THOMAS M. HAMILTON
Feb 28, 2015
THOMAS M. HAMILTON of Hudson, MA died February 28, 2015 at the age of 75. He was a funeral director, owner and operator of Tighe Hamilton Funeral Home, Inc., which he acquired in 1972. He previously worked at P. E. Murray Funeral Home, West Roxbury; J. S. Waterman and Sons Funeral Home, Boston; and Hickey Funeral Home, Hudson. He was...
BRIAN CHARLES HANSEN
Feb 25, 2015
BRIAN CHARLES HANSEN of Beloit, WI died February 25, 2015 at the age of 60. He was a licensed funeral director for 36 years at Hansen Funeral Home, previously Whitcomb Funeral Home in Janesville, which he purchased in 1979. He graduated from the Milwaukee Area Technical College of Funeral Service.
HAROLD RUSSELL ULLMER
Feb 23, 2015
HAROLD RUSSELL ULLMER of Pompano Beach, FL, formerly of Kettering, OH died February 23, 2015 at the age of 90. Prior to his retirement, he owned and operated R. L. Ullmer and Son Funeral Home in Kettering for many years. He graduated from the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, and served as the former president for the Ohio Funeral Directors...
RUFUS DOUGLAS "HOOVER" HAWKINS
Feb 20, 2015
RUFUS DOUGLAS "HOOVER" HAWKINS SR of Florence, SC died February 20, 2015 at the age of 87. He was a licensed funeral director and operations manager at Ideal Funeral Parlor, Inc. He graduated from Morris College with a Bachelors of Science degree and was a member of the South Carolina Morticians Association, where he served as past governor and 6th...
MICHAEL H. KOSTANSKI
Feb 19, 2015
MICHAEL H. KOSTANSKI of Gill, MA died February 19, 2015 at the age of 65. He was a licensed funeral director, president and owner of Kostanski Funeral Home for over 25 years. He served on the board of directors for the Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association and graduated from the New England Institute of Funeral Service.
PAUL T. "TED" LUCAS
Feb 18, 2015
PAUL T. "TED" LUCAS of Upper Sandusky, OH died February 18, 2015 at the age of 83. He was a third generation funeral director and owner of Lucas Funeral Home for 58 years. Following in the footsteps of his grandfather, J. T. Lucas and father, George, he continued working part-time in the business with his son, Daniel and business partner,...
EUGENE R. PARKER
Feb 18, 2015
EUGENE R. PARKER SR of Camilla, GA died February 18, 2015 at the age of 88. He was the former owner and operator of Parker-Bramlett Funeral Home. He was recognized in 2003 at the Georgia Funeral Directors Association Convention in St. Simons, GA for 50 years of service.
LEROY "MAC" McHUGH
Feb 18, 2015
LEROY "MAC" McHUGH of Akron, OH died February 18, 2015 at the age of 83. He was employed with Joseph C. Schulte Funeral Home in South Euclid; Brown Forward Funeral Home in Shaker Heights; Daniels Funeral Home in Lakewood; and Wells-Kloss Funeral Home in Lyndhurst. In 1969, he established the Kindrich-McHugh Funeral Home in Solon and retired in 1994 after...
EMIL PICHA
Feb 17, 2015
EMIL PICHA of Hillsboro, WI died February 17, 2015 at the age of 87. He established Picha Funeral Home in 1962 and was a licensed funeral director for 58 years. In 1983, he expanded the firm by purchasing a second location in Elroy.
ELMER D. VANDERWALL
Feb 14, 2015
ELMER D. VANDERWALL of Dayton, TN died February 14, 2105 at the age of 95. In 1979, he began working with his son as a funeral director's assistant at Vanderwall Funeral Home and continued that role until several years ago.