JAMES E. "JIM" SMITH
Dec 16, 2016
JAMES E. "JIM" SMITH of Wilmington, OH died December 16, 2016 at the age of 72. He began his long career in the funeral industry working with his father, the late L. Eugene Smith at the L. Eugene Smith & Son Funeral Home in New Vienna. Together they purchased the Reynolds-Smith Funeral Home in Wilmington in 1973. He later owned...
LYLE CLINKINGBEARD
Dec 15, 2016
LYLE CLINKINGBEARD of Ava, MO died December 15, 2016 at the age of 87. He was a licensed funeral director, embalmer and co-owner of Clinkingbeard Funeral Homes, Inc, both in Ava and Gainesville, MO. He also worked alongside his wife, Florence for 56 years in operating the only ambulance company in Ava and Douglas County for over 25 years. A...
JOHN JACOBSON
Dec 13, 2016
JOHN JACOBSON of Slayton, MN died December 13, 2016 at the age of 78. He worked as a licensed funeral director at Johnson Funeral Home in Newton, IA and later at Schroeder Funeral Home in Boone, IA. In 1976, he and his wife, Elizabeth "Liz" Latham purchased the Butson Funeral Homes in Tracy and Walnut Grove, MN. He continued to...
THEODORE WILLIAM KUHNS
Dec 12, 2016
THEODORE WILLIAM KUHNS of Las Animas, CO died December 12, 2016 at the age of 87. He worked as a licensed funeral director in Titusville, PA and Clintonville, PA before moving to Las Animas in 1974 to work for Powell Funeral Home. He later purchased the firm and renamed it Powell-Kuhns Mortuary. He graduated from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary...
PETER IGNATIUS MORRISON
Dec 10, 2016
PETER IGNATIUS MORRISON of Boardman, OH died December 10, 2016 at the age of 56. He was a funeral director and pre-arrangement consultant at Edward J. Fox & Sons Inc after receiving his licenses by the Ohio Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors in 2006. He was a member of the Tri-County Funeral Directors Association and the Ohio Funeral Directors...
THOMAS A. CORRIGAN
Nov 22, 2016
THOMAS A. CORRIGAN of Fairview Park, OH died November 22, 2016 at the age of 81. He was a licensed funeral director at Corrigan Funeral Homes until 2005 and graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1959.
PAUL H. WIGGINS
Nov 22, 2016
PAUL H. WIGGINS JR of Mount Vernon, OH died November 22, 2016 at the age of 73. He worked alongside his wife, Kay Dowds as a licensed funeral director at Dowds-Wiggins Funeral Home. They owned and operated the business until their retirement in 1989 when they sold it to the Snyder family of funeral homes. He graduated from the Cincinnati...
ROSS C DEJOHN
Nov 19, 2016
ROSS C DEJOHN SR of Mayfield Heights, OH died November 19, 2016 at the age of 88. He began working as a licensed funeral director at the McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home in Middle Town before moving to Cleveland to work for the Nosek Funeral Home and later the Flynn Froelk Funeral Home. Due to a series of back surgeries, DeJohn left...
STEPHEN J. SEKERES
Nov 11, 2016
STEPHEN J. SEKERES SR of North Canton, OH died November 11, 2016 at the age of 90. A licensed funeral director and embalmer for 67 years, he was the former owner of Sekeres Funeral Home and Welch-Sekeres Funeral Home and served as president of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association, District 16.
RUTLEDGE EVERETT "RON" SHULER
Nov 5, 2016
RUTLEDGE EVERETT "RON" SHULER JR of Hendersonville, NC died November 5, 2016 at the age of 75. He was a licensed funeral director, embalmer and owner of Shuler Funeral Home, which he founded alongside his wife Faye Kirby in 1997. He previously worked at Batesville Casket Company and was inducted into their Masters Club. He graduated from the Gupton-Jones College...