ROBERTA MARKER "BERNIE" HELLER
May 10, 2016
ROBERTA MARKER "BERNIE" HELLER, lifelong resident of Dayton, OH died May 10, 2016 at the age of 93. She was the former co-owner of Marker & Heller Funeral Homes, which was established by her parents, the late Ora G. and Mae C. Marker in 1925 as Marker Funeral Home.
FREDERICK N. "FREDDIE" COOKE
May 7, 2016
FREDERICK N. "FREDDIE" COOKE of Nitro, WV died May 7, 2016 at the age of 86. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer at his family's business, Cooke Funeral Home & Crematorium. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science and was a member of the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association.
JOSEPH ZEVNIK
May 7, 2016
JOSEPH ZEVNIK of Highland Heights, formerly of Wickliffe, OH died May 7, 2016 at the age of 57. He was the operator and managing funeral director of Zevnik-Cosic Funeral Home in Willoughby Hills and served as a past president and board member of the Cuyahoga Funeral Directors Association and the Ohio Embalmers Association.
LARRY TIM NAFZGER
May 6, 2016
LARRY TIM NAFZGER of Reynoldsburg, OH died May 6, 2016 at the age of 79. He was a licensed funeral director and manager at Schoedinger Funeral Service for 50 years. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science.
JAMES A. MORTON
May 3, 2016
JAMES A. MORTON II of Baltimore, MD died May 3, 2016 at the age of 86. He began his career with the William L. Jackson Funeral Home in Baltimore. In 1954, he and his partner, Morton Dyett established the James A. Morton & Sons Funeral Homes Inc, which was the first black-owned funeral home in Baltimore. He later opened a...
BETTY JO MAULDIN HOLCOMBE
May 1, 2016
BETTY JO MAULDIN HOLCOMBE of Union, SC died May 1, 2016 at the age of 86. In 1986, she and her husband, the late Billy Eugene Holcombe, founded Holcombe Cemeteries, Inc., with the purchase of Union and Jonesville Memorial Gardens and later Forest Lawn Cemetery. After Billy's death in 2005, she along with her nephew, Tommy Genoble and son continued...
LOUIS A. PONTONE
Apr 28, 2016
LOUIS A. PONTONE of Staten Island, NY died April 28, 2016 at the age of 82. In 1931, his father started a casket company. After he and his brothers joined their father, they expanded the company to serve all fifty states as South Brooklyn Casket Company, Miller Casket Company and Reliable-Miller Casket Company, then joining as one name, Milso Industries...
FRANK M. REGAN
Apr 27, 2016
FRANK M. REGAN of Scranton, PA died April 27, 2016 at the age of 87. He was a licensed funeral director at the Frank M. Regan Funeral Home for over 30 years. He served on the executive boards of the Lackawanna County Funeral Directors Association and the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association for over 60 years. He graduated from the Eckel's...
FREDDIE FAISON
Apr 26, 2016
FREDDIE FAISON of Kingstree, SC died April 26, 2016 at the age of 55. He was a licensed mortician and manager of the Samuels & Richardson Funeral Home in Lake City, SC which he co-founded alongside his partner Hayes F. Samuels, Jr. He served 38 years at the Redmond-Richardson Funeral Home in Kingstree under the leadership of the late Daniel...
JOHN W. JAY MOONEY
Apr 24, 2016
JOHN W. JAY MOONEY JR of Weymouth, MA died April 24, 2016. He was the author and creator of the poem Merry Christmas From Heaven, which he wrote in 1989 and was president and CEO of MooneyTunCo, Inc.