MICHAEL N. ALTEN of Westlake, OH died March 28, 2019 at the age of 70. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer at McGorray-Hanna Funeral Home.
DONALD W. KNIGHT of North Syracuse, NY died March 25, 2019 at the age of 84. A licensed funeral director and embalmer for over 60 years, he purchased the former Murphy Funeral Home in 1961 and the Keegan & Osbelt Funeral Home in 1978 combining both operations into the current Keegan-Osbelt-Knight Funeral Home, Inc. A 1953 graduate of the Simmons...
JACK S. RICHARDSON of Westerville, formerly of Akron, OH and Crawfordsville, IN died March 21, 2019 at the age of 92. A former owner of Baumgardner Vault Co., he was the former Clark Vault Co salesman and was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
EDWIN RUFUS PUTMAN of Lebanon, OH died March 20, 2019 at the age of 90. A retired funeral director, he was employed with Anderson Funeral Home for 50 years and was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
JAMES LYNN HUFFMAN of Sullivan, IL died March 19, 2019 at the age of 70. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he worked at the Dawson and Wikoff Funeral Homes in Decatur for twenty years, the Mittendorf-Calvert Funeral Home in Champaign for three years and the Bower-Wann Funeral Home in Lewiston, ID for four years. He graduated Sum Cum Laude...
THOMAS "TOM" ALEX BROUSSARD of Beaumont, TX died March 18, 2019 at the age of 57. A fourth generation funeral director, Tom was co-chief executive officer for the six locations of Broussard's Mortuary.
MATTHEW JOHN RUSSO II of Virginia Beach, VA died March 16, 2019. He and Issac Williams founded Custom Air Trays in 1992. He sold the business in 2000 and continued to work with local funeral homes and casket companies on the East Coast. His knowledge and connections were instrumental when his son's mother, Lori Russo Eanes, and her brother Christopher...
MONROE JAMES EDWARDS of Memphis, TN died March 15, 2019 at the age of 92. He was the founder and president of the M. J. Edwards Funeral Home, which he operated for nearly 40 years.
WILLIAM "SPOKE" JEFFERSON of Foxworth, MS died March 15, 2019 at the age of 82. He worked for over 40 years in the funeral business at Smith Funeral Home, Columbia, MS together with the owner the late David E. Smith. Jefferson became head licensed funeral director at Smith Funeral Home in 2017.
CHRISTINE RENEE JONES of Elgin, TX died March 14, 2019 at the age of 46. She was a funeral director and operations manager of Providence Funeral Home in Bastrop and Taylor. She previously worked alongside her husband, Brad Jones at Jones Family Funeral Home in Elgin.