ANDREW J. POLLARD of Countryside, IL died December 15, 2018 at the age of 94. He was a devoted employee of the Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic Cemeteries, having served there for 56 years, most recently as director of finance, until his retirement at age 82.
DOROTHY SPROWL WILLIS of Dalton, GA died December 12, 2018 at the age of 92. A licensed funeral director, she co-founded Willis Funeral Home along-side her husband, the late Williams J. Willis, Sr in 1949.
MAE CAROL NIEWOEHNER of Upham, ND died December 9, 2018 at the age of 85. She worked alongside her husband, Henry Weyburn Niewoehner, in owning and operating the Niewoehner Funeral Home in Rolla, which they established in 1960. They retired in 2002 after 42 years of service.
MICHAEL R. ST. PIERRE of Greenwood, IL died December 6, 2018 at the age of 71. Licensed in the state of Indiana and Tennessee, he retired as chairman of the board of Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Service and Crematory in 2016, which he operated as a fifth generation funeral director and a Certified Funeral Service Practitioner. St. Pierre graduated from...
AUGUST K. GRAUMLICH II of Worthington, OH died December 4, 2018 at the age of 86. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he was a third generation owner of Graumlich Funeral Home in Columbus, OH. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, Ohio Funeral Directors Association and served...
CORA MAE VIATOR DAVID of New Iberia, LA died November 29, 2018 at the age of 93. She worked alongside her husband, Dennis J. David in owning and operating the David Funeral Home.
MARILYN E. GUMP HOLT of Cheviot, OH died No-vember 27, 2018 at the age of 84. One of the earliest female licensed funeral directors and embalmers, she worked alongside her father and husband in the Gump-Holt Funeral Home for nearly sixty years. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, she was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors...
GLEN EDWARD "EDDIE" BALL JR of McPherson, KS died November 22, 2018 at the age of 86. He worked as a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Wichita before moving to McPherson in 1945 to work alongside his father, Glen E. Ball at the Ball & Son Funeral Home. They co-owned the firm until Glen passed in 1981, leaving Eddie...
JOHN BERNARD DAHL of Billings, MT died November 21, 2018 at the age of 93. A licensed funeral director, he formed Billings Funeral Service in 1955 alongside Howard Retz and William Brown. In 1966, he became sole owner of the firm, changing the name to Dahl Funeral Chapel. In 1977, he established a new location in Red Lodge and merged...
ALMA HITCHCOCK DAVIS of Maryville, TN died No-vember 17, 2018 at the age of 74. A licensed funeral director, she was the co-owner of Foothills Funeral Home. She was a member of the Greater Knoxville Funeral Service Associates, Tennessee state Funeral Directors and Morticians Association and the East Tennessee Funeral Directors and Morticians Association.