute in Boston.
FRANK M SCHMIDT
Mar 6, 2020
FRANK M. SCHMIDT of Reading, OH died March 6, 2020 at the age of 75. He was a licensed funeral director at Mihovk-Rosenacker Funeral Home.
WILLIAM B. "BILL" SEARCY
Feb 27, 2020
WILLIAM B. "BILL" SEARCY of Enterprise, AL died February 27, 2020 at the age of 68. He was a licensed third generation funeral director, embalmer and cremationist at Searcy Funeral Home and Crematory for over 40 years. He graduated from the Kentucky School of Mortuary Science.
CATHERINE LENA "KAY" SAGARINO
Feb 27, 2020
CATHERINE LENA "KAY" SAGARINO of New Britain, CT and Hallandale, FL died February 27, 2020 at the age of 97. In 1950, she and her late husband, Donald D. Sagarino established the Donald D. Sagarino Funeral Home in New Britain. She continued to own and operate it as a licensed funeral director until retiring to Florida, where she consulted for...
GLENN A STRUNK
Feb 26, 2020
GLENN A. STRUNK of Vero Beach, FL died February 26, 2020 at the age of 79. He was the owner and operator of Strunk Funeral Home and Crematory. He earned his Associate of Science Degree in Mortuary Science from the Miami-Dade Community College in 1966.