KEVIN CRAIG KORDES of Rolla, MO died April 26, 2012 at the age of 51. He was employed at Hope Funeral Home before moving to Rolla, where he acquired Atkisson-Swinfard Funeral Home, renaming it Kordes Funeral Home. He later obtained the Long Funeral Homes in Vienna, Dixon and Crocker. He owned and operated Rolla Monument Company and Elite Concrete Engraving. He was a member of the Missouri Funeral Directors Association, and served as past president of the Missouri Funeral Trust. He graduated from Worsham College of Mortuary Science in 1984.