JARED KYLE DYE of Anchorage, AK died November 23, 2023 at the age of 49. A funeral director and embalmer, he purchased what is now known as Legacy Funeral Homes in 2006 and continued to own and operate it for 17 years. Dye obtained his degree in mortuary science from the Arapahoe Community College.
HOWARD G. “DICK” WAGNER JR of West Deptford, NJ died November 21, 2023 at the age of 88. He was a funeral director for over forty years for his family business, Wagner Funeral Home, which was established in Woodbury in 1895. In 2003 the funeral home combined with Davis Funeral Home, creating Davis & Wagner Funeral Home, where he...
RUBY TAYLOR MCFARLAND of Owensboro, KY died November 18, 2023 at the age of 103. A funeral director, embalmer, and mortician for 45 years, she worked alongside her husband, the late Rev. R. L. McFarland, Sr in owning and operating the McFarland Funeral Home. A 1974 graduate of the Kentucky School of Mortuary Science, McFarland was a member of...
ROY J. FRYE of Louisville, KY died November 18, 2023 at the age of 79. A funeral director and embalmer for several years, he retired from Pearson Funeral Home.
JOHN WILLIAM “JACK” MOQUIN of Athens, OH died November 14, 2023 at the age of 64. A funeral director for over 40 years, he was the owner and operator of Hughes-Moquin Funeral Home. A 1986 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, Jack was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association and the Ohio Embalmers Association, which...
RICHARD SIDDAL DENNISON SR of Florence, NJ died November 12, 2023. A funeral director, he owned and operated Dennison Funeral Home in Florence, Vincentown, and Burlington. A graduate of the American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Service, he served as past president of the New Jersey State Funeral Directors Association.
CHRISTOPHER J. FEATHERS of Hollidaysburg, PA died November 11, 2023 at the age of 65. He had been a funeral director at Plank, Stitt & Stevens Funeral Home and the Stevens Mortuary Inc for over twenty-eight years. Feathers graduated from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown.
JAMES DANIEL “DANNY” HUTCHESON of Buchanan, GA, died November 6, 2023 at the age of 64. A funeral director and embalmer, he and his wife, Patty Hutcheson established Hutcheson’s Memorial Chapel & Crematory in Buchanan in 1983, opening a second location in 2013 in Temple. Danny was elected coroner of Haralson County in 2014 and served four terms in...
ROBERT RICHARD “BOB” FORD of Mars, PA died November 4, 2023 at the age of 61. He was a salesman for Vantage Point Preneed and was a casket distributor and owner of R. Ford Casket LLC. Bob was a member of the Allegheny County Funeral Directors Association.
MICHAEL F. QUINN of Warwick, RI died November 1, 2023 at the age of 69. He started working with his father in 1974 as a fourth-generation funeral director and retired as president of the Thomas & Walter Quinn Funeral Home in Warwick, Tucker-Quinn Funeral Chapel in Greenville, Fagan-Quinn Funeral Home in North Kingstown, and the Potvin-Quinn Funeral Home in...