CHARLES J. MISSEL

Jul 25, 2018

CHARLES J. MISSEL of Davenport, IA died June 25, 2018 at the age of 81. He worked with Esterdahl Mortuary and Runge Mortuary for many years. He graduated from the Worsham College of Mortuary Science.

BENJAMIN HENRY EWING

Jul 22, 2018

BENJAMIN HENRY EWING of Pomeroy, OH died July 22, 2018 at the age of 74. He was a licensed funeral director and owner of the Ewing Funeral Home in Pomeroy for 50 years. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science and was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.

LOREN DAVIS

Jul 20, 2018

LOREN DAVIS of Granite City, IL died July 20, 2018 at the age of 84. A licensed funeral director, he managed Davis Funeral Home from 1958 to 1964 and from 1985 to its closing earlier this year. He graduated from the St. Louis College of Mortuary Science.

PATRICK R. JONES

Jul 18, 2018

PATRICK R. JONES SR of Dixon, IL died July 18, 2018 at the age of 83. A licensed funeral director and embalmer for over 50 years, he was a third generation owner and operator of the Jones Funeral Home in Dixon and Amboy. A graduate of the Worsham College of Mortuary Science, he was a life member of the National...

WILLIAM G. DAVIS

Jul 16, 2018

WILLIAM G. DAVIS of Vero Beach, FL, formerly of Rahway, NJ died July 16, 2018 at the age of 80. A retired funeral director and embalmer, he owned and operated the Pettit-Davis Funeral Home in Rahway for over 40 years.

GEORGE WILSON HURD

Jul 16, 2018

GEORGE WILSON HURD JR of Knoxville, IL died July 16, 2018 at the age of 78. A licensed funeral director for 57 years, he worked for funeral homes in Moline, Geneseo, Havana, Port Byron, Bloomington and Woodhull before purchasing the Vandemore Funeral Home in Atkinson and the Hendricks Funeral Home in Oneida in 1978, the Martin-Trumbold Funeral Home in Knoxville...

A. RAY KYLE

Jul 13, 2018

A. RAY KYLE of Hubbard, OH died July 13, 2018 at the age of 86. A licensed funeral director since 1954, he was the operator of Stewart-Kyle Funeral Home from 1955 to 1963, at which time he assumed ownership of the company. A 1952 graduate of the Cleveland College of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the National Funeral...

PETER E. TUYN

Jul 12, 2018

PETER E. TUYN of Fort Lauderdale, FL died July 12, 2018at the age of 75. He was a licensed funeral director and retired owner of Beach-Tuyn Funeral Home in Williamsville, NY. He joined his father, Edward "Ted" in the funeral home in 1963 and after his father retired in 1974 he assumed ownership of the firm and operated it until...

MERCENE L. HANNEMAN

Jul 5, 2018

MERCENE L. HANNEMAN of Bowling Green, OH died July 5, 2018 at the age of 93. She was a third generation funeral director at the Hanneman Funeral Home. She graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science in 1961 and in 2011 she received recognition from the Ohio Funeral Directors Association for 50 years of faithfully serving the people of...

C. EDWARD HINDLE

Jul 3, 2018

C. EDWARD HINDLE of Sparta, NY died July 3, 2018 at the age of 81. He served his apprenticeship with Leo F. Kearnes Funeral Home in Queens, NY before being employed as a licensed funeral director at the Sanderson Funeral Home in Seneca Falls. He partnered with Walter E. Baird at Baird Funeral Home in Danville and later bought his...