NORAYNE “RAYNIE” L. MCCREERY Brecksville, OH died January 25, 2024 at the age of 77. A fourth-generation licensed funeral director, she owned and operated Nosek-McCreery Funeral Homes for over 50 years. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, McCreery was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
JAMES E. “JIM” MACK of Gardner, MA died January 25, 2024 at the age of 91. A funeral director, he worked alongside his twin brother John H. Mack and his nephew Kevin J. Mack at the former John H. Mack Funeral Home of Gardner, now known as The Mack Family Funeral Homes. He graduated from the New England Institute of Applied...
ANNA QUINT TREBONI of Columbus, OH died January 24, 2024 at the age of 83. She was the president and owner of the John Quint Treboni Funeral Home. An attendee of the University of Dayton, Treboni was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
DAMION ALEXZANDER POTTER of Chipley, FL died January 23, 2024 at the age of 28. A licensed funeral director, he was the operations manager at Cooper’s Funeral Home & Florist. Potter graduated from the Commonwealth Institute of Funeral Service in 2017.
WILLIAM “BILL” THEODORE GRAFE of Santa Rosa, CA died January 22, 2024 at the age of 82. A Sonoma funeral director, he began his career working for Carew & English in San Francisco and later served as an mortician and officer for the Army. In 1972, Bill co-founded the Memorial Day Avenue of the Flags observance at the Santa Rose Memorial Cemetery. He...
VERNON ARTHUR “J” MITCHELL JR of Kilgore, TX died January 19, 2024 at the age of 64. He was a funeral director at Radar Funeral Home for over 30 years. A graduate of the Dallas Institute of Funeral Service, he served on the board of directors for the East Texas Funeral Directors Association (president from 1991-1992), Texas Funeral Directors Association and...
V. WADE WILKINS of Montross, VA died January 16, 2024 at the age of 70. A retired funeral director, he started working at Sanford-Price Funeral Home in Montross, using his talents to carve and shape monuments and in 1985, served his apprenticeship under the tenure of its owner, John W. Welch, II. Wilkins was serving as manager of the B. W....
DALE E. RANCK JR of Milton, PA died January 16, 2024 at the age of 98. A funeral director, he owned and operated The Dale E. Ranck Funeral Service, Inc in Milton, PA from 1949 until his retirement in 1997. A member and past president of the Central Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association, he graduated from the Eckels College of Mortuary Science in...
BRETT W. CUNNINGHAM of Cincinnati, OH died January 16, 2024 at the age of 61. He was a retired funeral director and a past mortuary response team member.
DAVID HALLENBECK of Pataskala, OH died January 11, 2024 at the age of 74. He was a retired grief counselor and funeral director at Brucker-Kishler Funeral Home. Halleneck was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.