JOHN THOMAS SHOOK
May 22, 2018
JOHN THOMAS SHOOK of Avon Lake, OH died May 22, 2018 at the age of 53. He began an apprenticeship with the Davis Velker Funeral Home of Boardman, OH at the age of 16 and later worked for Busch Funeral Home, where he served as managing funeral director of their Avon Lake and Avon funeral homes for 22 years until...
JAMES KEVIN HASSETT
May 20, 2018
JAMES KEVIN HASSETT of Fort Mohave, AZ died May 20, 2018 at the age of 70. He was the owner and operator of Desert Lawn Memorial Gardens in Bullhead City, which he purchased in 1984. He retired in 2015 as a licensed funeral director and embalmer. He received his degree in mortuary science in Los Angeles.
LAWRENCE G. LARRY ENGLISH
May 10, 2018
LAWRENCE G. "LARRY" ENGLISH of McLeansville, NC, formerly of Fayetteville, NY and Chittenango, NY died May 10, 2018 at the age of 70. He was president of the Marsellus Casket Company, later president of Premier Hardwoods. He had served on the board of the Casket and Funeral Supply Association of America.
MARSHALL HENRY PARKS
Apr 30, 2018
MARSHALL HENRY PARKS SR of Greenwood, SC died April 30, 2018 at the age of 86. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he worked with his father, James Lloyd Parks in operating the family funeral home, Parks Funeral Home. He graduated from the Gupton Jones College of Funeral Service in Atlanta.
WESTON H ANDERSON
Apr 28, 2018
WESTON H. ANDERSON of Bloomington, MN died April 28, 2018 at the age of 81. He was a licensed funeral director for over 50 years and the second-generation owner of Henry W. Anderson Mortuary in Minneapolis and Apple Valley, taking over in 1967 after the death of his father, Henry W. Anderson.
JAMES NELSON BLOWER
Apr 28, 2018
JAMES NELSON BLOWER of Athens, OH died April 28, 2018 at the age of 77. He began and ended his career as a funeral director in Columbus working for the Rutherford Funeral Home. He had owned and operated the James N. Blower Funeral Home in McArthur and Wellston, Hughes-Blower Funeral Home in Athens, Rawlings-Coats-Blower Funeral Home in Middleport, and the...
WILLIAM G. MCNEELAN
Apr 23, 2018
WILLIAM G. MCNEELAN JR of Holton, IN died April 23, 2018 at the age of 94. He was a funeral director in the Holton and Versailles area for 60 years beginning in partnership with Ern Duke at Holton in 1952. In 1957 he along with Clifford Smith formed the McNeelan & Smith Funeral Home. In 1980 he joined the Bovard...
ROBERT "BOB" P. HEITGER
Apr 14, 2018
ROBERT "BOB" P. HEITGER SR of Massillon, OH died April 14, 2018 at the age of 98. A licensed funeral director and embalmer for over 70 years, he was a third generation owner of the family business, Heitger Funeral Home, where he served as the patriarch until retiring in 1988. He graduated from the Cleveland School of Embalming in 1947.
HERBERT KAUFMAN
Apr 11, 2018
HERBERT KAUFMAN of Southfield, MI died April 11, 2018 at the age of 94. He was a longtime funeral director and owner of the Ira Kaufman Chapel, which was established by his father, Ira Kaufman in 1941. He took over the reins in the 1950s and was to be honored by the Michigan Funeral Directors Association for 60 years in...
JANE M. TARBELL
Apr 10, 2018
JANE M. TARBELL of Akwesasne, NY died April 10, 2018 at the age of 62. She was a licensed funeral director at the Donaldson Funeral Home in Massena for the past several years.