STEPHEN D. SUDDARTH

Dec 8, 2015

STEPHEN D. SUDDARTH of Lynn, IN died December 8, 2015 at the age of 73. He was a licensed funeral director, embalmer and a 1964 graduate of the Indiana College of Mortuary Science.

ALICE JEANETTE BUCKMAN

Dec 5, 2015

ALICE JEANETTE BUCKMAN of Wabasha, WI died December 5, 2015 at the age of 90. She and her hus-band, Harold "Bucky" Buckman, Jr., owned and operated Buckman Funeral Home from 1956 to 1989.

MERRILL CLINTON LUNSFORD

Dec 4, 2015

MERRILL CLINTON LUNSFORD of Milton, WV died December 4, 2015 at the age of 89. He worked as a funeral director at Heck Funeral Home and graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1953.

JOSEPH KELLY HOBBS

Dec 3, 2015

JOSEPH KELLY HOBBS JR of Versailles, KY and Lexington, KY died December 3, 2015 at the age of 65. He worked alongside his father, the late Joseph Kelly Hobbs Sr., as a licensed mortician and funeral director for several decades, operating the J.K. Hobbs Funeral Home in Versailles and Cunningham Funeral Home in Lexington. After the passing of his father,...

BILLY D. HINES

Dec 1, 2015

BILLY D. HINES of Albany, GA died December 1, 2015 at the age of 85. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer at Oaklawn Funeral Home for many years. Hines graduated from the Kentucky School of Embalming in 1958.

GEORGE MARION McFADDIN

Dec 1, 2015

GEORGE MARION McFADDIN SR of Sumter, SC died December 1, 2015 at the age of 85. He worked for several funeral homes, most recently the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home.

PETER P. HORVATH

Nov 28, 2015

PETER P. HORVATH of Sussex, NJ died November 28, 2015 at the age of 76. In 1974, he purchased the Pinkel Funeral Home in Sussex and continued to operate it for the past 31 years as a licensed Pennsylvania and New Jersey funeral director. He also owned the Horvath Funeral Service of Passaic and the Horvath Funeral Home in Clinton....

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.