DONALD RAY BELLMER
Jul 9, 2015
DONALD RAY BELLMER of Sedalia, MO died July 9, 2015 at the age of 83. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer at Ewing Funeral Home in Sedalia, Norman-Wagy Funeral Home in Chillicothe and later served as manager of the Hedges Funeral Home in Camdenton. He spent his retirement working at Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home in Columbia.
DALTON "DALE" MINERD
Jul 8, 2015
DALTON "DALE" MINERD SR of North Hills, PA died July 8, 2015 at the age of 87. He began his career as a mortician, including a brief stint running his own funeral home on the North Side before settling into a career as a sort of freelance embalmer, traveling among funeral homes to prepare people for their final rest. He...
CHARLES TERRY MOODY
Jul 7, 2015
CHARLES TERRY MOODY of Zebulon, GA died July 7, 2015 at the age of 68. He worked as a funeral director at the J. Cowan Whitley Funeral Home in Douglasville, Haisten's Funeral Home in Jackson, and Tapp Funeral Home in Buford. In 1975, he opened Terry Moody Funeral Home in McRae. After moving to Pike County, he worked with his...
DAVID G. STRANG
Jul 7, 2015
DAVID G. STRANG, a lifelong resident of Grayslake, IL died September 7, 2015 at the age of 85. He was a third generation funeral director and owner of Strang Funeral Chapel & Crematorium for over 50 years, which his grandfather, George E. Strang established in 1898 as Strang Furniture and Undertaking.
JAMES W DUKE
Jul 6, 2015
JAMES W. DUKE of Indianapolis, IN died July 6, 2015 at the age of 83. He served as a licensed funeral director and embalmer at Shirley Brothers Mortuary and the G. H. Herrmann Funeral Homes before retiring in 1999. He graduated from the Indiana College of Mortuary Science in 1988.
PHILIP MICHAEL "NEW" NEAL
Jul 5, 2015
PHILIP MICHAEL "NEW" NEAL II of Catletts-burg, KY died July 5, 2015 at the age of 49. He was a second generation funeral director and owner of Neal-Kilgore & Collier Funeral Homes. He served as a Boyd County deputy coroner for 20 years. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1987, he served on the board of...
LAWRENCE KENNETH MYERS
Jul 2, 2015
LAWRENCE KENNETH MYERS, SR of Omaha, NE died July 2, 2015 at the age of 92. He worked alongside his brother, Robert as a licensed funeral director at Myers Funeral Home, which was established by his father William "W. L." Myers. His son Larry Myers assumed ownership of the firm after he retired in 1985 and continued to operate it...
JOSEPH H LEVINE
Jun 28, 2015
JOSEPH H. LEVINE of Bala Cynwyd, PA died June 28, 2015. He was a fourth generation funeral director and president of Joseph Levine & Sons Memorial Chapel Inc, one of the Philadelphia area's oldest and most prominent Jewish funeral homes. After obtaining ownership of the firm in 1984, he sought to expand it by acquiring Haym Salomon Memorial Park in...
ROBERT STEPHEN "STEVE" OWEN
Jun 24, 2015
ROBERT STEPHEN "STEVE" OWEN of Cartersville, GA died June 24, 2015 at the age of 63. He was a funeral director at Owen Funeral Home for 40 years.
IRVING ROBERT EMMERICH
Jun 23, 2015
IRVING ROBERT EMMERICH of Avon Lake, OH died June 23, 2015 at the age of 96. He was a licensed funeral director, embalmer, founder and former owner of Emmerich Funeral Home in Amherst, OH, which is now Hempel Funeral Home. He previously served as the owner and CEO of Daniels Emmerich Funeral Home in Lakewood, OH. He graduated from the...