WILLIAM LEO “BILL” MCREAVY SR
Dec 23, 2024
WILLIAM LEO “BILL” MCREAVY SR of Minneapolis, MN died December 23, 2024 at the age of 92. A third-generation funeral director, he was the former chief executive officer of Washburn-McReavy Funeral Chapels & Cremation Services, which grew to serve the Twin Cities metro area with 17 chapels and 4 cemeteries. Bill graduated with a degree in mortuary science from the...
JULIA G. RAY
Dec 17, 2024
JULIA G. RAY of Asheville, NC died December 17, 2024 at the age of 110. She was a licensed funeral director and manager of the Jesse G. Ray Funeral Home, which she co-founded alongside her late husband, Jesse G. Ray, Sr in 1938. Their son, Jesse G. Ray, Jr assumed operations of what is now known as the Ray Funeral &...
RANDY ANTHONY BORKOSKI
Dec 17, 2024
RANDY ANTHONY BORKOSKI of Adena, OH died December 17, 2024 at the age of 68. He was the owner and operator of Borkoski Funeral Home in Cadiz and Adena. A graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, he was the former president of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association, District 12.
JOHN A. VERDONE
Dec 16, 2024
JOHN A. VERDONE of Westlake, OH died December 16, 2024 at the age of 92. A member of the National Funeral Directors Association, Ohio Funeral Directors Association and the Embalmers Association of Cleveland, he retired from University Hospitals of Cleveland Pathology Department.
JAMES GARRETT “JIM” LOBB
Dec 15, 2024
JAMES GARRETT “JIM” LOBB of Kingwood, WV died December 15, 2024 at the age of 68. A long-time Preston County funeral director, he purchased the former Kiger-Williams Funeral Home in Kingwood in 1988. In 1997 Jim opened the James G. Lobb Funeral Home in Reedsville, the Taylor Funeral Home in Newberg in 1998, and in 2004, along-side his partner, the Davidson-Mancinelli...
LARRY ANDERSON
Nov 28, 2024
LARRY ANDERSON of Horn Lake, MS died November 28, 2024 at the age of 81. He worked as a funeral director at Memphis Funeral Home for several years before serving as director of the funeral service technology program at Northwest Mississippi Community College.
GORDAN ALBERT ARMSTRONG
Nov 27, 2024
GORDAN ALBERT ARMSTRONG of Middleburg, FL, formerly of Groveton, NH died November 17, 2024 at the age of 81. A licensed New Hampshire and Florida funeral director and embalmer, he and his wife, Sue purchased Main Funeral Home in Groveton in 1987. They owned and operated the Main-Armstrong Funeral Home alongside their daughter, Terri, who purchased it with her husband,...
RONALD JOSEPH “RON” DEREMIAH
Nov 20, 2024
RONALD JOSEPH “RON” DEREMIAH of Bloomington, IN died November 20, 2024 at the age of 77. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he was a former partner at Deremiah Frye Mortuary Greene & Harrell Chapel. In 1999, Ron joined Flanner Buchanan in Indianapolis and served as area manager of Washington Park East. He returned to Bloomington in 2014 and began...
JAMES W. “BIG JIM” DARBY
Nov 18, 2024
JAMES W. “BIG JIM” DARBY of Sun City West, AZ, formerly of Danville, IL died November 18, 2024 at the age of 86. He began his career as a grave digger at Gethsemane Cemetery in Detroit, MI. After relocating to Danville, IL, Big Jim and his brother, Dave launched Greenwood Plastics, which rebranded as Trigard and is now managed by fourth...
GREGORY WESTBROCK
Nov 10, 2024
GREGORY WESTBROCK of Kettering, OH died November 10, 2024 at the age of 80. A retired funeral director, he owned and operated Westbrock Funeral Home in Dayton and was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.