PHILIP KIRKWOOD HAMILTON
Jun 14, 2017
PHILIP KIRKWOOD HAMILTON II of Mt. Clemens and Benton Harbor, MI died June 14, 2017 at the age of 53. He served families in the metro Detroit area as a fifth generation funeral director and owner of the Wm. R. Hamilton Co. Funeral Home. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Wayne State School of Mortuary Science.
RONALD E. PECHACEK
Jun 12, 2017
RONALD E. PECHACEK of Chester, IL died June 12, 2017 at the age of 63. He was a licensed funeral director for over 40 years. He started work at Dashner Funeral Home in Red Bud, IL in 1976. In 1984, he went to work for the Welge Funeral Home in Chester, IL and purchased the business in 1990. He owned...
JOHN J."JACK" HARLAND
Jun 12, 2017
JOHN J."JACK" HARLAND of Port Henry, NY died June 12, 2017 at the age of 85. He worked at Harland Funeral Home for over 65 years as a licensed funeral director and served as Essex county coroner for 12 years. He graduated from the Simmons Institute of Funeral Service.
ROBERT "BOB" KENNETH GORDON
Jun 11, 2017
ROBERT "BOB" KENNETH GORDON of Secane, PA died June 11, 2017 at the age of 32. He was a training supervisor for Answering Service for Directors of Media, PA.
DWIGHT E. DENNEY
Jun 10, 2017
DWIGHT E. DENNEY of Milton, IN died June 10, 2017 at the age of 60. A licensed funeral director, he graduated from the Mid-America College of Funeral Service.
WILLIAM L. "BILL' SHORTS
Jun 9, 2017
WILLIAM L. "BILL' SHORTS SR of Ft. Myers, FL died June 9, 2017 at the age of 92. He worked as a licensed funeral director in Warren, OH before moving to Ravenna, OH in 1954 to establish the Shorts Funeral Home and Ambulance Service. In 1975, he opened his second funeral home in Streetsboro. He continued to own and operate...
PHILIP M. KAPLAN
Jun 8, 2017
PHILIP M. KAPLAN of Boynton Beach, FL died June 8, 2017 at the age of 76. He began his funeral career in 1962 in Rochester, NY, where he had owned the Parsky Funeral Home.
THOMAS "TOMMY JO" JOSEPH CUNNINGHAM
Jun 7, 2017
THOMAS "TOMMY JO" JOSEPH CUNNINGHAM of Kilgore, TX died June 7, 2017 at the age of 64. He was a licensed funeral director, owner and operator of Cunningham Funeral Home for 32 years. A graduate of the Dallas Institute of Funeral Services, he was past president of the Independent Funeral Directors Association, associate member of the National Funeral Directors and...
CLARENCE M. WOOD
Jun 6, 2017
CLARENCE M. WOOD JR of Philadelphia, PA died June 6, 2017 at the age of 90. He and his wife, Geraldine Bowser Wood founded Wood Funeral Home Inc in 1959 from inspiration of two family members who were already funeral directors, Elmer "Bus" Bullock in Harve de Grace, MD and Newton S. Bowser in Topeka, KS. In 1991, the business...
STANLEY H. FRYCZYNSKI
Jun 4, 2017
STANLEY H. FRYCZYNSKI JR of Bayonne, NJ died June 4, 2017 at the age of 90. He was a licensed funeral director, owner and operator of the S. Fryczynski & Son Funeral Home for over 40 years, which was established by his father in 1917. He graduated from the American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service.