MARY ANN J. KASZOWSKI
Jan 25, 2015
MARY ANN J. KASZOWSKI of Warren, OH died January 25, 2015 at the age of 78. For the last eight years, she worked alongside her grandson, Justin, as a funeral associate with the Sinchak & Sons Funeral Home.
RONALD G. VAN ATTA
Jan 22, 2015
RONALD G. VAN ATTA of Tucson, AZ died January 22, 2015 at the age of 82. He was the former owner and operator of Henderson-Van Atta-Stickle Funeral Home & Cremation Service. He served on the Ohio Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors.
FRANK A. KOREN
Jan 21, 2015
FRANK A. KOREN of Churchill, PA died January 21, 2015 at the age of 101. He began his career as a licensed funeral director in 1940 at the Kroos Funeral Home in Sheboygan, WI. In 1957, he moved to Pittsburgh to serve families at the former H. Samson Funeral Home in Oakland for 40 years. After retiring from H. Samson,...
WHETSELL EVANS McDANIEL
Jan 20, 2015
WHETSELL EVANS McDANIEL of Orangeburg, SC died January 20, 2015 at the age of 72. He was a licensed funeral director at Dukes-Harley Funeral Home in Orangeburg for 41 years. He was a member of the South Carolina Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral Directors Association.
HELEN K. SYTSEMA
Jan 19, 2015
HELEN K. SYTSEMA of Norton Shores, MI died January 19, 2015 at the age of 99. She worked alongside her husband, Martin A. Sytsema as the owner and operator of Sytsema Funeral Home, and now the defunct Sytsema Ambulance Service. The two lived above the funeral home, where she remained until the final years of her life.
ANTHONY MANIGAULT HURLEY
Jan 16, 2015
ANTHONY MANIGAULT HURLEY of Columbia, SC died January 16, 2015. Until its closing, due to his retirement in 2014, he was the owner and operator of Manigault-Hurley Funeral Home, the oldest African-American funeral home in Columbia. His family also operated the Congaree Casket Company, which was founded by his wife's grandfather. It was known to employ more African Americans than...
THOMAS ARTHUR WELSH
Jan 11, 2015
THOMAS ARTHUR WELSH of McAlester, OK died January 11, 2015 at the age of 72. He worked for the Mills Family of Funeral Homes for more than 30 years as a district manager; serving 12 funeral homes and one cemetery. As a senior in high school, he participated in the distributive education program, obtaining his first job in the funeral...
DONALD "DUGAN" GULLEY
Jan 10, 2015
DONALD "DUGAN" GULLEY of Pinckneyville, IL died January 10, 2015 at the age of 63. He retired from Best Funeral Services in Peoria, AZ in 2012 after serving bereaved families for 40 years. He graduated from the Southern Illinois University Carbondale School of Mortuary Science in 1972.
JOEL W. KLUSMANN
Jan 9, 2015
JOEL W. KLUSMANN of Lennox, SD died January 9, 2015 at the age of 75. He was a funeral director at Dindot & Son Funeral Home before purchasing it in 1983. He renamed the firm Dindot-Klusmann Funeral Home. He graduated from Bismarck State University with an Associate's Degree in Pre-Mortuary Science and later from the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science...
DEAN A. TALCOTT
Jan 8, 2015
DEAN A. TALCOTT of Potsdam, NY died January 8, 2015 at the age of 73. He worked as a licensed New York funeral director at Garner Funeral Home and also funeral homes in Bronxville and Rome. In September of 1980, he and his wife, Cynthia Cook purchased Garner Funeral Home from George and Ruth Garner. They operated it until 2001,...