ROBERT G. "BOB" RICHARDSON

Dec 25, 2014

ROBERT G. "BOB" RICHARDSON of Galion, OH died December 25, 2014 at the age of 92. He was a licensed funeral director and embalmer for more than 66 years. He partnered with Herman Volk and formed the Volk-Richardson Funeral Home, which he purchased following Herman's death in 1962. He owned and operated the firm until his retirement in 1984, then...

JAMES "HOWARD" MORRIS

Dec 25, 2014

JAMES "HOWARD" MORRIS of Nocona, TX died December 25, 2014 at the age of 89. He was a funeral director and embalmer for 65 years, starting his career at Owens and Brumley Funeral Home in Bowie. He also worked for Hampton Vaughn in Wichita Falls before moving his family to Nocona in 1950. He then started working at the Scott-Morris...

WALTER R. CHASEN

Dec 21, 2014

WALTER R. CHASEN of Park Ridge, IL died December 21, 2014 at the age of 94. He was the owner of Chasen Funeral Service since 1948. He served as president of the Illinois Funeral Directors Association in 1969, District Governor of the National Funeral Servicers Association from 1973 to 1976. He proudly served on the Illinois State Board of Examiners...

ROBERT G. NEEL

Dec 19, 2014

ROBERT G. NEEL of Orlando, FL died December 19, 2014 at the age of 91. He was the former chief executive officer, president and owner of Woodlawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home for more than 50 years. In 1967, he succeeded Woodlawn's founder, J. Asher Peter, as president when he purchased Woodlawn. In that role, he oversaw the operation and...

GARY MAURICE BURTON

Dec 19, 2014

GARY MAURICE BURTON SR of Martinsville, VA died December 19, 2014 at the age of 54. He was a Virginia and North Carolina licensed funeral director, managed Hairston Funeral Home from 1996 to present, and worked at Carters Funeral Home and various other funeral homes as an embalmer. He was a member of the Virginia Funeral Directors Association, and the...

JOSEPH BLAINE SCHAEFFER

Dec 19, 2014

JOSEPH BLAINE SCHAEFFER of Petersburg, WV died December 19, 2014 at the age of 96. He and his wife, Kathern established the Schaeffer Funeral Home and Ambulance Service in 1950. He served as a licensed funeral director in the state of Ohio and worked for the Sector Funeral Home in Willard for two years. He was a member of the...

WILLARD STANTON CROWE

Dec 14, 2014

WILLARD STANTON CROWE of Parkersburg, WV died December 14, 2014 at the age of 84. He worked at the Charles Dodd Funeral Home in Webster Springs as an ambulance and funeral attendant. He later worked for several funeral homes in the Wood County and Parkersburg area before joining the staff at Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, serving as a valued funeral director...

WILLIAM FRANCIS BOYD

Dec 7, 2014

WILLIAM FRANCIS BOYD SR of Cleveland, OH died December 7, 2014 at the age of 99. Chairman of the Board at E. F. Boyd & Son Funeral Home and Crematory, he was one of the longest serving funeral directors in the country. After graduating from the Cleveland College of Embalming in 1938, he became the "Son" in his father's funeral...

VIRGINIA DIANE FIDLER

Nov 28, 2014

VIRGINIA DIANE FIDLER of Belle, WV died November 28, 2014 at the age of 71. She was a retired secretary at Fidler and Frame Funeral Home. She was a member of the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association.

ALFRED RALPH DAVIS

Nov 28, 2014

ALFRED RALPH DAVIS of Pamplico, SC died November 28, 2014 at the age of 66. He was a licensed funeral director and manager at Moses Funeral Home for over 40 years. He was a member of the South Carolina Morticians Association, Inc, Sixth District Congressional Morticians Association and the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association.