HOMER O. "DUTCH" DAYE
Dec 13, 2017
HOMER O. "DUTCH" DAYE of Springfield, OH died December 13, 2017 at the age of 95. He was the owner and operator of the S. N. Hiser Co in Springfield, which had manufactured infant's and children's burial caskets. A sales representative for Boyertown Casket Co, he retired from Richards, Raff & Dunbar Memorial Home after serving 18 years.
MARILYN DUGGAN CASELLI
Dec 10, 2017
MARILYN DUGGAN CASELLI of Sonoma, CA died December 10, 2017 at the age of 77. In 1982, she entered the family business at Duggan's Mission Chapel in Sonoma. She became a licensed funeral director in 1983 and received her crematory license in 1987. She managed the business until her retirement in 2016.
JAMES LEE "JIM" SCHERMESSER
Dec 8, 2017
JAMES LEE "JIM" SCHERMESSER of Akron, OH died December 8, 2017 at the age of 74. He was a retired funeral director and embalmer. A graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, he was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
WILLIAM MOORE HIGGINBOTHAM
Dec 3, 2017
WILLIAM MOORE HIGGINBOTHAM III of Frankford, WV died December 3, 2017 the age of 72. A licensed funeral director, he started his funeral service career with the former Jack K. Wallace Funeral Home in Lewisburg. He then went to work for Shanklin Funeral Home in White Sulphur Spring and later acquired ownership of the firm. A graduate of the Cincinnati...
HENDERSON KENNEDY
Nov 30, 2017
HENDERSON KENNEDY JR of Thibodaux, LA died November 30, 2017 at the age of 74. He was the owner of Kennedy Funeral Home in Raceland, which he established in 1994.
JAMES FLYNN MYLOTT
Nov 29, 2017
JAMES FLYNN MYLOTT of Delray Beach, FL died November 29, 2017 at the age of 75. He served his apprenticeship under his father at Flynn-Mylott Funeral Home in Cleveland, OH. He later served as co-owner and president, retiring in 2005. He was president of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association and the Cuyahoga Funeral Directors Association.
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...