JOHN EDWARD PHILLIPS
Sep 11, 2016
JOHN EDWARD PHILLIPS of Hernando, MS died September 11, 2016 at the age of 90. He was the owner and operator of Brantley-Phillips Funeral Home, which he and his family purchased from Bridgforth Tarver and Martha Frances Tarver in 1982. He oversaw the relocation of more than 50 graves from the former DeSoto County Children's Home to Goodrum Cemetery when...
ADRIANA COLBERT HARRISON
Sep 4, 2016
ADRIANA COLBERT HARRISON of Memphis, TN died September 4, 2016 at the age of 55. She was the owner and operator of Harrison's Memorial Chapel, Inc and Harrison's Funeral Home Inc, Orange Mound Chapel. She received her funeral service certification from Stratford University.
GARY ROBERT TOMBLYN
Sep 3, 2016
GARY ROBERT TOMBLYN of Buckhannon, WV died September 3, 2016 at the age of 65. He was the former owner of the Tomblyn Whitescarver Funeral Chapel in Buckhannon and the Alkire Funeral Chapel in Ireland. He graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science in 1973.
WENDELL DONOVAN HINKSON
Aug 31, 2016
WENDELL DONOVAN HINKSON of Great Bend, KS died August 31, 2016 at the age of 75. He was a licensed funeral director at Bryant-Christians Funeral Home until his retirement in 2016 after 50 years of service to the profession.
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...