WILLIAM F. "BILL" HARRIS
Aug 30, 2016
WILLIAM F. "BILL" HARRIS of Shelby, MI died August 30, 2016 at the age of 91. He began working at Sullivan Funeral Home in Grand Rapids and later was employed at Lee Funeral Home in Muskegon Heights. He and his wife, Irene Schroeder became a partner of Burton Cooper in 1961 and sole owner in 1963. Harris operated the funeral...
GEORGE P. "GEE" KALAS
Aug 15, 2016
GEORGE P. "GEE" KALAS, JR of Annapolis, MD and formerly of Upper Marlboro, MD died August 15, 2016 at the age of 68. He was a fourth generation funeral director at the George P. Kalas Funeral Home in Oxon Hill, which was established by his parents, Jean and George P. Kalas, Sr in the 1970s. He assumed the presidency of...
THOMAS J. STRASSER
Aug 11, 2016
THOMAS J. STRASSER of Antigo, WI died August 11, 2016 at the age of 74. He was a licensed funeral director and owner of Strasser-Roller Funeral Home for 40 years. A graduate of the Wisconsin Institute of Mortuary Science, he was president of the Wisconsin Funeral Directors Association and was active in the National Funeral Directors Association.
RUBY LEE DICKEY
Aug 8, 2016
RUBY LEE DICKEY of Biloxi, MS died August 8, 2016 at the age of 83. She founded the Dickey Brothers-Chambers Funeral Home alongside her husband, the late Marvin M. Dickey Sr., in 1959. Upon the death of her husband, the business was renamed, the Dickey Brothers Memorial Home, where she remained president and CEO until her health began to fail....
MABEL RUTH SCHERMESSER-LENTZ
Aug 6, 2016
MABEL RUTH SCHERMESSER-LENTZ of Akron, OH died August 6, 2016 at the age of 97. She was one of only two women in the Akron area to receive her funeral director's license in the 1960s. She and her husband, Victor Schermesser established the Schermesser Funeral Home on South Main Street in 1942. In 1980 they built a new facility in...
RODNEY F. KNAUP
Aug 4, 2016
RODNEY F. KNAUP of Falls City, NE died August 4, 2016 at the age of 81. He was a licensed funeral director for over 50 years. He worked for Hobson Funeral Home in Weeping Water before moving to Falls City in 1961 where he took employment at Dorr Funeral Home. He became sole owner of the firm after the death...
L. DAVID McCABE
Aug 1, 2016
L. DAVID McCABE of Farmington Hills, MI died Au-gust 1, 2016 at the age of 90. He was the third generation owner of McCabe Funeral Home in Farmington Hills, MI, joining the staff in 1952. A 1956 graduate of Wayne State University, he earned his funeral director's license and worked with his father at McCabe Funeral Home's Detroit location. In...
JOHN A. CHEW
Jul 22, 2016
JOHN A. CHEW of Hollywood, FL died July 22, 2016 at the age of 84. Dr. Chew was a Funeral Service Education Specialist, Consultant, Tutor, Thanatogeneticist, and a Licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer. He was a retired former Associate Professor and Director of Funeral Service Education at Miami Dade Community College as well as the Institute for Funeral Service Education...
SHERMAN ARTHUR "ART" SUMMERS
Jul 20, 2016
SHERMAN ARTHUR "ART" SUMMERS JR of Chesapeake, VA died July 20, 2016 at the age of 72. He was a funeral director at Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home for several years.
RUSSELL M. BOLIN
Jul 15, 2016
RUSSELL M. BOLIN of Zanesville, OH died July 15, 2016 at the age of 83. He joined his father, Kenneth O. Bolin as a licensed funeral director at the Mader-Peoples Funeral Home in 1951, and in 1964 they bought the controlling interest and renamed it Bolin Funeral Home. In 2007, they changed the name to Bolin-Dierkes Funeral Home where he...