MARION G. "SKIP" BURCHAM of Fairborn, OH died March 16, 2016 at the age of 67. He was a licensed funeral director for over 40 years. He began his employment at Littleton Funeral Home in 1971 and remained there for 18 years. During that time, he was a partner in the Littleton Funeral Home with his friend Tom Rue. In...
WILLIAM H. "BILL" FORD, SR of Englewood, FL and formerly of Fairmont, WV died March 16, 2016 at the age of 92. In 1952, he and his brother, Joseph, established Ford Funeral Home in Fairmont. They later purchased R. C. Jones Funeral Home in 1966, DeGarmo Funeral Home in 1982 and Allen Funeral Home in 1999. He worked at various...
JOHN B. "JACK" WHITE of Mankato, MN died March 12, 2016 at the age of 85. He was a funeral director for over 50 years.
KEVIN T. THOMAS of Dillon, SC died March 10, 2016. He was a licensed funeral director, embalmer and owner of the House of Thomas Funeral Home which he established in 1989. He previously served his apprenticeship under the late E. Perry Palmer of Palmer Memorial Chapel and the J. P. Holley Funeral Home in Columbia, SC; and William Penn Troy...
EDWARD "ED" GEORGE DEISLER of Saginaw, MI died March 9, 2016 at the age of 91. He served the community of Saginaw as a licensed funeral director for more than 68 years. He was a third generation funeral director and president of Deisler Funeral Home from 1951 until he retired in 1989. He was extremely proud that the Deisler Funeral...
LARRY A. DORFMEYER of Holland, OH died March 9, 2016 at the age of 65. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer at the Foth–Dorfmeyer Mortuary in Toledo, OH. He graduated from the University of Minnesota–College of Mortuary Science and was a member of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
CARL H. RUSSELL JR of Winston-Salem, NC died March 7, 2016 at the age of 70. He was a licensed funeral director, embalmer and president of Russell Funeral Services, Inc. He was a member of the Funeral Directors and Morticians Association of North Carolina and the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association.
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 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 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...