ALLAN ABBOTT
Nov 26, 2015
ALLAN ABBOTT of Monterey, CA died November 26, 2015. He was the co-founder of Abbott and Hast Company. It was Allan's interest in geology that unwittingly led him and the late Ron Hast into the funeral industry after they purchased an old hearse as teenagers to use as their field lab vehicle. That hearse started them in a mortuary accommodation...
DENTON E. HARDISON
Nov 26, 2015
DENTON E. HARDISON of Ransomville, NY died November 26, 2015 at the age of 86. He was a licensed funeral director and operator at his family's business, Hardison Funeral Homes, Inc. He graduated from the Simmons Institute of Funeral Service in 1949. Hardison was a member of the New York State Funeral Directors Association, Erie Niagara Funeral Directors Association and...
JAMES ELLIOTT COOPER
Nov 26, 2015
JAMES ELLIOTT COOPER, JR of Hemingway, SC died November 26, 2015 at the age of 86. He was a licensed funeral director and co-owner of the Nesmith-Pinckeny Funeral Home for 40 years.
KATHARINE CARLSON
Nov 23, 2015
KATHARINE CARLSON of Brunswick, OH died November 23, 2015. She and her husband, Earl Carlson founded Carlson Funeral Home in Brunswick, Garrettsville and Medina.
DINO P. CANTELMI
Nov 22, 2015
DINO P. CANTELMI of Fountain Hill, PA died November 22, 2015 at the age of 79. He was a licensed Pennsylvania funeral director and owner of the Cantelmi Funeral Home, which he established in 1963 at his parents' home in Bethlehem. In 1964, he moved the business to Fountain Hill. He previously worked at Joseph Levine & Sons in Philadelphia...
ROBERT L "BOB" KILBURN
Nov 21, 2015
ROBERT L "BOB" KILBURN of Deming, NM died November 21, 2015 at the age of 91. He was a licensed funeral director at Adair Funeral Chapels in Tucson, AZ for many years and later the Baca's Funeral Chapels in Deming until his retirement. He was also an entrepreneur and over the years always had ideas creating and developing products beneficial...
SAMUEL RITONDARO
Nov 21, 2015
SAMUEL RITONDARO of Chardon, OH died November 21, 2015 at the age of 60. He and his wife, Theresa purchased the Ritondaro Funeral Home from his retired father, John. They owned and operated it as licensed funeral directors until 2012, when it became DeJohn Funeral Homes & Crematory. Samuel graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science.
BRETT D. GRANDAW
Nov 18, 2015
BRETT D. GRANDAW of Potsdam, NY died November 18, 2015 at the age of 55. In 2006, he joined the staff at Seymour Funeral Home as a licensed funeral director. He graduated from the State University of New York at Canton with a degree in mortuary science.
THOMAS H. WILLIAMS
Nov 9, 2015
THOMAS H. WILLIAMS of Naperville, IL died November 9, 2015 at the age of 94. He was a licensed funeral director, embalmer and former owner of Williams-Kampp Funeral Home in Wheaton and Oak Park. After closing the Oak Park location, he gradually turned over the reins to family members at his Wheaton site. He graduated from the Worsham College of...
WELDON HERBERT GEORGE
Nov 8, 2015
WELDON HERBERT GEORGE JR of Williamsburg, VA died November 8, 2015 at the age of 93. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer at Whiting's Funeral Home, retiring in 2014. He graduated from the H. E. Dolan College of Mortuary Science in Philadelphia, PA and was an honorary member of the Virginia Morticians Association since 2014.