DALA RUTH WHINERY
Oct 21, 2015
DALA RUTH WHINERY of Elk City, OK died October 21, 2015 at the age of 81. She worked alongside her husband, Alvin Lavern (A. L) Whinery as the first female licensed funeral director in western Oklahoma. In 1961, they purchased the former Scroggins Funeral Home in Sayre and continued to own and operate it as Whinery Funeral Service for the...
ABDULLAH ALI WHITAKER
Oct 13, 2015
ABDULLAH ALI WHITAKER of Goldsboro, NC died October 13, 2015 at the age of 32. He was the owner and operator of Whitaker Mortuary Services. A grad-uate of Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service, he was a member of the New Generation of Funeral Service Practitioners Association, Inc.
JOSEPH "SONNY" WALTON
Oct 12, 2015
JOSEPH "SONNY" WALTON of Virginia Beach, VA died October 12, 2015. He was a licensed funeral director, embalmer and owner of Walton Funeral Home for over 50 years, which he established in 1967. He graduated from the McAllister School of Embalming in 1952 and was awarded the 2012 Living Legends of Funeral Service award from the 100 Black Women of...
MADELYN MITCHELL SHANK
Oct 12, 2015
MADELYN MITCHELL SHANK of Havre de Grace, MD died October 12, 2015 at the age of 87. She was a retired funeral director, having worked for Mitchell Funeral Home, P.A., which was established by her father R. Madison Mitchell, then Mitchell-Smith Funeral Home, P.A., Crouch Funeral Home, P.A., and later Zellman Funeral Home, P.A. She graduated from Eckels College of...
DERESA O. RILEY
Oct 11, 2015
DERESA O. RILEY of Lansing, MI died October 11, 2015 at the age of 96. She was the co-founder and retired co-owner of the Riley Funeral Home.
JANE GRAY "BUNNY" SOWELL
Oct 5, 2015
JANE GRAY "BUNNY" SOWELL of Columbia, TN died October 5, 2015 at the age of 68. She was a licensed funeral director, embalmer, co-owner and corporate secretary at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home. She graduated from the Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science in 1967. She attended the University of Virginia Medical School in Charlottesville to study corneal education. In 1974,...
EDMUND J. BOCHINSKI
Sep 24, 2015
EDMUND J. BOCHINSKI, a longtime resident of New Britain, CT died September 24, 2015 at the age of 94. He was a licensed funeral director and mortician serving New Britain and nearby communities continuously for 60 years until his retirement at age 88. He was honored by the National Funeral Directors Association on his 50th anniversary in the business. He...
NEIL EARL CARLSON
Sep 23, 2015
NEIL EARL CARLSON of Brunswick, OH died September 23, 2015 at the age of 59. He was a licensed funeral director and co-owner of the Carlson Funeral Homes and Cremation Services in Brunswick, Garrettsville and Medina for over 30 years. He graduated from the Ohio State University in 1978.
WELDON L. BAILEY
Sep 22, 2015
WELDON L. BAILEY of Fredericksburg, VA died September 22, 2015 at the age of 88. He was the owner and operator of Bailey Funeral Service until it closed in 2009. He graduated from the Eckels College of Mortuary Science.
DAVID B. SHAFFER
Sep 19, 2015
DAVID B. SHAFFER of Houtzdale, PA died September 19, 2015 at the age of 74. He was employed at the Jon C. Russin Funeral Home Inc., in Bellwood as a licensed funeral director. He graduated from the Pitts-burgh Institute of Mortuary Science in 1967.