MICHAEL D. WERNER
Apr 14, 2024
MICHAEL D. WERNER of Key West, FL, formerly of Waupun, WI died April 14, 2024 at the age of 80. He purchased Beyers Funeral Home in 1969, which is now known as Werner Harmsen. Mike owned and operated it until his retirement in 2017 and was honored for 50 years of practice as a funeral director. He graduated from mortuary...
ARTHUR THOMAS “UNK” QUEEN
Apr 11, 2024
ARTHUR THOMAS “UNK” QUEEN of Sykesville, MD, formerly of Randallstown, MD died April 11, 2024 at the age of 83. He had been in the funeral business for over 60 years, having worked at Davis Weaver Funeral Home in West Virginia as a teenager. Queen came to Maryland at the age of twenty to work at Tickner Funeral Home in Baltimore,...
TERRANCE J. “TERRY” REARDON
Apr 10, 2024
TERRANCE J. “TERRY” REARDON of Boardman, OH died April10, 2024 at the age of 66. In 1987, he began his professional career as a funeral director at Higgins Funeral Homes. The Reardon name was added in 1999 when Terry and his wife and business partner, Judy Higgins-Reardon, became the proprietors. Together with their son, Terrance, they own funeral homes in Austintown,...
RAY MISH
Apr 3, 2024
RAY MISH of Bakersfield, CA died April 3, 2024 at the age of 99. He received his degree in mortuary science and became a licensed funeral director in the state of California. Mish began working for two local mortuaries in 1947 in Bakersfield. In 1960, he bought a vacant building in Oildale, the former College Hospital, and opened his first funeral...
JACK D. BRIGGS
Mar 25, 2024
JACK D. BRIGGS of Lexington, NC died March 25, 2024 at the age of 84. A licensed funeral director since 1965, he served the communities of Davidson, Montgomery, Randolph, and Richmond counties for nearly 65 years. Briggs began working for a funeral home and furniture store in Denton in 1959 under the tenure of the late C. C. Hooever. He had...
RICHARD “DICK” JAMES PINKART
Mar 24, 2024
RICHARD “DICK” JAMES PINKART of Oconto, WI died March 24, 2024 at the age of 90. A funeral director, he began working for Blair McQueen, which later became the McQueen-Pinkart Funeral Home. Dick graduated from the Wisconsin Institute of Mortuary Science in 1957.
ERNEST W. MILLS
Mar 22, 2024
ERNEST W. MILLS of Richmond, IN died March 22, 2024 at the age of 89. A funeral director, he was employed for 10 years by Donan & Son Funeral Home and Welfer Funeral Home. Mills and his wife, Betty purchased both firms in 1967 and established the firm of Doan & Mills at the current location in 1974. A 1959 graduate of the...
MICHAEL RICHARD EARTHMAN
Mar 17, 2024
MICHAEL RICHARD EARTHMAN of Houston, TX died March 17, 2024 at the age of 79. He spent his working years in the family life insurance business, Mission Life Insurance Company, started by his parents J. B. and Blanche. He and his brother, Donald oversaw Mission’s growth for over three decades.
JOHN THOMAS HALL
Mar 14, 2024
JOHN THOMAS HALL of Steelton, PA died March 14, 2024 at the age of 68. He was a funeral director originally licensed in New Jersey in 1978. Hall worked for two family operated businesses, dedicating over 26 years. In 2005, he purchased Hall and Stone Funeral Home in Steelton.
STEVEN CICCARELLI
Mar 12, 2024
STEVEN CICCARELLI of Little Falls, NJ died March 12, 2024 at the age of 76. A funeral director for over 45 years, he began his career by joining his in-law’s firm, Vaxmonsky Funeral Home in Clifton. Ciccarelli moved on to Frech Funeral Home then Festa Funeral Home, Vorhees-Ingwersen Funeral Home, and the McKnight Family Funeral Homes. He also offered professional support to...