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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
PAUL McCOMBS of Connersville, IN died November 5, 2015 at the age of 87. In 1951, he co-founded the Mac Machine & Metal Works, Inc., with his partner Eugene Krepp, and continued to work until his retirement. He was a member of the Casket and Funeral Supply Association of America.
ANNE MARIE MOTYKA of Kensington, CT died No-vember 5, 2015 at the age of 71. She was a licensed funeral director and owner of the Francis Funeral Home, which she acquired after the passing of her father, the late Francis J. Motyka. She continued to operate it for a number of years.
JEANNETTE ETTA EMMERICH of Avon Lake, OH died October 31, 2015 at the age of 97. She worked alongside her husband, Irving Emmerich as a funeral director, embalmer, founder and former owner of Emmerich Funeral Home in Amherst, OH, which is now Hempel Funeral Home.