Henry L. J. Peebles
Mar 2, 2016
HENRY L. J. PEEBLES of Suffolk, VA died March 2, 2016 at the age of 83. He was a licensed mortician and embalmer in both Virginia and North Carolina. He was past president of the Virginia Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Virginia Mortician Association, Norfolk Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association and was a member of the Epsilon Nu Delta...
THOMAS "TOM" KAMM
Mar 1, 2016
THOMAS "TOM" KAMM of Denver, CO died March 1, 2016 at the age of 75. He established All-States Cremation in 1986 and All Veterans Burial & Cremation in 1989. He graduated from Worsham College of Mortuary Science.
Nicholas "Nick" F. Handler
Feb 28, 2016
NICHOLAS "NICK" F. HANDLER JR of Tecum-seh, MI died February 28, 2016 at the age of 56. He joined Couture-Ochalek Funeral Home in 1995 as a licensed funeral director and became a full partner in 1997, renaming the business to Couture-Handler Funeral Homes. Handler then became a sole-proprietor of the Tecumseh and Clinton locations in April 2006. The businesses were...
Ellsworth D Purdy
Feb 27, 2016
ELLSWORTH D. PURDY of Vancouver, WA died February 27, 2016 at the age of 91. He was well known in the funeral and cemetery industry as a progressive leader and advocate for change. Understanding that consumer needs were evolving, and that the industry needed to listen and seek creative answers to better serve, he devoted the better part of his...
Nelson Edward Hayes
Feb 25, 2016
NELSON EDWARD HAYES of Matthews, NC died February 25, 2016 at the age of 75. He was a licensed North Carolina funeral director, embalmer and Certified Funeral Service Practitioner (CFSP) at Davis Funeral Service in Monroe. He was a former manufacture's sales representative for North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia with Pierce Chemicals Royal Bond Company of Dallas, TX. He...
Paul A Robinson
Feb 24, 2016
PAUL A. ROBINSON of Gary, IN died February 24, 2016 at the age of 58. He was the owner and operator of The House of Robinson Funeral Directors for 28 years. He was a member of the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association.
Armand Chevrette
Feb 24, 2016
ARMAND CHEVRETTE of Milford, CT died February 24, 2016 at the age of 66. He was the president of Mountain Grove Cemetery Association, where he worked for 46 years. He previously served as president of the Connecticut Cemetery Association, New England Cemetery Association and the Cremation Association of North America.
Samuel Whitelock Purviance
Feb 20, 2016
SAMUEL WHITELOCK PURVIANCE of Wake-field, VA died February 20, 2016 at the age of 94. He was a licensed funeral director, who owned and operated Purviance Funeral Home alongside his wife, Hilda for nearly 50 years. He also operated funeral homes in Boykins and Jarrett, VA. A 1942 graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he was a former...
Clyde Stephens Jr
Feb 15, 2016
CLYDE STEPHENS JR of Franklin, TN died Feb-ruary 15, 2016 at the age of 78. He started in the funeral industry in 1969 working at the former Franklin Memorial Chapel, and in 1972 he began managing Williamson Memorial Gardens. Later in 1980 he founded Williamson Memorial Funeral Home and in 2000, along with his family, opened Spring Hill Memorial Park...
Sarah Eleanor Ferrell Koch
Feb 9, 2016
SARAH ELEANOR FERRELL KOCH of Freeport, OH died February 9, 2016 at the age of 82. She was employed by Tinker Funeral Home in Kent before purchasing the former McCoy Funeral Home in Freeport alongside her husband, David H. Koch, Jr in 1967. She served her apprenticeship under Dave and became a licensed funeral director. In 1980, her husband died...