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...
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 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 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 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.