WILLIAM E. SCHULTZ JR of Mount Laurel, NJ died September 22, 2018 at the age of 84. He had a long distinguished career in the funeral supply industry, most recently working for Messenger Funeral Supplies.
LOUIS I. SQUITIERI of Jersey City, NJ died September 21, 2018. He joined Greenville Memorial Home in 1982 as a licensed funeral director and became a partner in 1988. He continued to own and operate the firm until the time of his passing.
DELBERT M. BRAUND, SR of New Madison, OH died September 17, 2018 at the age of 88. A licensed funeral director, he owned and operated the former Storch-Braund Funeral Home for over 35 years. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1975 and served on the Ohio Funeral Directors Association convention committee for over 30 years.
R. BROWN "BRAD" BROWN JR of Mifflintown, PA died September 13, 2018 at the age of 90. He was a fourth generation funeral director and former owner of the Brown Funeral Home in Mifflintown. A 1946 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Embalming, he was a member of the National Funeral Directors Association, Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association and the Juniata...
WILBUR R. HESLOP JR of Martins Ferry, OH died September 13, 2018 at the age of 102. A retired funeral director, he began working alongside his father, the late Wilbur B. Heslop at Heslop Funeral Home. He became president of the firm in 1970, serving in that capacity until his son, R. Gregory took over in 1998. A 1940 graduate...
WILLIAM L. "BILL" DANKS of Beaver Dam, KY died September 13, 2018 at the age of 89. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he began working part-time at Price Funeral Home in Lewisburg, Reid Funeral Home in Earlington, Richardson Funeral Home in Russellville, Bryn Funeral Home in Mayfield and Tucker Funeral Home in Central City. In 1959, William went to...
ALFRED BURGESS ROBINSON of Easley, SC died September 10, 2018 at the age of 89. A third generation funeral director, he joined Robinson Funeral Home in 1950, serving as president. After his father's death in 1953, he took over the family's business, expanding it to include Robinson Memorial Gardens, which he founded in 1992. He served on the South Carolina...
WILLIAM THOMAS O'CONNELL of Buffalo, NY died September 3, 2018 at the age of 86. He was a licensed funeral director at the Ray O'Connell Funeral Home, which his father established in 1929. He left the funeral home in 1974 to open O'Connell Precast, Inc. He retired after operating the company for ten years. A 1957 graduate of the Simmons...
GREGORY W. "BIG G" GORGEN of Mineral Point, WI died September 1, 2018 at the age of 79. He joined his father at Gorgen Funeral Home to become a third generation funeral director in the family business. He graduated from the Wisconsin Institute of Mortuary Science in 1962.
EUGENE G. BROOKS of Auburn, NY died August 22, 2018 at the age of 93. A licensed funeral director, he was the owner and operator of the E. A. Heieck and Son Funeral Service, retiring in 1986.