PATRICK FARRELL of Rochester Hills, MI died May 13, 2017at the age of 79. He served a 41-year career with the Mt. Elliott Cemetery Association, where he excelled to the position of CEO and general manager until his retirement in 2004.
MARJEAN S. McCOLAUGH of Xenia, OH died May 3, 2017 at the age of 99. In 1960, together with her late husband Bob, they purchased the former Nagley Funeral Home in Xenia and proudly founded the current McColaugh Funeral Home based on their dedication to serve families in their time of need.
NORMAN DUGGAN HOLMAN SR of Headland, AL died April 30, 2017 at the age of 73. He served as Henry County Coroner for twenty-four years and was president of the Headland & Abbeville Mortuaries, Inc before retiring in 2016 as a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Alabama and Florida. A 1965 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science,...
IVAN E. BEYERS, JR of Leesburg, FL died April 27, 2017 at the age of 94. He was a second generation funeral director, owner and operator of Beyers Funeral Home. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was a recipient of the Clyde Lankford award for funeral service. He was a member of the Florida Funeral Directors...
LANCE W. ULEN of Harrisburg, PA died April 27, 2017 at the age of 73. He was a third generation licensed funeral director for over 40 years. He was president and supervisor for the Hooper Memorial Home, Inc, which was established by his grandfather, Walter J.B. Hooper Sr., in 1898. A graduate of the Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science in...
GALE A. GOHLKE of Monroe, WI died April 26, 2017 at the age of 77. He was a licensed funeral director for over 50 years, serving area communities like Poynette, Kenosha, Racine, Albany, and Janesville. He served the Shriner-Hager-Gohlke Funeral Home in Monroe for the past 21 years. He graduated from the Wisconsin Scholl of Mortuary Science in Milwaukee.
STEPHEN N. STEINBERG of Manhasset, NY died April 26, 2017 at the age of 74. He worked alongside his brother, Franklin O. L. Steinberg as the owner and operator of Sunset Chapels, Inc for 52 years. He graduated from the American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service in 1957.
WILLIAM "BILL" JOSEPH KOCH of Ridge, NY died April 24, 2017 at the age of 97. He worked as an insurance salesman, manager and investigator for 25 years. After retiring in 1982, he began working for various funeral homes on the East end of Long Island as a licensed funeral director and embalmer until he was 94. He graduated from...
PETER M. CONNELL of Huntington, NY died April 20, 2017 at the age of 83. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer at the M.A. Connell Funeral Home, which his father, Michael A. Connell established in 1923. After his father died in 1955, he and his younger brother inherited the business, which prompted his enrollment in mortician school. He...
JOSEPH E. NUTTER of Lost Creek, WV died April 13, 2017 at the age of 80. He was the former owner, funeral director and embalmer at Davis Weaver Funeral Home in Clarksburg, WV, retiring in 2003. A graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, he conducted a seminar on Death and the Clergy for the American College in Belgium....