PAT PHILLIP GOEBEL
Apr 20, 2016
PAT PHILLIP GOEBEL of Crooksville, OH died April 20, 2016 at the age of 72. He served his apprenticeship with Schoediner Funeral Service in Columbus before purchasing the former Fred. L. Cannon Funeral Home in 1974 and he amended the corporate name to Goebel Funeral Home. He continued to serve the surrounding communities for the last 42 years as a...
R. C. "CHUCK" JOHNSON
Apr 20, 2016
R. C. "CHUCK" JOHNSON JR of Georgetown, KY died April 20, 2016 at the age of 73. He was a third generation funeral director and owner of Johnson's Funeral Home for over 50 years. He graduated from Georgetown College.
JOHN B. EGGERS
Apr 15, 2016
REV JOHN B. EGGERS JR of Boiling Springs and Chesnee, SC died April 15, 2016 at the age of 54. He was the founder and co-owner of Eggers Funeral Homes in Boiling Springs and Chesnee, SC and Cliff-side, NC. He started working in Boone, NC at the Hampton Funeral Service as a licensed funeral director and then the Reins-Sturdivant Funeral...
DALE A SHELLEY
Apr 14, 2016
DALE A SHELLEY of Little Falls, MN died April 14, 2016 at the age of 88. He worked as a funeral director in Arlington, MN and later worked in Minneapolis at the Albin Chapel and the Listow-Wold Funeral Home. In 1985, he and his wife, JoAnne E. Brustad purchased the Leo M. Thompson Funeral Home in Little Falls and renamed...
ROBERT J. "BOB" INMAN
Apr 14, 2016
ROBERT J. "BOB" INMAN of Palm Harbor, Florida, formerly of Cleveland, OH, died April 14, 2016 at the age of 86. Bob began his career in 1956 as a trade embalmer serving funeral directors in a six-county area of northeast Ohio. In 1962 he expanded his embalming business to handle the transportation of bodies from the Cleveland market for out...
JESSIE OTIS BYRD SANDERS
Apr 11, 2016
JESSIE OTIS BYRD SANDERS of Clinton, SC died April 11, 2016 at the age of 62. He was a licensed mortician, owner and operator of Sanders-Thompson Funeral Service.
MARIO J. COLUCCI
Apr 10, 2016
MARIO J. COLUCCI of Niagara Falls, NY died April 10, 2016 at the age of 89. He served his apprenticeship at the former Ernest Wedekindt Funeral Home in Buffalo, NY before establishing the M. J. Colucci Funeral Chapel in 1958. He retired in 2004 after serving 56 years as a licensed funeral director and embalmer. He graduated from the McAllister...
MICHAEL R. STRAKER
Apr 7, 2016
MICHAEL R. STRAKER of Parma, OH died April 7, 2016 at the age of 68. He was the president of Schuster-Straker-O'Connor Funeral Home and was a member of Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
ROY LEON DERFELT
Apr 6, 2016
ROY LEON DERFELT of Galena, KS died April 6, 2016 at the age of 93. In 1951, he joined his father, John Olin Derfelt as a funeral director at Derfelt Funeral Home, a profession he continued to practice well into his 80's. He eventually became sole owner of the business. In 1977, he purchased a funeral home in Baxter Springs...
CHARLES ERWIN POOR
Apr 6, 2016
CHARLES ERWIN POOR of Hingham, MA and Naples, FL died April 6, 2016 at the age of 81. He founded The Boston Prayer Card Company in 1992.