CORIANN M. MARTIN of Mt. Pleasant, WI died January 30, 2019 at the age of 44. She was a licensed funeral director at Piasecki-Althaus Funeral Home for over 18 years. Martin received her degree in mortuary science from the Milwaukee Area Technical College and was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association and the Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association.
CLINTON HORTON LANDRETH of Cliffside, NC died January 27, 2019 at the age of 80. A licensed funeral director and embalmer for over fifty years, he was the former owner of McKinney-Landreth Funeral Home. A graduate of the John A. Gupton College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, North Carolina Funeral Directors Association,...
JOBIE L. KIRK of Ardmore, OK died January 27, 2019 at the age of 81. A licensed funeral director, embalmer and mortician, he began his apprenticeship with the Ragsdale Funeral Home. In 1974 he founded Frontier Funeral Home and the Dawson-Dillard Funeral Home in 1975. Kirk was sole proprietor of Kirk-Dawson-Dillard Funeral Home until 1988, at which time he founded...
ALAN J. KROBOTH of Roselle, NJ died January 24, 2019at the age of 71. He was vice president of operations for Rosedale/Rosehill Cemeteries in Linden, NJ for over 40 years.
PETER ANDREW "PETE" ZACHERL of Fond Du Lac, WI died January 21, 2019 at the age of 55. A fifth generation funeral director, he was the owner and operator of Zacherl Funeral Home. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science degree in mortuary science.
RONNIE L. JONES of Brunswick, GA died January 21, 2019 at the age of 66. He owned and operated R. L. Jones and Sons Funeral Home since 2002.
CARL WAYNE GRAVES of Bowling Green, KY, formerly of Scottsville, KY died January 19, 2019 at the age of 84. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer for Gerard and Bradley Funeral Home.
CLYDIE EDWARD EVANS SR of Houston, MO died January 19, 2019 at the age of 87. A licensed funeral director, he owned and operated Evans Funeral Home alongside his wife, Jean, for 46 years. They sold the business in 2005.
RONALD REX HOSTETTLER of Uhrichsville, OH died January 14, 2019 at the age of 82. A licensed funeral director for over 50 years, he owned and operated the Uhrich-Hostettler Funeral Home, Inc, retiring in 2003. A graduate of the Cincinnati School of Embalm-ing, he was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association and the Tri-County Funeral Directors Association.
JAMES FRANCIS "DIGGER" GILPATRIC of Kingston, NY died January 12, 2019 at the age of 89. He began his career as a fourth generation funeral director and mortician by working at his grandfather's firm, the James M. Murphy Funeral Home in Kingston. Following the death of his grandfather, Jimmy took over ownership of the firm in 1954 and in 1972,...