DAVID W. RUZICH of Whiting, IN died October 31, 2011 at the age of 58. He owned his first funeral home, Kosier-Ruzich Funeral Home in 1975. He later opened Ruzich Funeral Home in Whiting and South Chicago along with Brown Funeral Home; Edgar Funeral Home in Oak Lawn; Sheldon-Goglen Funeral Home in Chicago; Owens-Ruzich Funeral Home in Whiting and LaHayne Funeral Home in Hammond. He was a former Lake County deputy coroner and was a graduate of the Indiana College of Mortuary Science.