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 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 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 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 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 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 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.
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...
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 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.