JOHN K. MARVEL

Apr 6, 2015

JOHN K. MARVEL of Stonington, IL died April 6, 2015 at the age of 58. He was a funeral director and graduated from the Southern Illinois University with a degree in Mortuary Science in 1976.

LARRY G. COOL

Mar 26, 2015

LARRY G. COOL of Sioux Falls, SD died March 26, 2015 at the age of 68. He was a fourth generation funeral director at Cool Funeral Home in Platte and later accepted a position at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings, retiring in 2014. He also did cemetery mapping for several South Dakota communities. He graduated from the Chicago School of...

DAVID A. KIMES

Mar 24, 2015

DAVID A. KIMES of Parkersburg, WV died March 24, 2015 at the age of 59. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer in the state of West Virginia for almost 40 years. Along with his family, he owned and operated Kimes Funeral Home and Cremation Services. In 1987, he graduated from the Kentucky School of Mortuary Science, where he...

TERRENCE "TERRY" R. SAYLER

Mar 20, 2015

TERRENCE "TERRY" R. SAYLER of Queen Creek, AZ, formerly of Washburn, ND died March 20, 2105 at the age of 71. He served his internship with Peterson-Schult Funeral Home in Valley City before working as a licensed funeral director and embalmer at Aarthun-Goetz Funeral Home in Hazen, ND; Goetz Funeral Home in Washburn, where he worked part-time until his retirement...

STEVE M. MACK

Mar 19, 2015

STEVE M. MACK of New York, NY died March 19, 2015 at the age of 63. He began his career as an apprentice director for Service Corporation International's Claude R. Boyd Funeral Home in Babylon, NY. Over the next decade, he advanced through the ranks at Boyd and other SCI funeral homes in New York City. In 1983, He became...

SANDRA K. FOX

Mar 14, 2015

SANDRA K. FOX of Ogdensburg, NY and winter resident of Estero, FL died March 14, 2105 at the age of 64. She became employed at Fox Funeral Homes in Ogdensburg, Heuevlton, Lisbon and Hammond, NY, where she worked alongside her husband, Richard Fox as a licensed funeral director until semi-retiring in 1999 and fully retiring in 2013. In 2008, ICCFA...

LEON J. "LEO" KROLAK

Mar 10, 2015

LEON J. "LEO" KROLAK of Newark, NY died March 10, 2015 at the age of 87. He worked as a licensed funeral director at Parker-Rayfield Funeral Home in Newark and Boeheim Funeral Home in Lyons for many years. He also assisted other funeral homes throughout the Finger Lakes area. A graduate of Simmons Institute of Mortuary Science, he was a...

CLISTA "PAT" MARTIN

Mar 7, 2015

CLISTA "PAT" MARTIN of Dayton, OH died March 7, 2015 at the age of 80. She was co-founder of the George C. Martin Funeral Home, where she worked alongside her husband, George C. Martin for the past 50 years.

CECIL RAY HICKMAN

Mar 6, 2015

CECIL RAY HICKMAN of Pine Bluff, AR died March 6, 2015 at the age of 91. He had worked as a licensed funeral director and embalmer at Dryer Funeral Home in Dumas for many years. He attended mortuary school in Kansas City.

RICHARD LACERENZA

Mar 2, 2015

RICHARD LACERENZA of Stamford, CT died March 2, 2015 at the age of 84. He was a second generation funeral director at Lacerenza Funeral Home, which his father, Anthony opened in 1926. The firm operated as a funeral home and a house until it was fully rebuilt as a funeral facility in the 1960s. He acquired ownership of the firm...