WALTER A. WILSON
Jan 13, 2016
WALTER A. WILSON of Dallas, TX died January 13, 2016 at the age of 83. He worked with his family at the Wilson Funeral Home in Tampa, FL. He later moved to Texas and worked at Lott's Mortuary. In 1966, he founded the Cedar Crest Funeral Home in the Oak Cliff sector of Dallas. In 1980, Cedar Crest opened its...
GEORGE F. RIDGEWAY
Jan 13, 2016
GEORGE F. RIDGEWAY of Heath, OH died January 13, 2016 at the age of 69. He was an Ohio licensed funeral director and embalmer for over 35 years. Throughout his career in funeral service he had worked at Weir-Arend Funeral Home in Columbus; Walker Funeral Homes in Toledo; Henderson-VanAtta Funeral Home in Newark; and Brucker & Kishler Funeral Home in...
Harold D. Lamb
Jan 12, 2016
HAROLD D. LAMB of Lakeland, FL died January 12, 2016 at the age of 87. He was the oldest active funeral director in Polk County, who worked at the Gentry-Morrison Funeral Homes and Dukes-Steen Funeral Home in Lakeland for many years. He later became an employee at Hancock Funeral Home in Fort Meade, where he continued to work until the...
RICHARD E. "GENE" WILLIAMS
Jan 12, 2016
RICHARD E. "GENE" WILLIAMS of Gainesville, FL died January 12, 2016 at the age of 70. He was a second generation funeral director and embalmer at Williams-Thomas Funeral Home, which was established by his father, Richard "Dick" Williams in 1940. Under his tenure, the funeral home expanded to Hawthorne and Jonesville and will remain locally owned and operated by Gene's...
RODERICK R. GOODE
Jan 7, 2016
RODERICK R. GOODE, JR of Chesterfield, VA died January 7, 2016 at the age of 44. He was a licensed funeral director at Bland and Tucker Funeral Home in Petersburg, VA. He received his mortuary science degree from John Tyler Community College in 2005, and was a member of the New Generation of Funeral Services Practitioners Association, Inc.
Ruby Kennedy Johnson
Dec 27, 2015
RUBY KENNEDY JOHNSON of Prentiss, MS died December 27, 2015 at the age of 89. She assisted her husband, Eural L. Johnson, Sr., in operating his family's business, Johnson Funeral Home until he passed away in 1975. At that time, she became the sole proprietor of the business, retiring in 1991.
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...