JOHN V. SERPAS
Mar 29, 2017
JOHN V. SERPAS JR of Covington, LA died March 29, 2017 at the age of 93. He was a leader in the funeral industry for over 76 years with Orleans Manufacturing and Orleans Casket Company in Mandeville, LA. He was a member of the Casket & Funeral Supply Association.
DAVID L. "DAVE" SEELEY
Mar 28, 2017
DAVID L. "DAVE" SEELEY of Bellefontaine, OH died March 28, 2017 at the age of 60. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer at Eichholtz Funeral Home for over 35 years. He was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
GEORGE WELDON BRIGGS
Mar 28, 2017
GEORGE WELDON BRIGGS of Jennings, LA died March 28, 2017 at the age of 96. He was the oldest licensed funeral director and embalmer in the state of Louisiana. A graduate of the Southern School of Morticians in Shreveport, he was a member of the Louisiana Funeral Directors Association.
HERSCHEL ERNEST KIMES
Mar 26, 2017
HERSCHEL ERNEST KIMES, JR of Parkersburg, WV died March 26, 2017 at the age of 87. He was a licensed funeral director and owner of Kimes Funeral Home until 1977. He was the great uncle of Rob Kimes, WVFDA Executive Director and Brad Kimes, current owner of Kimes Funeral Home.
RICHARD L. EBERSOLE
Mar 24, 2017
RICHARD L. EBERSOLE of Conway Springs, KS died March 24, 2017at the age of 85. He served his apprenticeship at the Elliott Funeral Home in Hutchinson, KS in 1957 before moving to Conway Springs in 1960 to purchase Ebersole Mortuary. He continued to serve the Conway Springs community and the surrounding area for the next 57 years as a licensed...
LOUIS CHARLES "L.C" POWELL
Mar 23, 2017
LOUIS CHARLES "L.C" POWELL of Hattiesburg, MS died March 23, 2017at the age of 78. He was a licensed funeral director at Smith Funeral Home in Columbia, MS. He previously worked at Hall Fairly and Golden Gate Funeral Home & Chapel of Hattiesburg, MS.
GARY L. WALLIN
Mar 21, 2017
GARY L. WALLIN of Oak Harbor, WA died March 21, 2017 at the age of 68. He worked for Bartleson Funeral Home as a licensed funeral director and embalmer before he founded Wallin Ambulance Service in 1976, alongside his brother, Ron. In the early 1980s, the ambulance service transitioned to Whidbey General Hospital, where Gary became department head. While still...
LARRY C. THOMPSON
Mar 20, 2017
LARRY C. THOMPSON of Sheboygan, WI died March 20, 2017 at the age of 76. He was a licensed funeral director in Watertown and Waterloo, WI before relocating to Sheboygan, where in 1992 he took a position at the Novak-Ramm-Ziegler Funeral Home until 2005. He then assisted other local funeral homes until his retirement. He graduated with a degree in...
CLAIR GRIGGS
Mar 17, 2017
CLAIR GRIGGS of Newark, OH died March 17, 2017 at the age of 90. He and his wife, Lois, established Courtesy Ambulance and Courtesy Funeral Livery in 1971. He graduated from Cleveland Mortuary College in 1954 and was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association, where he had been recognized for holding a funeral director license for over 50...
JOHN DELMER LONGANACRE
Mar 15, 2017
JOHN DELMER LONGANACRE of Fort Spring, WV died March 15, 2017 at the age of 79. He was a funeral director for over 50 years, beginning his career with the Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home in Ronceverte, and later served as the owner and operator of Longanacre Funeral Home in Fairlea and Fort Spring, WV.