ROBERT T. JONES
Nov 28, 2017
ROBERT T. JONES JR of Newark, DE died November 28, 2017 at the age of 98. He worked alongside his father, the late Robert T. Jones Sr as a licensed funeral director at the R. T. Jones & Son Funeral Home from 1950-1969. He was the owner and operator of the firm from 1969-1990.
PAUL COUNCIAL ROLLINS
Nov 21, 2017
PAUL COUNCIAL ROLLINS SR of Tuscaloosa, AL died November 21, 2017 at the age of 79. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he was the owner of Rollins Mortuary, which he established alongside his wife, the late Shirley Ann Smith Rollins in 1968.
ALFRED E. "FRED" FERGERSON
Nov 17, 2017
ALFRED E. "FRED" FERGERSON of North Syracuse, NY died November 17, 2017 at the age of 69. He was a licensed funeral director, owner and operator of Fergerson Funeral Home. A graduate of the Simmons School of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the New York State Funeral Directors Association, National Funeral Directors Association and the Central New York...
C. RICHARD MCCAULEY
Nov 15, 2017
C. RICHARD MCCAULEY of Youngwood, PA died November 15, 2017 at the age of 84. A licensed funeral director, he worked with his brother, J. William "Bill" McCauley Jr., at the J. William McCauley Jr Funeral Home in West Newton before purchasing the former J. W. Martin Funeral Home in Youngwood. He continued to own and operate the C. Richard...
REBECCA FRANCES "BECKY" LOFTIS KRANTZ
Nov 15, 2017
REBECCA FRANCES "BECKY" LOFTIS KRANTZ of Man, WV died November 15, 2017at the age of 85. She was the owner and operator of the Krantz-McNeely Funeral Home and was the first female funeral director in Logan County.
PETER J. "JACK" SOLTIS
Nov 13, 2017
PETER J. "JACK" SOLTIS JR of Yardley, PA died November 13, 2017 at the age of 79. He served his internship at the J. Allen Hooper Funeral Chapel in Morrisville before working as a funeral director at the William Murphy Funeral Home in Trenton. Upon the death of J. Allen Hooper in 1978, he became the president of the Morrisville...
JACK A. MITCHENER
Nov 13, 2017
JACK A. MITCHENER of Auburn, IN died November 13, 2017 at the age of 78. He worked as a printer until 1980 and then he went out on the road working as a sales representative for Messenger Corporation until he retired in 2004.
JAMES DONALD "JIM" LOVETT
Nov 9, 2017
JAMES DONALD "JIM" LOVETT of Norman, OK died November 9, 2017at the age of 82. He was a licensed funeral director at the Bahner Funeral Home in Sul-phur, OK and the Vondel L. Smith Mortuary in Oklahoma City, OK. Jim worked alongside his wife, Virginia, in owning and operating Lovett Funeral Service in Mangum, OK from 1969 until 1982. He...
DAVID B. WALKER
Nov 8, 2017
DAVID B. WALKER of Anderson, SC died November 8, 2017 at the age of 100. He was the owner of D. B. Walker Funeral Services and the co-owner of Robin-son-Walker Funeral Service.
HARVEY I. LAPIN
Nov 7, 2017
ATTY. HARVEY I. LAPIN of Northbrook, IL and Boca Raton, FL died November 7, 2017 at the age of 79. One of the first attorneys to specialize in the death care industry, he was active in the FTC Funeral Rule proceedings and helped to write legislation for several states. Harvey's articles were published by many industry publications as well as...