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...
RAY ALLEN "RED" TUCKER of Mason, WV died July 13, 2015 at the age of 83. He was a longtime funeral director at Foglesong Funeral Home for 59 years and was during that time part of the first ambulance service in the Mason area.
REGINALD WILBUR GASKIN of Philadelphia, PA died July 12, 2015 at the age of 72. He began his cemetery employment at West Laurel Hill in Bala Cynwyd. He went on to manage the cemeteries at Chelten Hills, Washington Lane and Woolston Avenue; 20th Century Vault Co., Glenside; White Chapel Gardens, Feasterville; and Mount Peace, 31st Street and Lehigh Avenue, where...
WILLIAM PAUL THOMAS of Miami, OK died July 11, 2015 at the age of 91. He worked alongside his wife, Wanda Ingram as a licensed funeral director, owner and operator of the Paul Thomas Funeral Home in Picher, which they established in 1948. In 1991, they added a second location in Miami and another in Commerce in 2005. He graduated...