DONALD R. WOLFE, SR of Sciotoville, OH died Janu-ary 31, 2018 at the age of 94. A licensed funeral director and embalmer for over 55 years, he worked for several area funeral homes until 1970 when he established the Don Wolfe Funeral Home in Sciotoville. He continued to own and operate the Wolfe-Nelson Funeral Home until his retirement at 82....
ELDER JOHN RICKEY COX of Fairfield, AL died January 30, 2018 at the age of 64. He was a licensed funeral director at the Johnson Memorial Funeral Directors in Bessemer and Leeds-Unity Funeral Service in Leeds.
RACHAEL NICOLETTA ANDERSON of Columbus, OH formerly of Warren, OH died January 28, 2018 at the age of 24. She served her apprenticeship at the Shaw-Davis Funeral Homes in Columbus and was previously mentored at the Naegele-Kleb-Ihlendorf Funeral Home in Norwood. A 2016 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, she was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors...
RONALD "RON" H. BERG of Baldwin City, KS formerly of Concordia, MO died January 27, 2018 at the age of 75. A licensed funeral director and embalmer in Missouri and Kentucky, he began his career working at the Pfitizger Mortuary in Kirkwood, MO before joining Ricks Funeral Home in Elsberry in 1964. In 1965, he and his wife, Liz purchased...
HARTWELL WARDELL"SKIPPER" RAGSDALE III of San Diego, CA died January 25, 2018 at the age of 64. He was a fourth generation funeral director, embalmer and owner of Anderson-Ragsdale Mortuary. He served as president of the California Funeral Directors Association from 2014 until 2015.
ELIZABETH M. WESTCOTT of Unadilla, NY died January 24, 2018 at the age of 76. She owned and operated the Westcott Funeral Home alongside her husband, James S. Westcott.
STEVEN FRANK VINCENT of Galena, IL died January 23, 2018 at the age of 70. He was a fourth generation owner of J. P. Vincent & Sons. He was elected to Doric Products board of directors in 1991 and was currently serving as president since 2006.
RICHARD S. "RICH" DENNISON JR of Florence, NJ died January 22, 2018 at the age of 40. He worked at his father's business, Dennison Funeral Homes in Florence, Burlington and Southampton as a licensed funeral director. He was a member of the Burlington County Funeral Directors Association and the New Jersey State Funeral Directors Association.
WILLIAM D. "BILL" BOWSER of Anderson, IN died January 20, 2018 at the age of 95. He worked alongside his brother, Ed as president and co-owner of Bright Corp, which was established in 1945.
HELEN S. PICKETT of Fort Wayne, IN died January 19, 2018 at the age of 92. She worked alongside her husband, Walter Pickett in owning and operating Picket Funeral Service, which was established in 1968. She was the first black female licensed mortician in the state of Indiana, having served on the Indiana Funeral Service Board for many years and...