ALFRED STANLEY "AL" DODSON, JR of Sand Springs, OK died July 23, 2015 at the age of 77. He was a licensed funeral director, embalmer and former owner of Mobley-Dodson Funeral Service, which was established in 1915. He retired from the funeral home in 2009 after about 27 years with his family's company.
WALLACE WILLIAM "WALLY" SCHWAHN of Rock Island, IL died July 22, 2015 at the age of 92. He was employed by Hodgson Funeral Home, where he worked as a funeral director and embalmer from 1950 until his retirement in 1991. Following his retirement, he assisted the funeral home on a part-time basis for many years. He graduated from the Worsham...
LESLI BARKDULL NEAL of Shelby, OH died July 21, 2015 at the age of 54. In September of 1985 she came to work with the family business and received her funeral directors license in 1987. Upon her father's retirement in 1994, she became a fifth generation co-owner of the Barkdull Funeral Home. She was a member of the Ohio Funeral...
PAUL EDWARD FREDERICK of Cincinnati, OH died July 21, 2015 at the age of 92. He was a second generation funeral director and owner of Frederick Funeral Home. He was a past president of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association.
CONRAD JOE MASTERS of Greenville, SC died July 21, 2015 at the age of 81. He was a funeral director and embalmer at the Wood Mortuary for 67 years. He was a member of the South Carolina Funeral Directors Association.
JOHN E. MALLETTA of Polson, MT died July 20, 2015 at the age of 74. After completing his apprenticeship in Butte, he moved to Missoula where he worked at Marsh and Powell later to become Livingston and Malletta Funeral Home. He later acquired the first of several funeral homes and cemeteries located in Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. He graduated...
TAMBRA CHARMAGNE SIMMONS of Detroit, MI died June 19, 2015 at the age of 57. She worked for several funeral homes as a licensed funeral director, including the Frank Givens Funeral Home, Queens Chapel and the Caver Memorial Funeral Home. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Mortuary Science from Wayne State University in 1980.
ADAM WADE WILLIM of Richmond, MO, formerly of Clarion, IA died July 16, 2015 at the age of 48. After working as funeral directors in Alaska, Adam and his brother Bart moved to Minnesota to own and operate the Willim Family Funeral Homes in Aitkin, Pequot Lakes and Pine River, which was later sold. He graduated from the Cincinnati College...
DALE EMERSON HILL of Kingston, OH died July 16, 2015 at the age of 59. He was the owner and operator of Hill Funeral Home, where he served as a second generation funeral director and embalmer for 37 years. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1978.
ERNEST WILLAIM GONZALES JR of Galveston, TX died July 16, 2015 at the age of 54. He was the owner and operator of Gonzales Funeral Directors and Limousines. He served funeral homes throughout the Bay Area, Harris and Fort Bend Counties, including a long and close relationship with Carnes Brothers Funeral Home that spanned 45 years. He graduated from the...