CYNTHIA ANN MEANS
Jun 6, 2024
CYNTHIA ANN MEANS of Auburn, IN died June 6, 2024, at the age of 63. She worked for Messenger for over 25 years until her retirement.
GENEVIEVE LORRAINE ROARK
Jun 1, 2024
GENEVIEVE LORRAINE ROARK of North Richland Hills, TX died June 1, 2024 at the age of 97. After raising their daughters she joined her husband, Bob Roark, in the family business, Roark Casket Company in Fort Work, TX.
DONALD CHRISTOPHER “DON” EARTHMAN
May 29, 2024
DONALD CHRISTOPHER “DON” EARTHMAN of Austin, TX died May 29, 2024 at the age of 77. He spent his working years in the family life insurance business, Mission Life Insurance Company, started by his parents J. B. and Blanche. Don and his brother, Michael oversaw Mission’s growth for over three decades.
CARMEN F. SPEZZI
May 21, 2024
CARMEN F. SPEZZI of Sayreville, NJ died May 21, 2024 at the age of 72. He began working for Matthew A. Maliszewski as a funeral intern at the age of 16. Together with his wife Christine, they built the Carmen F. Spezzi Funeral Home in 1977 and eventually purchased the Maliszewski Memorial Home and the Maliszewski Funeral Home in 1983. A...
ROBERT “BOB” R. WATT
May 20, 2024
ROBERT “BOB” R. WATT of Wapakoneta, OH died May 20, 2024 at the age of 77. He started his career at Chiles-Laman Funeral & Cremation Services in Lima in 1981. Watt served 43 years as a senior funeral service associate and was a certified crematory operator.
WAYNE D. KNAPP
May 16, 2024
WAYNE D. KNAPP of Watseka, IL died May 16, 2024 at the age of 93. He worked as a mobile embalmer in Europe and Africa while serving in the military. Following his discharge from the military, Knapp served as Iroquois County Coroner from 1960-1976 and was the owner and operator of Knapp Funeral Homes. A 1952 graduate of the Worsham College of...
THOMAS W. “TUCKER” RODAK
May 13, 2024
THOMAS W. “TUCKER” RODAK of Coldwater, MI died May 13, 2024 at the age of 80. A funeral director, he was a named partner and worked as a manager at the Elzey-Patterson-Rodak Funeral Homes in Fort Wayne and Ossian, IN until his retirement. Tucker received his associate’s degree from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science.
CYRIL H. WECHT
May 13, 2024
CYRIL H. WECHT, M.D., J.D of Pittsburgh, PA, died May 13, 2024 at the age of 93. Dr. Wecht’ s career began as he combined his training in medicine and law and his then-rare expertise in the nascent field of forensic pathology. He served several terms as Allegheny County Coroner, where he modernized the office and made it into an...
JOHN WILLIAM FIRESTONE
May 12, 2024
JOHN WILLIAM FIRESTONE of McKinney, TX died May 12, 2024 at the age of 82. He was CEO and part owner of Pierce Chemical/Royal Bond and Pierce Mortuary Colleges. Firestone had worked at the family company for his entire professional life spanning 6 decades. He received his bachelor’s degree from North Texas State University in Denton at the School of Business.
ROBERT ANDREL ALLEN
May 10, 2024
ROBERT ANDREL ALLEN of Ferriday, LA died May 10, 2024 at the age of 41. A Louisiana licensed funeral director for 18 years, he and his family owned and operated Concordia Funeral Home in Ferriday.