RUTH V. BENNETT
Oct 18, 2017
RUTH V. BENNETT of Knightdale, NC died October 18, 2017 at the age of 48. She was a licensed funeral director with Montlawn Funeral Home in Raleigh, NC up until her Myeloid Leukemia diagnosis. She was a graduate of Fayetteville Technical Community College.
DAVID E "NED" HILLIS
Oct 16, 2017
DAVID E "NED" HILLIS of Zanesville, OH died October 16, 2017 at the age of 72. He was a second generation funeral director and embalmer at Hillis Funeral Home, which he owned and operated alongside his brother, Jim until retiring in 2013. He served his country as a veteran of the United States Army during the Vietnam War in the...
CHARLES W. McCULLEY
Oct 14, 2017
CHARLES W. McCULLEY of Pueblo, CO died October 14, 2017at the age of 78. A licensed funeral director, he obtained employment with funeral homes in the San Francisco Bay Area before venturing south to Los Angeles where he joined the staff of the prestigious Angelus Funeral Home. After serving a seven year stint in the Army as a mortician, McCulley...
JOHANNES HARDY "JOE" SPRINGER
Oct 13, 2017
JOHANNES HARDY "JOE" SPRINGER of Salina, UT died October 13, 2017 at the age of 83. He joined his father, Johannes Dirk Springer in the mortuary business in 1959 and owned and operated Springer Turner Funeral Home in Richfield and Salina until his death. He helped start the first ambulance service that served the Salina area. He graduated from the...
VEARL M. FRANKE
Oct 11, 2017
VEARL M. FRANKE of Latrobe, PA died October 11, 2017 at the age of 73. A licensed Pennsylvania, Illinois and West Virginia funeral director, he retired in 1998 after 24 years in the business. He graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science.
JAMES ALOYSIUS MCLAUGHLIN
Oct 8, 2017
JAMES ALOYSIUS MCLAUGHLIN JR of Jersey City and Spring Lake Heights, NJ died October 8, 2017 at the age of 80. He was the owner and operator of McLaughlin Funeral Home in Jersey City, NJ.
RICHARD F. MOSTER
Oct 5, 2017
RICHARD F. MOSTER of Rushville, IN died October 5, 2017 at the age of 83. He had been a licensed funeral director with Moster Mortuary in Rushville since 1958 and graduated from the Indiana College of Mortuary Science in 1954.
MICHAEL J. BRUNO
Oct 3, 2017
Michael J. Bruno of Westchester, IL died October 3, 2017 at the age of 89. Mike was a 70 year licensed funeral director and embalmer in Illinois who started his career with Rago Brothers Funeral Home, Chicago, IL after graduating from Worsham College of Mortuary Science. He then obtained his own location, Hennessey-Bruno Funeral Home, Berkeley, IL until he sold....
STEPHEN H. RONEY
Sep 24, 2017
STEPHEN H. RONEY of Grafton, MA died September 24, 2017at the age of 68. A second generation funeral director, he owned and operated Roney Funeral Home alongside his wife, Diane and later his son, Chris. He graduated from the New England Institute of Anatomy Sanitary Science, Funeral Directing and Embalming in 1970. He was a member and former Chairman of...
JAMES RUSSELL RAMBO
Sep 23, 2017
JAMES RUSSELL RAMBO of Hendersonville, TN died September 23, 2017. He developed targeted training events for arrangement counselors, both pre-need and at need. He taught classes at industry conventions, conferences and mortuary schools, even served as interim president of Mid-America College of Funeral Service. He earned his Master of Divinity Degree from Asbury Theological Seminary.