LAURENCE HALE WOOD
May 24, 2016
LAURENCE HALE WOOD of Floyd, VA died May 24, 2016 at the age of 99. He was a licensed funeral director and owner of Wood Funeral Home for over 60 years. The funeral home closed a few years ago after Wood reluctantly decided to retire.
RICHARD "DICK" WALTER MUIR
May 24, 2016
RICHARD "DICK" WALTER MUIR of Romeo and formerly of Almont and Dryden, MI died May 24, 2016 at the age of 81. He was a second generation funeral director who worked closely with his brother Norman in operating Muir Brothers Funeral Home in Almont as well as Muir Ambulance service. In 1984 he and his wife, Deborah acquired the current...
MARTHA ELIZABETH "BETTY" BEHM
May 20, 2016
MARTHA ELIZABETH "BETTY" BEHM, a lifelong resident of Madison/Perry, OH died May 20, 2016 at the age of 97. She worked alongside her husband Wilford N. Behm in owning and operating the Behm Funeral Home, which was founded by Wilford's parents, Walter C. and Alta E. Behm in 1906. Upon Wilford's death in 1961, Betty devoted her time to managing...
MILES T. "TOM" MARTIN
May 20, 2016
MILES T. "TOM" MARTIN of Mt. Morris, MI died May 20, 2016 at the age of 71. He purchased the Miles Martin Mortuary in Mt. Morris from his parents in 1971, and in 1996, he and his wife, Darnell acquired the Clark Funeral Homes in Vassar and Fairgrove. He graduated with a degree in mortuary science from Wayne State University...
JOHN L. CAREY
May 20, 2016
JOHN L. CAREY JR of Cleveland, OH died May 20, 2016 at the age of 83. He was the owner and operator of the Carey Funeral Home in Cleveland, OH.
CHARLES DAVID "SONNY" HENSON
May 14, 2016
CHARLES DAVID "SONNY" HENSON of Huntington, WV died May 14, 2016 at the age of 79. He was the founder of Henson & Kitchen Mortuary, which was originally established and began serving families as Henson Mortuary in October 1972. He served the families in the Huntington, Barboursville and Milton areas for over 54 years as a licensed funeral director and...
EDWARD CARLTON STEVENS
May 11, 2016
EDWARD CARLTON STEVENS of Wilson, NC died May 11, 2016 at the age of 64. He was a licensed funeral director and chief embalmer at Stevens Family Funeral Home, LLC for the past 39 years. He graduated from Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science in Atlanta, GA in 1974.
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.