DAVID HERMAN QUIRING JR
Jul 15, 2023
DAVID HERMAN QUIRING JR of Seattle, WA died July 15, 2023 at the age of 80. He began working full time with Quiring Monuments, Inc in 1964 and assumed the role of president after the passing of his father. He remained president until 2016 when he retired and sold the business to his daughter and son-in-law. A board member...
HAROLD C. LANGELAND
Jul 15, 2023
HAROLD C. LANGELAND of Kalamazoo, MI died July 15, 2023 at the age of 92. A licensed funeral director, he was associated with Langeland Family Funeral Homes and was a partner with his brother, Norman and cousin, Kenneth. Langeland retired in 1993 but continued as a staff member until 2004. A 1954 graduate of the Wayne State University College...
THOMAS D. “TOM” RUE
Jul 13, 2023
THOMAS D. “TOM” RUE of Springfield, OH died July 13, 2023 at the age of 79. A licensed funeral director for over fifty years, he retired from Littleton & Rue Funeral Home and Crematory in 2005. A graduate of the Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science, he served as president of the Ohio Funeral Directors Association in 1985 and continued...
ROBERT “BOB” C. SISCO
Jul 9, 2023
ROBERT “BOB” C. SISCO of Clinton, AR died July 9, 2023 at the age of 80. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he managed the North Arkansas Funeral Home alongside his wife, Katala. Bob then went to work for Roller McNutt Funeral Home until he retired in 2021.
WILLIAM T. “BILL” SWEARINGEN
Jul 3, 2023
WILLIAM T. “BILL” SWEARINGEN of Lufkin, TX died July 3, 2023 at the age of 93. He began working as a licensed embalmer in San Augustine before finding employment with Gipson Funeral Home in Pineland. Bill re-located to Lufkin with Gipson’s in 1959 as executive director, serving the community for over forty years. A 1949 graduate of the Landig...
WILLIAM GENE HEBBLETHWAITE
Jun 29, 2023
WILLIAM GENE HEBBLETHWAITE of Logan, OH died June 29, 2023 at the age of 82. He worked at Thompson Funeral Home before owning and operating the Hebblethwaite Funeral Home in Hicksville. Hebblethwaite was a funeral director at Heinlein-Brown Funeral Home in Logan from 1982 until he retired in 2006 and served as treasurer of Murray City Monument Company. A...
CHARLES WILLIAM “BILL” REIGLE JR
Jun 28, 2023
CHARLES WILLIAM “BILL” REIGLE JR of Paxtonville, PA died June 28, 2023 at the age of 100. A licensed funeral director and embalmer, he worked as a supervisor at the George P. Garman Funeral Home, Inc for several years, retiring at the age of 94. Reigle graduated from the Echels College of Mortuary Science.
BRUCE WILLIAM OLSON
Jun 23, 2023
BRUCE WILLIAM OLSON of Naples, FL died June 23, 2023 at the age of 77. He served the Rockford, IL area as a fourth-generation funeral director at Olson Funeral and Cremation Services and was a member and chairman of The Scandinavian Cemetery Association. Olson retired in 2019 after serving fifty plus years in the industry.
ARTHUR ANDREW SELLER JR
Jun 21, 2023
ARTHUR ANDREW SELLER JR of Littleton, NC died June 21, 2023 at the age of 64. A North Carolina funeral director, he worked for Cotten Funeral Home in New Bern; Hayworth-Miller Funeral Home in Winston-Salem; Drum and Willis-Reynolds Funeral Homes in Newton and Conover; Hall-Wynne Funeral Home-Griffin Chapel in Pittsboro; and Hockaday Funeral and Cremation Service in Roanoke Rapids. Seller...
MARY CATHERINE “CATHY” THOMAS BROWN
Jun 19, 2023
MARY CATHERINE “CATHY” THOMAS BROWN of Elizabethtown, KY died June 19, 2023 at the age of 82. Cathy and her husband, Bob co-founded Brown Funeral Home in 1972 where she worked as a funeral director until retirement.