MICHAEL R. STRAKER
Apr 7, 2016
MICHAEL R. STRAKER of Parma, OH died April 7, 2016 at the age of 68. He was the president of Schuster-Straker-O'Connor Funeral Home and was a member of Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
ROY LEON DERFELT
Apr 6, 2016
ROY LEON DERFELT of Galena, KS died April 6, 2016 at the age of 93. In 1951, he joined his father, John Olin Derfelt as a funeral director at Derfelt Funeral Home, a profession he continued to practice well into his 80's. He eventually became sole owner of the business. In 1977, he purchased a funeral home in Baxter Springs...
CHARLES ERWIN POOR
Apr 6, 2016
CHARLES ERWIN POOR of Hingham, MA and Naples, FL died April 6, 2016 at the age of 81. He founded The Boston Prayer Card Company in 1992.
ROBERT P. SCHILDMEYER
Mar 29, 2016
ROBERT P. SCHILDMEYER of Loveland, OH died March 29, 2016 at the age of 89. Along with his wife Marilyn, their sons, Lawrence T. and Terry S. Schildmeyer and grandson Lawrence Schildmeyer Jr, Robert operated the Tufts Schildmeyer Family Funeral Homes and Cremation Centers.
NORMAN E. GANNON
Mar 26, 2016
NORMAN E. GANNON of Lackawanna and Ellicottville, NY died March 26, 2016 at the age of 91. He served his apprenticeship at the Thomas V. Ray Funeral Home in Buffalo, NY before opening the Norman E. Gannon & Sons, Inc. Funeral Home in 1947. He retired in 2000 as a licensed funeral director and turned operation of the funeral home...
HARVEY "PARKER" TAGSOLD
Mar 23, 2016
HARVEY "PARKER" TAGSOLD JR of Blissfield, MI died March 23, 2016 at the age of 80. He was a licensed funeral director and a partner in his family's business, Tagsold Funeral Home and Tagsold Furniture, with his father, and later with his son, Douglas, until his retirement in 1984. He graduated from Wayne State University in 1956.
MARION G. "SKIP" BURCHAM
Mar 16, 2016
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
Mar 16, 2016
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
Mar 12, 2016
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
Mar 10, 2016
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...