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...
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...