PATSY FRANCIS SANTORO

Dec 26, 2015

PATSY FRANCIS SANTORO of Norwood, MA died December 26, 2015 at the age of 91. He was the superintendent of the Evergreen Cemetery Association and Crematory in New Haven, CT from 1969 until the time of his retirement in 1994. He served as president of the Connecticut Cemetery Association from 1979 until 1980 and the New England Cemetery Association in...

HUBERT KENNETH "HK" BOATWRIGHT

Dec 21, 2015

HUBERT KENNETH "HK" BOATWRIGHT of Darlington, SC died December 21, 2015 at the age of 91. He was a licensed funeral director, mortician and owner of Boatwrights Funeral Home in Bishopville, SC; Boatwright Chapel in Darlington, SC; and served as co-owner of Moses Funeral Home in Pamplico, SC. A 1943 graduate of the Eckels College of Mortuary Science, he was...

WILLIAM LEE SHANNON

Dec 20, 2015

WILLIAM LEE SHANNON of Shelbyville, KY died December 20, 2015 at the age of 96. He was a fourth generation funeral director at Shannon Funeral Service. He held the distinction of having the oldest funeral director and embalmer licenses in the commonwealth of Kentucky, having served 73 years as a funeral director and 69 years as an embalmer. Though in...

M. DOMER LEIBENSPERGER

Dec 14, 2015

M. DOMER LEIBENSPERGER of Hamburg, PA died December 14, 2015 at the age of 75. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer. In 1974, he established the former Naftzinger Funeral Home in Centerport, which closed after the opening of his Leesport facility in December of 2012. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1961 and served...

JOSEPH HERMAN MILLER

Dec 14, 2015

JOSEPH HERMAN MILLER, JR of Monroe, LA died December 14, 2015 at the age of 85. He owned and operated Miller Funeral Homes for nearly a century. His father, Joseph Miller Sr, founded the funeral home in 1935.

G. JAMES BOSMA

Dec 11, 2015

G. JAMES BOSMA of Tempe, AZ formerly of Fulton, IL died December 11, 2015 at the age of 86. In 1963, he purchased Sikkema Funeral Home in Fulton and established Bosma Funeral Home. In 1979, he purchased Tomlinson Funeral Home in Morrison and his son, James D. Bosma, joined him in partnership. In 1987, the Renkes-Reynolds Funeral Home of Morrison...

CATHERINE "CATHY" ANN CARTER

Dec 8, 2015

CATHERINE "CATHY" ANN CARTER of Muskogee, OK died December 8, 2015 at the age of 63. She worked alongside her husband, Mike Carter in operating Lynch Supply and Heartland Casket Company.

STEPHEN D. SUDDARTH

Dec 8, 2015

STEPHEN D. SUDDARTH of Lynn, IN died December 8, 2015 at the age of 73. He was a licensed funeral director, embalmer and a 1964 graduate of the Indiana College of Mortuary Science.

ALICE JEANETTE BUCKMAN

Dec 5, 2015

ALICE JEANETTE BUCKMAN of Wabasha, WI died December 5, 2015 at the age of 90. She and her hus-band, Harold "Bucky" Buckman, Jr., owned and operated Buckman Funeral Home from 1956 to 1989.

MERRILL CLINTON LUNSFORD

Dec 4, 2015

MERRILL CLINTON LUNSFORD of Milton, WV died December 4, 2015 at the age of 89. He worked as a funeral director at Heck Funeral Home and graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1953.