LESLIE WILLIAM POWELL
Sep 22, 2017
LESLIE WILLIAM POWELL JR of South Boston, VA died September 22, 2017 at the age of 88. He was a second generation funeral director, co-owner and co-manager of the Powell Funeral Home. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he served as president of the Virginia Funeral Directors Association from 1981 until 1982 and was a member and...
ROY W. BLACKBURN
Sep 22, 2017
ROY W. BLACKBURN of Hopedale, OH died September 22, 2017 at the age of 75. He was a licensed funeral director, owner and operator of the Blackburn Funeral Homes in Hopedale, Jewett and Bergholz, OH. He graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science.
RICHARD "DICK" ALLEN BRAUN
Sep 15, 2017
RICHARD "DICK" ALLEN BRAUN of Marco Island, FL, formerly of Adrian and Devils Lake, MI died September 15, 2017at the age of 92. A licensed funeral director, he and his brother, Ed, continued with their father's funeral business, Braun Brothers Funeral Home with chapels in Adrian and Brooklyn, MI. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1947....
WALTER MELVIN GRIGGS
Sep 15, 2017
WALTER MELVIN GRIGGS JR of Buffalo, NY died September 15, 2017 at the age of 82. A licensed funeral director for more than 35 years, he was the owner and operator of the Walter M. Griggs Jr Funeral Home. He graduated from the Simmons Institute of Funeral Service in Syracuse, NY.
MAURICE SCHOOLER
Sep 14, 2017
MAURICE SCHOOLER of Amarillo, TX died September 14, 2017 at the age of 83. He helped found Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors in 1962, which eventually became Griggs-Schooler-Gordon Funeral Directors. He remained active in funeral services until his death, often assisting at Schooler Funeral Home, run by his son, Jim Schooler. He was a past recipient of the Panhandle Funeral Director of...
JOHN C. DAVIS
Sep 14, 2017
JOHN C. DAVIS of Danville, KY died September 14, 2017 at the age of 91. He worked for Preston Pruitt Spurlin Funeral Home for many years and was one of the longest licensed funeral directors and embalmers in the state of Kentucky, holding his license since 1951. He graduated from the Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service.
GEORGE L. PERRY
Sep 11, 2017
GEORGE L. PERRY of East Rockaway, NY died September 11, 2017 at the age of 87. He was a fifth generation funeral director and proprietor of the Perry Funeral Home Inc in Lynbrook, NY for five decades, retiring in 2003.
EDWARD C. SWANSON
Sep 10, 2017
EDWARD C. SWANSON of Madison Heights, MI died September 10, 2017 at the age of 87. A funeral director in South Oakland County since 1961, he owned and operated Edward Swanson & Son Funeral Home. He began his first term as mayor in Madison Heights in 1999 and remained in office for 16 years, making him the second longest serving...
CHARLES ROBERT COX
Sep 9, 2017
CHARLES ROBERT COX of Amarillo, TX died September 9, 2017 at the age of 54. In 1984, he began working for his mentor, Mack Gordon at Schooler-Gordon Funeral Home in Memphis, TX and maintained working for the funeral home as licensed funeral director until 1990. In 2003, he established Cox Funeral Home in Amarillo, TX and dedicated his Benton Chapel...
LARRY DUANE JOHNSON
Sep 6, 2017
LARRY DUANE JOHNSON SR of Topeka, KS died September 6, 2017. He began working for Bowser Mortuary along with J. W. Jones Funeral Home of Kansas City as a licensed funeral director. In 1976, he and his wife, Harriett purchased Bowser Mortuary from Mrs. Bowser. In 1976, he changed the name to Bowser-Johnson Funeral Chapel and operated it at the...